Dopo il
primo compendio ninjesco, eccoci alla seconda puntata.
Chicca del giorno, per gli amanti del genere, sono due thread sul forum dell'ottimo
FilmBrutti.com; nel
primo si segnala un fatto poco noto ai più:
Satomi del rovinatissimo
Love Me Licia (ed epigoni) era interpretato niente meno che da
Sebastian Harrison, figlio del leggendario
Richard!
Nel
secondo thread, una utilissima guida su come travestirsi da ninja usando una banale t-shirt. Mai Più Senza
®!
But now... ninja reprint reloaded!
- The Ultimate Ninja: Bruce Baron e Stuart Smith, nell'eterna lotta tra il bene e il male! Che scontri meravigliosi, e quale insensatezza il girato originale, che narra le vicende di un melmosso villaggio dove Jimmy combatterà Ronald per vendicare il padre.
- Ninja Dragon: in cui Paulo Tocha (in arte Bruce Stallion) avrà l'ardire di sfidare Richard Harrison, qui brillantemente spalleggiato da Quel Bel Tipo Di Pierre Tremblay. Da non perdere, nella pellicola hong-kongese, i tizi che si suicidano tirando craniate contro pietre e lapidi.
- Ninja The Protector: il filmaccio originale che già fece capolino in Ninja Il Guerriero torna a perseguitarci nei nostri incubi, ripresentandoci Eagle, Mike Tien e l'affascinante (sort of) Morna Lee. In questo complicatissimo ninja-movie, son da tener d'occhio gli scontro del nostro Richard (qui ninja poliziotto in incognito anche per suoi colleghi) e del malvagio ninja-motociclista David Bowles. Delirante e buono anche per iniziarsi al genere.
- Ninja Squad: sconsigliato ai deboli di cuore per la brutalità dello scontro tra Ninja Master Gordon e il malvagissimo Dave Wheeler (che si guadagna un posto d'onore nel pantheon dei film di ninjà con una interpretazione allucinante); peccato che nel girato orientale il ninja Billy, spinto da brama di vendetta, faccia un eccessivo ricorso alle armi da fuoco; non che non sia bello, ma forse non è l'idea per cominciare.
Fuori dalla serie "due film in uno" segnalo anche:
- Lethal Ninja: un delirio (i ninja sui pattini! le ballerine al bar! le risse! i beveroni arancioni!) la cui visione - come suggerisce il nome - sarà presto utilizzata al posto delle iniezioni letali, per punire chi si è macchiato dei crimini più atroci (nel caso vi venisse il dubbio: errore mio, il trashometro doveva essere verde!).
Ninjoy, my friends!
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: Husband of Maria Francesca
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.
Baron, Bruce
Data di nascita: 15 November 1949
Biografia:Graduated from Cornell U. in 1971. During the period from 1980-1990 appeared [as talent] in over 100 television commercials locally produced accross Asia. Played leading roles [1st Billing] in 12 'B' Kungfuey Action movies, & supporting or speaking extra roles in 21 other 'B' [C & D but no F] action/adventure films; Worked primarily for local production companies in SEAsia but also some European and US productions, filmed/produced in SEAsia, India, Africa & Europe. Retired [unsuccessfully] from the cinema at the tender age of 40, [before it was too late] got a real job and made some money.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Love Me Licia" (1986)
Regista: Mario Cavazutti Durata: Italy:30 min
Paese: Italy
Lingua: Italian
Cast:
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Bowles, David (I)
Data di nascita: 6 December 1952
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Represented both in USA (Hollywood) and UK, British & International Actor David Bowles is an established and recognizable face to the'silver screen'. With full work visa for USA and having trained in UK and America, he moves extensively between USA and Europe and has achieved an impressive and broad portfolio of leading and principal roles to his credit to date both in UK and Internationally. (In addition he is also President/CEO/Exec Producer of 'Unizarre International Film & TV Productions Ltd' .)Credits reflect his speciality of strong character portrayals across a range of genres from contemporary to 'period', mythical, Shakespearean and classical works and highlighted with such diversity of roles on such favorites as Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to his acclaimed performance in The Gathering (2004) and as Elron (King of Elves) in the Feature Film Trilogy 'Bored of the Rings'.The eldest son of four children he was born a Sagittarian in Bolton, England in 1952. After growing up in the UK where he first began to 'tread the boards' he now has considerable interests around the globe both as an international actor and as a writer/producer.Memberships achieved include Equity, BAFTA, and the acclaimed American Academy Players Directory represented formerly by the American Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (home of the 'Oscars').Having trained in early days within UK and USA with later developmental work at RADA his varied portfolio of experience and exposure to date within Film/Stage/Television and on both sides of the 'pond' include work with such 'names' as Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Oliver Reed in Orpheus & Eurydice (2000), 'Curt Jurgens' and Maria Schell in 'Occupation' and a host of others.Later years have seen work with legendary British actors Frank Finlay and Maureen Lipman on quirky comedy feature Lighthouse Hill (2002) and in action-adventure film 'Gunner' (2002) as well as numerous TV appearances. In addition to his screen credits, his Theatre work also expanded significantly with the 1999/2000 UK tour of his auspicious principal role portrayal of Big Danny in 'The Hardman' - the hard-hitting life story of Glaswegian Gangster Jimmy Boyle, based on Boyle's own book, 'Sense Of Freedom'. Having played Alcaeus (High Priest) alongside Oliver Reed in Orpheus & Eurydice (2000), this was closely followed by Bowles in one of his much-loved classical roles as Kimon, one of the key Philosopher's opposite Roy Dotrice and Brian Blessed, in Paul Pissanos' Greek epic 'Olympiad' dramatizing the historical ancient Olympic Games. He is ever the 'Philosopher' ... his own favorite quotation being borrowed from the words of his illustrious idol 'Sir Laurence Olivier' on Actors and Acting... 'We are as immediate as the moment...'
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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