Zombie vs. Ninja (1987)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Overrated

just watch it!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Zombie Vs. Ninja ranks up there with "I Eat your Skin" as far as misleading movie titles are concerned. At no point whatsoever is there any combat between said opponents. As a matter of fact both the Zombies and the Ninjas appear to be in two separate movies pasted together into one Godfrey Ho clusterf......film. The bulk of the movie concerns a man named Ethan who is beaten up during a robbery of family gold which ultimately leads to the death of his father. The thieves work for the typical kung-fu badguy here named Titus. After mistakenly thought for dead an undertaker/kung fu master (I know! Who would of thought!) accepts Ethan as his apprentice. The undertaker, called simply Master T, I think, employs an unusual style of training as he can summon zombies in order to sharpen his kung-fu skills. The story follows the standard kung-fu checklist as eventually Ethan becomes adept enough to fight his father's killers. Where the Ninjas fit in is another story. Ethan's storyline seems to come from the movie called "Gravedigger". The Ninjas are filmed separately from the main movie and come in the form of a bunch of Caucasian men with very Asian sounding names like Duncan, Bob, Ian and Bert. Leading the way is Godfrey Ho weapon of choice Pierre Kirby as the Dragon. It is beyond asinine to watch Kirby pretend to talk to Ethan and Master T when the backgrounds behind him don't even begin to match. The sheer goofiness of the Ninja outfits complete with "NINJA" headbands and gaudy outfits make you feel sorry for these guys rather than be in awe of them. Nothing screams badass ninja like yellow undergarments. Watching all of these white guys prance around a forest preserve role playing ninja vs. ninja made me think I was watching a corporate getaway to promote "team players". It's just beyond bizarre to watch.

Me and some friends found a copy of this in a local video store, renting it was 3$ but we bought it for 2$ instead, that was promising, they really wanted to get rid of it. Anyway we were looking for the worst movie available to laugh and we found it. Zombie vs Ninja guess who wins? NOBODY they never fight There are two horrible plots in this movie, two groups of ninjas, the ninjas and nin jas, and for some reason they are fighting, gold or something, really doesn't make sense. And the one that is apparently the good guy, not because of what he does but because he is better and braver. He fights with the dragons fire burns hot crap style. Anyway, in this part of the story nothing really happens. this guy whats through the woods and somehow doesn't notice the bright yellow and blue dressed guys hiding in the woods. they attack him but you know there is always a sword somewhere on a tree right, so he picks it up and wins. In the second plot, this guy, Ethan, has a father that was robbed and killed so he wants revenge and learns kungfu from an undertaker, go figure. Anyway this undertaker always extends his lines in a successful attempt to sound retarded, and says lines like, i have to go take a s~t and summons 1 or 2 zombies, hardly a horde. The only way you can distinguish the zombies from the humans is that they act like robots, dommo arigato mr zombie. And guess what the good guys win and yatti yatta, bad plot nothing happens. But the image is the worst, we noticed the image skip (when they stop filming and restart later from that point) around 4 times in the movie. Most of the time the actors aren't on screen since they cut off most of their faces when they switched it to full screen. WHY THE HECK DRESS IN SHINY FLASHY CLOTHING LABLED NINJA IF YOU WANT TO SURPRISE SOMEONE TO ASSASSINATE HIM! WHY FIGHT ZOMBIES FOR FUN OR LEARN KUNGFU FROM AN UNDERTAKER? WHY Doesn't THE NINJAS AND ZOMBIES FIGHT? Horrible but funny if you watch it in a group. If you have ever seen kung pow this is probably the movie they were laughing at since the mouths never move with the words

While I agree with a lot of comments on this movie (YES it's bad, YES it's spliced together and somewhat baffling), it IS most certainly watchable. It is not 'gouge-your-eyes-out bad'. If you're a fan of old Kung fu movies, and have a sense of humour, you will probably love it. Whatever vintage Kung fu movie is featured in "Zombie Rival" it's actually pretty good, I'd like to track it down. Those scenes are enjoyable. But the newer (presumably 1980's) ninja scenes are also enjoyable - comedy gold. The outfits. The headbands. The mustaches. The dialogue.. in between sword clashes they say things like "I told you... the dragon's fire burns HOT!" Here in the UK you can get this on DVD for Five Pounds or less, under the title "Zombie Rivals". I own it on oldschool big-box rental VHS, under the title "Zombie Rival: The Super Ninja Master". The video cover has a painting of a barbarian on the front. Seriously. A barbarian.Update: The vintage Kung Fu movie is called "Gravedigger". Yay!

Zombie versus ninja is one of the few great hidden gems in the world of cinema today. It exceeds any expectations you may have going into a movie that is called zombie versus ninja. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF KIROSAWA, FELLINI, OR KUBRICK, then thats good for you I am too, but what was I saying about ninja versus zombie is that it is a great work and has single handedly changed the way we think about ninja zombie movies. The influence of this timeless masterpiece is abundantly obvious in such works as ninja zombie gangbangers, gold(to be released later this year), and many of the works of legendary director Grover Cleavland. If you don't like this movie it is because you simply aren't smart enough to understand it.