Ren zhe da (1986)

The Ji Ho Ninja clan vow to destroy the monks of a Shaolin temple. To do so they must first perfect their Water Spider Assault Unit, the Iron Tiger Claw, the Ninja Rock Climbing Formation ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Tai

Stars:

Alexander Rei Lo, Alice Tseng, Alan Lee

Cast

Credited cast:
Alexander Rei Lo	...	Wang Chi Chung (as Alexander Lo)
Alice Tseng	...	Peng Yi
Alan Lee
Eugene Thomas	...	The Black Monk (as Eugene T. Trammel)
Silvio Azolini	...	Mark (as Silvio Azzolini)
Ahmed Najja
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kuan-Hsien Huang
Yi-Min Li	...	Wai Kwong (as Simor Lee)
Toby Russell	...	Kung Fu fighter
Philip So	...	Chung Tin (as Charliema Nsu)
Ming Cheng Tseng	...	(as Richard Tseng)
Chi-tsan Wang
Hsieh Wang
William Yen

Storyline

The Ji Ho Ninja clan vow to destroy the monks of a Shaolin temple. To do so they must first perfect their Water Spider Assault Unit, the Iron Tiger Claw, the Ninja Rock Climbing Formation and the Ninja Heaven Death Wish Blade. Luckily the Shaolin temple finds protection in the form of a good monk, two Hare Krishna's and a monk from Harlem.

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | ninja | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime

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Details

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Also Known As:

Ninja: The Final Duel

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Features music from Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) by Jerry Goldsmith, Ghostbusters (1984) by Elmer Bernstein and Das Boot (1981) by Klaus Doldinger

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Alternate Versions

Rumour says the original cut is 8-hours long. That's not accurate. This saga is composed of three sequels, ALL named "Ninja: The Final Duel" by overseas distributors. It's hard to keep track of them all, and bootleggers used to put all three on one single tape and call it simply "Ninja: The Final Duel", thus giving rise to the 8-hour production assumption. Versions on TV and home video have bits and pieces of each film mixed in, but the DVD release by Crash Cinema is the second volume of the "Ninja" series in its entirety.

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Connections

Featured in Video Buck: Ninja Shaolin, duelo final (2016)

User Reviews

incoherent mess but has its moments

I've seen the drastically cut version of this movie (I don't know if the full version is available) and it's pretty much an incoherent mess. The plot involves an evil group of ninjas with a grudge against Shaolin Temple, and a Japanese kung fu disciple (with the extremely Japanese name of Wang Chi Chun or some such) who comes to their aid. Basically the whole mess is pretty uninspired fu battles and hijinks. The hero has absolutely no character at all. However the movie has three things going for it, in descending order of interest. 1) Gay Western Hare Krishnas wanna-bes looking to gain kung fu enlightenment at Shaolin 2) The Black Monk of Harlem, a buddy of the Shaolin Abbot, who does some serious butt-kicking, and speaks in a HK film dubber's approximation of 1970's jive that is unintentionally hilarious 3) The Ninja Water Spider Attack Team. One of the greatest things I've ever seen in a fu movie. Basically big spider floats that the ninjas paddle around on like 4-yr-olds in a kiddy pool, and occasionally fly.

Worth a viewing for the Black Monk and the Water Spiders, nothing else going on.