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Ninja III: The Domination

  • 1984
  • R
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Lucinda Dickey in Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
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An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

  • Director
    • Sam Firstenberg
  • Writer
    • James R. Silke
  • Stars
    • Shô Kosugi
    • Lucinda Dickey
    • Jordan Bennett
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    5.5K
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    • Director
      • Sam Firstenberg
    • Writer
      • James R. Silke
    • Stars
      • Shô Kosugi
      • Lucinda Dickey
      • Jordan Bennett
    • 72User reviews
    • 89Critic reviews
    • 25Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shô Kosugi
    Shô Kosugi
    • Yamada
    • (as Sho Kosugi)
    Lucinda Dickey
    Lucinda Dickey
    • Christie
    Jordan Bennett
    • Secord
    David Chung
    David Chung
    • Black Ninja
    Dale Ishimoto
    Dale Ishimoto
    • Okuda
    James Hong
    James Hong
    • Miyashima
    Bob Craig
    • Netherland
    Pamela Ness
    • Alana
    Roy Padilla
    • Winslow
    Moe Mosley
    • Pickwick
    John LaMotta
    • Case
    • (as John La Motta)
    Ron Foster
    Ron Foster
    • Jiminez
    Steven Lambert
    Steven Lambert
    • Pilot
    • (as Steve Lambert)
    Earl W. Smith
    Earl W. Smith
    • Jefferson
    • (as Earl Smith)
    Carver Barnes
    • Nicholson
    Karen Petty
    • Tracy
    Randy Mulkey
    • Thug
    James Maher
    • Frankel
    • Director
      • Sam Firstenberg
    • Writer
      • James R. Silke
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    User reviews72

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    KrystalKeller80

    NINJA III The Domination is the best of the Ninja Trilogy

    This is without a doubt the best of the Ninja Trilogy starring Sho Kosugi. As talented as he is, Lucinda Dickey manages to make it much more fun then the first two movies.

    Cristie is a phoneline repair woman and aerobics teacher who gets possessed by an evil ninja assassin. She then procceeds to slice kill cops who shot her tormentor down.

    This is Flashdance meets The Exorcist, it's a horror movie, a martil arts movie and an action movie all in one and is directed by Sam Firstenberg, the man who brought us Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo.
    6videorama-759-859391

    Be dominated by twist of story

    You gotta admit, the stories intriguingly different in Ninja land, the action sequences spectacularly done, especially at the start, providing spectacular entertainment. An evil ninja, avenges those who have made a deadly mistake of killing him. Ninja rule, you can't outkill a ninja, only if you're a ninja. The evil ninja's spirit takes refuge in a woman's body, a hot body if that of Breakdance's Lucinda Dickey, who's angry moments are cute. She's a younger and sexier version of Mimi Rodgers. So now our hottie, who trains and works out a gym, while also working with power lines, is the "you don't mess with chick" who's killing bad guys, cops, and taking on gangs of thug. A young cop who falls for her, wanting to get into her panties, senses something weird, while really being deeply attracted to her, and to re-iterate, wanting to get into her panties. Dickey leaves a lot of her bloodshed in her wake, where it's time to call in a professional. Guess who that is. This action pic is a well staged spectacle, of "throw reality out the window" entertainment, and these ninja films always deliver hard on action, but only accept it for that ninja love. The "Body Shop" song used in other Golan Globus films, rocks too. A far fetched tale that of course will spark moments, of unintentional laughs, here's another one ninja fans like me, love.
    10trusty

    Best movie ever made? I think yes.

    Wow. I've never seen nor heard of this film. It just came on tv (2:00 am) and I am in complete awe. Setup: a bunch of rich fat cats are out golfing. One knocks a ball into the rough. It lands by a NINJA!!!! A tuxedoed man walks over to pick the ball up. The ninja grabs it. Crushes it in his hand. Man pulls gun. Ninja pulls blowgun. Ninja blows dart into gun barrel. GUN EXPLODES!!!! This is just the beginning of the greatness, people. Everyone must see this movie. 10 big ol fat stars from trusty.
    jaws!

    The second best ninja movie of all time!

    I was a big fan of ninja movies in the mid-80's, and some of the late 80's. I first saw this movie back in 1985. It's the second best ninja movie ever made. It's very entertaining. Plenty of action in this movie. It is nearly as good as Revenge of the Ninja. I give ninja III:the domination ***1/2 out of ****
    ultra_tippergore

    Ninjas + Demonic Possession= Pure fun

    Ninja III: The Domination was one of those 80s movies that were always on TV, and were pure entertainment. Nobody knew why it was called "Ninja 3" and no one really cares about it. This 80s Cannon Films were great, no doubt about that. The plot: a near-immortal black ninja posses a beautiful babe to make her commit revenge against the cops that kill him. Thats basically the story of this gem.

    The first action sequence of the movie is amazing, pure action, lots of ninja action and gunshots with cool and absolutely dated synthesizer movie (i love this music in this 80s films). No logic, lots of plot holes this is a no-brainier that its very enjoyable

    7/10

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    • Trivia
      This was the first film of a five picture deal for Lucinda Dickey who Menahem Golan wanted to make her a star very badly. The other films in the deal included Breakin' (1984), Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), Breakin' 3, which was planned but fell apart, King Solomon's Mines and its sequel, Allan Quartermain And The Lost City of Gold. The latter three films didn't happen for her because she felt that both she and Cannon Films were totally tired of each other at that point.
    • Goofs
      After the evil ninja comes out of the lake he is soaked from head to toe. In the next shot, he continues to fight police officers and is bone dry.
    • Quotes

      Christie: If you're gonna book me then book me. Otherwise just let me out.

      Secord: I'm not gonna book you. I wanna take you to my old neighborhood. There's a guy there I want you to beat up for me.

    • Alternate versions
      The film was cut by 1 min 12 secs for its UK cinema release to remove all footage of metal throwing stars. All cuts were waived for the 2015 video release.
    • Connections
      Featured in Best of the Worst: Ninja Movies (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Body Shop
      Music and lyrics by David Powell (as Dave Powell)

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Herrschaft der Ninja
    • Filming locations
      • Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Golan-Globus Productions
      • Cannon Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,610,785
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,727,546
      • Sep 16, 1984
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,611,652
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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