Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

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 (1986) (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (uncut) (TV rating) (self applied) | 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:

The arcade machine in Christie's apartment is a prototype of the game "Bouncer" by Entertainment Sciences. Due to financial difficulties the game was never widely released.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the cemetery scene, the evil ninja can be seen sliding down a rope from the trees. She is wearing heavy gloves to protect from rope burn, then the gloves disappear.

Quotes:

Doctor: Medically, you're a very fit young woman. No evidence of any abnormality in the brain, no tumor, you have a strong heart, your diet is better than average. You are under severe stress, of course, but otherwise doctor Bowen, the psychiatrist you saw, says there's nothing out of the ordinary. Aside from your exceptional extrasensory perception and your preoccupation with Japanese culture. No harm in that!

Movie Connections:

Follows Enter the Ninja (1981)

Soundtrack:

Obsession

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.