3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Sang-ok Shin

Writer:

Alex S. Kim (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action | Family

Tagline:

Tum Tum, Colt and Rocky are back for all new non-stop Ninja action!

Plot:

In this movie Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe...

Plot Keywords:

Third Part | Sequel | Martial Arts | Child Martial Arts | Children

Cast

Victor Wong	...	Grandpa
Charles Napier	...	Jack Harding
Michael Treanor	...	Rocky
Max Elliott Slade	...	Colt (as Max Elliot Slade)
Chad Power	...	Tum Tum
Crystle Lightning	...	Jo
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	J.J.
Don Shanks	...	Charlie (as Donald L. Shanks)
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild	...	Lee
Nick Ramus	...	Chief Roundcreek (as Nickolas G. Ramus)
Donal Logue	...	Jimmy
Vincent Schiavelli	...	The Mayor
Selina Jayne	...	Jo's Mother
Kait Lyn Mathews	...	Theresa
Don Stark	...	Sheriff

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for non-stop ninja action.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Sheen Productions

Trivia:

This is the only film in the "3 Ninjas" franchise to be rated PG-13.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum are spying on the meeting between Jack and the mayor, the two men agree that the hearing will be held on the following day. That night, the three boys and Jo rescue Jo's father. The next morning, the boys are exhausted and Tum Tum falls asleep leaning against the refrigerator. That night, they attend the Native American ceremony and Grandpa helps them fight off J.J. and his men. The next morning is the hearing. This means that the hearing actually started two days after the meeting.

Quotes:

Tum Tum: I dont wanna die! I never even hit puberty yet!

Movie Connections:

Followed by 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)

Pretty good reshoot of Kungfu kids

During 1984 to 1990, there was a very popular movie series called the kungfu kids from Taiwan, and it was a total sold out at least in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Thailand. A total of 6 movie series was shot and 5 of them involves the following stories: Kungfu kids come to town, kungfu kids takes over kidnap case and fights against african fighter, kungfu kids travels thru time, travel advantures of orphans, kungfu kids arrives in thailand (shot in 1990, last in movie series).

Kungfu kids consists of 3 kids, 2 who are very good in kungfu and the last one (aged 6) was the comedy guy. This is exactly the same combination as 3 ninjas.

3 ninjas appears to be developed from the same movie series, although the stories are completely different. It is still quite good as compared to the kungfu kids, and is nice to watch as the kungfu kids movies are no longer around as the firm "Thomson film company" of Taiwan has gone burst.

As a side note, one of the guys from kungfu kids "Hsiao Hu Tso" acted as the young master ninja during his younger days in the movie 3 ninjas kick back (alternatively called 3 ninjas Japan). He got the role due to his fame in Japan as a member of the kungfu kids and specially fly into Japan from Taipei, Taiwan just to shoot the 2 minute kungfu sequence. The other kungfu kid who is good in fighting ("Zheng Guo Yen") is now serving 15 years jail time in taiwan for kidnapping and drug taking, while the comedy guy has retired from movie world.