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Hulk Hogan, Loni Anderson, Jim Varney, Mathew Botuchis, Michael J. O'Laskey II ... see more see more... , J.P. Roeske II , Victor Wong , Alan McRae , Margarita Franco , Chelsey Earlywine , Lindsay Felton , Kirk Baily , Travis McKenna , Brendan O'Brien , Michael Botuchis , J.P. Roeski , James Paul Roeske II

This is the fourth in the 3 Ninjas action-adventure series with retired ninja Grandpa Mori (Victor Wong) as the connective device linking all four films. Following the low-rent 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (a ... read more read more...1992 production which went unreleased until 1995), the fourth boosts the budget and features three new lead youngsters plus assorted "guest stars." Grandpa Mori teaches martial arts to his three grandchildren: 15-year-old Rocky (Mathew Botuchis), 14-year-old Colt (Michael J. O'Laskey II), and 8-year-old Tum Tum (J.P. Roeske II). On a trip to the Mega Mountain amusement park, the three boys are joined by their computer genius neighbor, 13-year-old Amanda (Chelsey Earlywine), daughter of a movie special FX designer. The villainous Medusa (Loni Anderson) leads a ninja army to Mega Mountain. With her head henchman Lothar (Jim Varney), Medusa intends to move into Mega Mountain's master control center and hold the park patrons for a $10 million ransom. However, former TV star Dave Dragon (Hulk Hogan) happens to be making an appearance at the park, and the combination of Dave, Rocky, Colt, Tum Tum, and Amanda makes life difficult for Medusa and her warriors. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Sean McNamara

Release Date: April 10, 1998

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DVD Release Date: October 2, 2001

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  • CloudStrife84
    February 4, 2012
    CloudStrife84
    Where to begin? I only saw this movie because my little brother wanted to rent it when he was 10, and was really into the whole ninja thing (this was during the peak of the TMNT era). This movie has some of the worst acting, worst dialogue and editing I've ever seen. Only way to ... read moreenjoy it is to see it as a parody, which it unfortunately isn't. Hulk Hogan should stick to wrestling or retire or something. Wanna know what a ninja is? Watch Batman Begins or some decent anime. This is just a big waste of time and the single worst movie I've ever seen.
  • ajv2688
    August 11, 2011
    ajv2688
    I only saw this movie because a younger sibling was watching it. I didn't want to see it really, and I regret watching it. I'm glad they've stopped making the 3 ninjas movies.
  • bug761
    April 10, 2011
    bug761
    Yes. I bought the DVD and gave it a high rating. Don't hate me. The reason for the rating and the fact I bought it was because of Jim Varney. He does an excellent job as Lothar Zogg and is sexy to boot. Before we all start hating on Hulk Hogan, let's take a look at Loni Anderson ... read morewho, by far, takes the 'Most Wooden Performance Award' of the century. She was not convincing at all as Medusa and if this is a kids' movie, why was she wearing that skanky outfit? She was much better on 'WKRP in Cinncinati'. Mr. Varney steals the show and I would've been happy to see him in every scene. He truly oustshines the entire cast, including the three ninjas themselves. I was actually rooting for Lothar to be successful in his mission. Tum Tum's yells started grating on my nerves after a while. Medusa's nephews, where do I start? How did they ever break into the theme park? All, but Lothar, didn't have the intelligence to do such a thing. Ok, Victor Wong was great, too. Maybe if Varney had cast and directed this movie, it wouldn't have flopped. Only Varney seemed to give 100% to his role. The rest? Well, I would've been satisfied if it was a one man show staring Varney. Oh, wait, I have his commercials. Now, that's worth watching repeatedly. If you're really, truly a fan of Varney's then you might want to get this simply for him and in his memory. If not, leave it in the bin.
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    The 3 Ninjas have lost all their magic by now, and the new actors don't help
  • ceWEBrity
    January 22, 2007
    ceWEBrity
    I watched this. Please don't judge me.
  • shortcartoonist
    June 8, 2006
    shortcartoonist
    I'm not even going to waste my time reviewing this film. It is the definition of shit, that is all that needs to be known.
  • phantopp
    July 28, 2008
    phantopp
    The Three Ninjas (now played by Mathew Botuchis, Michael O'Laskey II and JP Roeske II) are back, and are celebrating "Tum Tum's" (Roeske) birthday at Mega Mountain Amusement Park (Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado) with the new neighborhood girl, "Amanda" (Chelsey Earlywine), wh... read moreo is a computer genius and a klutz at times.

    "Tum Tum" is anxious to meet his TV hero, "Dave Dragon" ("Hollywood" Hulk Hogan), who is making a personal appearance at the amusement park after it is announced that his "Power Rangers" type television series was cancelled by the unnamed network airing it.

    What the kids and the actor don't expect is that an insane woman known to authorities as "Medusa" (Loni Anderson), along with her right-hand man "Lothar Zogg" (Jim Varney) and a group of thugs which include her inept nephews are planning to take over the park and hold all the guests and employees hostage for $10-million.

    Now, the "Three Ninjas", a computer geek and a soon-to-be out of work actor have to join forces to save the park and the people from "Medusa's" evil plan.

    This movie is almost as good for adults as it is for kids. There is some good martial arts fights, and some comedy that could give the adults watching a pretty good chuckle. However, the adults will realize that there is some bad performances in this movie.

    Anderson is just out of place as the lead villainess, and she really doesn't make her performance believable in my opinion. She delivers her lines with no effort in making people believe that she is insanely evil as she could have. Varney was better as a villain, in a comedic way that he was known for, however he didn't have that much screen time or lines.

    Hogan, who was the top villain in the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling at the time of this movie's production and release, was only fair as the martial arts actor who didn't really see much physical action as the lead actors did. The most physical action he did was throwing some punches and some simple moves he uses in professional wrestling that were suppose to be intentionally set up (he was on stage when we meet him, fighting with some stunt performers). It is also hard to believe that an actor would try to take on a group of thugs by himself when he tells the kids, whom he doesn't know has martial arts training from their grandfather (Victor Wong, who is the only actor to appear in every movie in the "3 Ninjas" franchise and in his final movie before health issues forced him into retirement around the time of the movie's release).

    Another thing that is hard to believe is that four kids are able to thwart the efforts of villains. Especially ones who are seriously out-numbered by a group of bad guys with machine guns, which they use but never hit their intended target EVER.

    The biggest problem with this movie is that the new characters we are introduced to in this movie are barely developed. We get the villains' motivation for taking over the amusement park, but that's it. We also get that "Dragon" is not really the hero like his television persona portrays him to be, and that he tries to be the hero that the children who watched his show have looked up to (as evident by a child who comes up to him and asks him, as he is laying on the ground, if he is a hero or the fraud his father says he is).

    Like in previous movies in the series, only one of which I have actually seen, there is some good martial arts stunts in this movie. The kids are pretty quick with their moves, and are pretty good in the fight scenes. However, many times when Roeske is featured in the fight scenes, it is pretty obvious that the people he is paired up with are setting themselves up for his next move as they are positioning themselves so that he can hit them in the right spot.

    When it comes to the four lead actors, they work pretty well together. Sometimes, they don't deliver their lines perfectly or have expressions on their face that doesn't look believable.

    This movie, like the entire series, is pretty much for the kids. Adults won't like everything, but there is some things they might like -- as long as they can get past the poor performances and writing.
  • firstamb
    July 21, 2008
    firstamb
    The little ninja boys are getting too old, but in this one they must team up with Hulk Hogan to stop an evil mastermind who has taken over a theme park. Yawn.
  • supdawg1985
    February 8, 2008
    supdawg1985
    I think I know why the package was so hard to open. It must have been sealed tight purposely, because when I opened it, it was like releasing an evil spirit from an ancient tomb. Some of this movie is just SO stupid it's funny, but I can't believe that this thing keeps dragging... read more on, and it wears thin. Writing a review on this is like analyzing a pile of manure as an art piece, but atleast it had Hulk Hogan and Jim Varney. It's too bad they didn't have a fight scene between the two. It gets an extra half because they are in it, although not as much as they should have been. Bottom line, this gets to be excrutiatingly obnoxious by the end.
  • Celestecookies
    January 23, 2008
    Celestecookies
    When the normal kid actor's names are replaced by "Hulk Hogan", something is terribly, terribly wrong. (Still, it's funny if you can laugh at the terribleness of it.)

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Brandon Judell
January 19, 2006
Brandon Judell, Entertainment Asylum

Abrasively loud, gratingly acted, appallingly directed and without a moral core, this "3 Ninjas" also boasts a screenplay with the most "Unhhhs" of the decade, that exquisite sound you make when tryin...

Joe Leydon
March 26, 2009
Joe Leydon, Variety

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May 3, 2001
Los Angeles Times

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January 1, 2000
Anita Gates, New York Times

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January 1, 2000
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

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Emanuel Levy
October 7, 2005
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March 27, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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