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Sean Fox, Max Elliott Slade, J. Evan Bonifant, Victor Wong, Caroline Junko King ... see more see more... , Sab Shimono , Scott Caudill , Glen Chin , Gino Dentie , Margarita Franco , Marcus Giamatti , Takao Ito , Alan McRae , Robert Miano , Kellye Nakahara , Shogo Nakajima , Dustin Nguyen , Don Stark , Angelo Tiffe , Joey Travolta , Brian Wagner , Jill Ito , Jason Schombing

The heroes of the family adventure comedy 3 Ninjas return in this sequel (though not all of them are played by the same actors). Rocky (Sean Fox), Colt (Max Elliott Slade), and Tum Tum (Evan Bonifant)... read more read more... are three brothers whose Grandfather (Victor Wong) is a ninja master teaching them martial arts skills. The boys' Little League team has a big game coming up, but before they can hit the diamond, they have to help Grandpa return a sacred Ninja dagger to Japan. However, one of Grandpa's longtime enemies, now a wealthy and ruthless businessman, plans to steal the knife, and the boys are sent on a mission to Japan to rescue the valuable weapon. At first the tycoon sends his inept nephew to face off against the young Ninjas, but when that plan fails, Rocky, Colt, and Tum Tum are met by a team of trained warriors, who to their surprise are led by a teenage girl named Miyo (Caroline Junko King). Miyo soon strikes up a friendship with the brothers who are supposed to be her sworn enemies, and with her help they recover the knife and teach her a few things about baseball that come in handy when the big game finally rolls around. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Charles T. Kanganis

Release Date: May 6, 1994

Keywords: 3 ninjas

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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001

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  • May 18, 2011
    Oh, goodness not another 3 ninjas movie. This series was just trying to make a Karate Kid copy cat, but with cuter kids. My little brother made me watch them all with him!
  • March 17, 2010
    More kid-pleasing entertainment has our three youthful heroes forced to choose between playing in a championship baseball game and accompanying their all-wise grandfather to Japan for a martial arts tournament. It's The Karate Kid, The Three Stooges, The Bad News Bears, an... read mored Indiana Jones all crammed into one fast-paced movie that works surprisingly well.
  • September 20, 2008
    Just saw this the other day, it had been since the 90's since the last time I watched it. I remembered it being an epic journey going to Japan and all, but this shit was hard to watch cuz it was so bad, I mean the first one was like an Oscar performance compared to this dicksuck.
  • August 6, 2007
    Love these movies.
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    September 3, 2011
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    Don't ever watch it!
  • July 3, 2010
    Let's get something veeerrrrry straight here. Children cannot be ninjas. The original and this putrid mess of a sequel show three children who know a little martial arts. They are NOT ninjas. The whole "ninja" moniker was a tag invented by Hollywood producers as a marketing ploy ... read moreto get kids and teenagers to go to their schmaltzy retardfest of a film. Real ninjas are offended I'm surprised a bunch haven't dropped in from the ceiling and executed everyone on set.
  • September 18, 2009
    "My biggest problem is when I swing my butt." "~Colt got beat by a girl!~ ~Colt got beat by a girl!~"
  • July 21, 2008
    The ninja boys return in this sequel where they are off to a special school to train, and there are bad guys there. Not as much fun the second time around.
  • January 23, 2008
    Ohhh boy. If you somehow made it through the first movie and if you still value what's left of your dignity, don't watch this. It's not even funny-bad.
  • September 13, 2007
    I used to watch this movie all the time and I watched it again recently--it's not as good as I remember it being.

Critic Reviews


Emanuel Levy
January 31, 2006
Emanuel Levy, Variety

Clearly made with an eye on the international market, this movie is set for the most part in Japan, shrewdly adding a female ninja to the three boys, thus broadening the potential demographics. Full Review

Fred Topel
July 14, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com

Worse than the first one. These kids are no Spy Kids.

Scott Weinberg
July 29, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Even worse than the original ... which was pretty dire to begin with.

Stephen Holden
May 20, 2003
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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May 6, 1994
Entertainment Weekly

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Marjorie Baumgarten
January 1, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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October 7, 2003
Film4

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January 1, 2000
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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