3 Ninjas (1992)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers:

Edward Emanuel (screenplay)
Kenny Kim (story)

Release Date:

7 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family | Sport

Plot:

Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori...

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Brother | FBI | Grandfather | Ninja

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Victor Wong	...	Grandpa Mori Tanaka
Michael Treanor	...	Samuel 'Rocky' Douglas Jr.
Max Elliott Slade	...	Jeffrey 'Colt' Douglas
Chad Power	...	Michael 'Tum Tum' Douglas
Rand Kingsley	...	Hugo Snyder
Alan McRae	...	Samuel Douglas Sr., FBI
Margarita Franco	...	Jessica Douglas
Kate Sargeant	...	Emily
Joel Swetow	...	Brown
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Rushmore (as Toru Tanaka)
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Fester
Race Nelson	...	Marcus
D.J. Harder	...	Hammer
Baha Jackson	...	Bully
Scott Caudill	...	Darren the Bully

Also Known As:

3 Ninja Kids (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for martial arts action, mild language, and theme.

Runtime:

84 min | Germany:93 min | Sweden:98 min (uncut version) | Argentina:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Iceland:12 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | South Korea:All | USA:PG (Certificate #31916) | Australia:PG | Germany:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut)

Filming Locations:

Santa Monica High School - 601 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Global Film Enterprises

Trivia:

In the original international version, the boys lost the basketball challenge, and a scene was at the end of the movie to tidy up loose ends.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Snyder's helicopter doesn't make any noise until it appears on screen. Helicopters are extremely noisy vehicles, and it should have been making noise, even out of the angle of view.

Quotes:

Hugo Snyder: They're just kids. KIDS! I want them found NOW! Or I'll tear out your liver!

Movie Connections:

References "Charlie's Angels" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Kid Power

all in fun

Three children (Colt, Rocky, and Tum Tum) who are instructed in the art of ninjitsu by their grandfather, Ninja Master Mori (Victor Wong). Another of Mori's former pupils grew up to be notorious underworld figure Hugo Snyder (Rand Kingsley), who is attempting to get the boys' FBI agent dad off his back orders the young ninjas kidnapped. The kid ninjas turn the tables on their inept kidnappers, but get in bigger trouble when a group of ninjas keeps them prisoner in the hold of a ship. Action packed, but not overly violent, 3 Ninjas is a lot of fun for kids and funny too.