Surf Ninjas (1993)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Neal Israel

Writer (WGA):

Dan Gordon (written by)

Release Date:

20 August 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Surf's up! Time to save the world!

Plot:

Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Dictator | Prince | Brother | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ernie Reyes Sr.	...	Zatch
Ernie Reyes Jr.	...	Johnny
Nicolas Cowan	...	Adam
John Karlen	...	Mac
Rob Schneider	...	Iggy
Oliver Mills	...	Moto Surfer
Jonathan Schmock	...	School Cop
Neal Israel	...	Mr. Dunbar
Vladimir Parra	...	Back-up Singer #1
Brandon Karrer	...	Back-up Singer #2
Dathan Aragon	...	Back-up Singer#3
Phillip Bayless	...	Back-up Singer #4
Philip Tan	...	Captain Ming
Keone Young	...	Baba Ram
Romy Windsor	...	Miss Robertson

Also Known As:

Surf Ninjas of the South China Sea (Australia)
Surf Warriors

Runtime:

UK:87 min | USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Continuity: When they are in a cave, Zatch cuts a piece of Johnny's shirt on the top left. In subsequent shots, the cut is gone.

Quotes:

Mac: [Johnny and Mac are in Shock for a moment as the camera angle focuses on a hand holding a kitchen knife] I'd put that knife down if I were you!
[the Camera Angle starts pointing up revealing Iggy's Face]
Iggy: Seriously, if you don't want chives, I wont put em in.
Johnny: Well, I want chives bro.
Mac: Iggy, you're here every day, and every night, don't your Parents wonder where you've been?
Iggy: Mr. MC.Quinn, My Parents are locked up in a Bio-Screen in Arizona, Pimento?
Mac: Huh?
Iggy: ...It's like a little Tomato. Yes, Bio-Screen, lots of plants n animals, no one else allowed in anywhere around them. look, for it to be hard for me to explain it to a layman, like Yourself.
Mac: Iggy, You know what you need, is a professional listener.
Johnny: He visits the School shrink every day.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Kung Fu (1972) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Barbara Ann

It's a comedy...

You have to watch this movie realizing that it's a goofy comedy, and that's what it's meant to be. If you are watching it for it martial arts value, then you might be confused at best. Laugh at it, it's funny. If you watch it with kids, it's helpful. The characters are likable, and it is every bit quote-able as a movie like Caddyshack. What's cool is, that people don't know this movie like Caddyshack or Stripes or The Blues Brothers or Spinal Tap. So, you and your friends should watch Surf Ninjas over and over-learn it, know it, live it. Then when you are in public, you can quote it, and people will think that you are clever, and not just guys who sit around watching the same movies over and over so that you can memorize all of the famous lines and quote them word for word. Buy this movie. Trust me.