Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writer:

James R. Silke (writer)

Release Date:

14 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

He's the ultimate killer, she's the perfect weapon.

Plot:

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Death | Police | B Movie | Exorcism

Cast

Shô Kosugi	...	Yamada
Lucinda Dickey	...	Christie
Jordan Bennett	...	Billy Secord
David Chung	...	Black Ninja
Dale Ishimoto	...	Okuda
James Hong	...	Miyashima
Bob Craig	...	Netherland
Pamela Ness	...	Alana
Roy Padilla	...	Winslow
Moe Mosley	...	Pickwick
John LaMotta	...	Case
Ron Foster	...	Jiminez
Steven Lambert	...	Pilot (as Steve Lambert)
Earl W. Smith	...	Jefferson (as Earl Smith)
Carver Barnes	...	Nicholson

Also Known As:

Ninja 3: The Domination (Europe: English title) (video title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1986) (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (uncut) (TV rating) (self applied) | Finland:K-18 (1986) (heavily cut) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | West Germany:18 (nf) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Golan-Globus Productions

Trivia:

Lucinda Dickey was cast in the film because she had worked on the "Breakin'" films, which were both directed by Sam Firstenberg, and she had the physical presence to do all the stunts during the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Christie throws a ninja star at Officer Case she is on one side of the pool table close to him. When he then throws a pool ball at her, she is suddenly on the other side of the pool table further away.

Quotes:

Christie: For your information Billy, I don't believe in demons, ghosts, spirits, or any of that kind of stuff.
Secord: Well neither do I, but when you black out we don't know what you believe in do we?

Movie Connections:

References The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Soundtrack:

Starting Out Right (Take A Look At Me)

Lucinda Dickey's back

This is a pretty silly film, including what may well be the least erotic come-on ever to make it to the big screen (the heroine pours V-8 all over herself and invites the hero to lick it off -- yuck!). And yet it also features the resplendent Lucinda Dickey in what is far and away her most erotic performance. In those long ago days, women -- even action heroines -- with real muscles were a rarity, and I can still remember the way my jaw dropped when Dickey took off her shirt, revealing the most powerfully built female back and biceps I'd ever seen. Dickey's beauty and vitality carry the film: she could have been a female Schwarzenegger if anybody had had the vision to promote her.