Gordon si allena a fare le boccacce. | 
Un summit internazionale ad alto livello nel quale dei pirla si giocheranno a poker delle automobiline e dei palazzi di Hotel. | 
Bruce Stallion (o Paulo Tocha) sarà un degno avversario. |
La vera forza dei film di ninja è che presentano sempre qualcosa di nuovo - dato che la parte
"originale" è sempre diversa ed è impossibile che l'abbiate già vista, essendo composta dei più laidi film hong-kongesi abortiti in fase di produzione - ed al tempo stesso tutte le volte si hanno degli elementi a cui si è abituati: i fessi in costumone da ninja ed i soliti combattimenti girati quasi tutti nello stesso parchetto pubblico.
Ninja Dragon è un pregevole esempio di tutto ciò: nel girato asiatico abbiamo una improbabile guerra territoriale tra due gang, con l'equilibrio rotto dall'omicidio del vecchio e saggio capo-banda, fatto questo che apre una tremenda faida interna ad una delle famiglie di cui francamente ci si capisce il giusto ed in fondo in fondo non è che ci freghi poi molto...
Nella parte ninja il grande
Richard Harrison - qui spalleggiato niente popo' di meno che da
Quel Bel Tipo Di Pierre Tremblay - si trova di fronte un nuovo temibile avversario:
Paulo Tocha (in arte
Bruce Stallion)!
La parte asiatica è confusionaria all'estremo ed ha un numero di comparse paragonabile solo a
Ben-Hur: omicidi in massa, sparatorie, improbabili capi-mafia in asciugamano, tradimenti (
Benjamin, non faaarlo! ) e meeting al cimitero; la parte occidentale ha una improbabile scusa sul perché non si incontrino mai con gli altri tizi (fondamentalmente perché non sono nello stesso film!) e sui motivi della faida ninja.
Non ha molta importanza: ciò che conta è che i combattimenti sono abbastanza e di eccelso livello!
Voto: 2. Trashometro
® 10/10:
Tags: ninja, faida, mafia, vendetta, trash.
Harrison, Richard (II)
Data di nascita: 26 May 1935
Coniuge: Maria Francesca Pomentale::(1978 - present) 1 child, Loretta Nicholson::(1961 - ?) (divorced) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Musclebound actor Richard Harrison was one of a slew of handsome young American pectoral hunks of the late 50s whose career in Hollywood amounted to little more than brawny bits until being lured to Italy and churning out the sword-and-sandal pictures that became an early 60s craze. Harrison would end up making over 100 films due to this lucky trek abroad.Born on May 26, 1936 in Salt Lake City, he relocated to sunny Southern California in his late teens where his blond, tanned, chiseled good looks (he was sometimes mistaken for handsome actor Guy Madison) landed him modeling work both on runways and in beefcake magazines. It didn't take long for him to be noticed by Hollywood casting agents. At first cast in small he-man roles, usually as a virile guy in uniform, he can be obscurely seen in Jeanne Eagels (1957), his film debut starring Kim Novak, Kronos (1957) with Jeff Morrow, Too Much, Too Soon (1958) starring Dorothy Malone, South Pacific (1958), in which he can be glimpsed as a co-pilot, and Battle Flame (1959) with Scott Brady and a young Robert Blake. While filming another minor role in Master of the World (1961) he met producer James H. Nicholson's daughter, Loretta, and married her within six months. The couple produced three sons.Frustrated at not being able to secure meatier roles in Hollywood, Richard jumped at the chance when offered the lead role in Gladiatore invincibile, Il (1962) [The Invincible Gladiator] which was filming in Europe. He wound up settling in Italy for the next two decades. His first role, of course, immediately typed him as another Steve Reeves type and, to avoid being penned in too much as a mythological muscle man, he sought roles in routine spaghetti westerns and spy intrigue. Once Italy closed down film production after the Herculean craze had died down, he, like others, found himself unemployed. He did manage to scrape up work in Hong Kong, but a large portion of them were bottom-of-the-barrel Ninja movies.Remarried in 1978, Harrison had already begun acting less and less while delving into producing and directing. He has retired fully now except perhaps for an occasional script writing assignment.
Trivia random: Harrison was the one who suggested Clint Eastwood to Sergio Leone when the famed director was looking for a lead in "A Fistful of Dollars" in 1964.
Citazione random: "In my opinion, it is a death wish for an actor to be in too many B or should I say C movies. Maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing Fistful of Dollars, and recommending Clint for the part."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Tocha, Paulo
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Tocha recently received three Siam Awards, a National Muay Thai awards program. One of the earliest Muay Thai Fighters to compete in China, Hong Kong, and Thailand, Tocha was trained at the famous Sithanikul Thai Boxing camp in Thailand. He was nominated for the U.S. national Actor's Award, International Actor's Award, and U.S. Judge and Referee of the year Award in 1999.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Tremblay, Pierre (I)
Ultimi lavori:
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Ben-Hur (1959)
Regista: William Wyler Scrittore: Lew Wallace,
Karl Tunberg Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (28328 voti) [#121 nella top250]
Durata: 212 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah's house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.
Trivia random: Producer Sam Zimbalist died two months before production ended, with William Wyler handling his duties afterward.
Citazione random: Esther: It is as though you have become Messala!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Ninja Dragon (1986)
Regista: Godfrey Ho Genere: Action
Valutazione: 3.4/10 (35 voti)
Durata: UK:85 min
Paese: HongKong
Lingua: Cantonese
Cast:
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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