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8 November 2002 (USA) moreTagline:
A film that will touch your heart... after it's finished with your teeth, ribs, spleen and kneecaps. moreUser Comments:
B-grade plus moreCast
(Credited cast) | Sam Manu | ... | Tongan Ninja (Sione Finau) |
| Jemaine Clement | ... | Action Fighter (Marvin) |
| Linda Tseng | ... | Miss Lee |
| Raybon Kan | ... | Asian Sidekick |
| David Fane | ... | Herman the Henchman |
| Victor Rodger | ... | Mr. Big |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Charley Murphy Samau | ... | Tongan Ninja Child |
| Brett Ormsby | ... | Chang the waiter |
| Marty Pine | ... | Wong |
| Tana Umaga | ... | Famous rugby player |
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Dolby Digital EXFun Stuff
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Action Fighter: And then there was this other guy... I gouged out his eyes, swapped them around, and then replaced them... as a joke! moreSoundtrack:
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Shot in English, and dubbed into English (because they couldn't afford location-based sound recording), Tongan Ninja sets out to be one of the worst films of all time and succeeds beautifully. Our one-dimensional hero is pitted against a variety of one-dimensional enemies, including Knife Man (who uses a knife), Gun Man (who uses a gun) and Action Fighter (who had the assistance of wire team from Lord of the Rings). It tells you something about a movie when the director's commentary features lines like "We were very lucky and had the use of the Lord of the Rings wire team for two weeks. But we had to ask them to make it look cheaper and messier, so it would match the rest of the movie." I'm a big fan of DVD special features. The 'making of' featurette features wonderful interviews with Peter Jackson and the director of Shrek, telling some very inventive lies about their admiration for this movie. The director's commentary is a wonderful insight into the labour of love that no-budget film-making can be, and the actor's commentary is a wonderful insight into actors who are deeply embarrassed to be in such a cheap movie. If you can enjoy bad action movies, this one is absolutely priceless.