The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

Shunned by everyone for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager seeks to defeat him with the help of his fellow ninjas.

Directors:

Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher

Writers:

Bob Logan (screenplay by), Paul Fisher (screenplay by)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Master Wu / Mr. Liu (voice)
Dave Franco	...	Lloyd (voice)
Fred Armisen	...	Cole (voice)
Kumail Nanjiani	...	Jay (voice)
Michael Peña	...	Kai (voice)
Abbi Jacobson	...	Nya (voice)
Zach Woods	...	Zane (voice)
David Burrows	...	Fuchsia Ninja (voice)
Alex Kauffman	...	Ninja Computer (voice)
Justin Theroux	...	Garmadon (voice)
Ali Wong	...	General Olivia (voice)
Garret Elkins	...	Retirement General (voice)
Todd Hansen	...	General Omar (voice)
Doug Nicholas	...	General Jolly (voice)
Charlyne Yi	...	Terri IT Nerd (voice)

Storyline

Six young ninjas Lloyd, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane and Nya are tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago. By night, they're gifted warriors, using their skills and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they're ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy: high school.

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Plot Keywords:

training | superhero | cartoon network | effeminate character | dragon | 

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Taglines:

From the team that assembled The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA Denmark Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,433,071, 24 September 2017

Gross USA:

$59,281,555

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$123,081,555

Company Credits

Production Co:

LEGO System A/S, Lin Pictures, Lord Miller

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Master Wu (Jackie Chan) is holding the child's Lloyd figure, it only has one arm, which becomes a plot point later in the movie.

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Goofs

As Lloyd and Garmadon are being carted toward the volcano, one of their captors claims that the 15 million Kelvin temperature lava will melt them before they even feel the heat. While technically true, volcanic lava is not anywhere near that hot. Volcanic lava can be anywhere from 970 to 1500 Kelvin (700 to 1200 Celsius.) By comparison, 15 million Kelvin is roughly 15 million Celsius and is the approximate temperature of the nuclear core of the sun. If the volcano was really 15 million kelvin, everything around it would be vaporized.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Garmadon: You ready for me to conquer Ninjago?
Lloyd: Oh, I'll be waiting...
[whispers]
Lloyd: Dad.
Garmadon: Sorry, what was that last thing you said?
Lloyd: What?
Garmadon: That last part, I didn't catch it.
Lloyd: Why, I didn't say anything, what do you mean? I said "I'll be waiting" and I stopped talking...
[takes off helmet]
[...]

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Crazy Credits

In the extra scene later, there is a gag reel with Jackie Chan catching flying bowls.

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Alternate Versions

In the UK version, local television presenters Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard replaced the voices of Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan, respectively.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

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Soundtracks

It's The Hard-Knock Life
Written by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin

User Reviews

Cute movie made for kids

I loved the previous lego movies so I went in to this one not knowing it's from a TV series for small children. To be honest it does stand alone and if the kids in the theater weren't pointing out things from the show I wouldn't have even known about the series.

It does appeal to children under the age of 10 as the whole movie is written in away that makes it seem like it's happening in an 8 year old's mind. From the kindda corny dialogue to the super obvious "hint hint" that was happening... also sharks, why would a mech shot sharks and crabs at you.... meh whatever.

It was corny, it was a bit too obvious but in the end I wasn't the target audience for this movie and I still had fun with silliness and some of the jokes in it come at you from left field. There was more then one child in the theater pretending to do karate while the movie was going on and once the end song started so I'm going to say the they had their audiences attention.

A good movie for a family night with the little ones.