Starring: Dathan Aragon, Phillip Bayless, Nicolas Cowan, Yoni Gordon, Nathan Jung Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 03, 2002 Running Time: 87 minutes Theatrical Release Date: August 20, 1993
Description: An action/comedy centering around two California dudes, who upon discovering they are the long-lost sons of a mysterious island king, embark on the adventure of their lives.
Amazon.com: Made at the height of the pint-sized Ninja comedy craze, this fast-paced adolescent adventure stars teenage black belt Ernie Reyes Jr. as a California beach boy with a royal legacy. One minute he's a smart-mouth surfer and high-school jester, the next he's battling Ninja assassins, romancing a teenage princess (former Miss Teen USA Kelly Hu), and leading his subjects in a rebellion against a vicious metal-clad colonel (Leslie Nielsen). At least it gets him out of class. Real life karate kid and former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stuntman Reyes has a winning (if somewhat loud) screen presence and Rob Schneider offers a few laughs as Reyes's clueless buddy. Nielsen, however, mugs his way painfully through a glorified cameo. More frantic than funny, with slapstick liberally sprinkled through the many bloodless martial arts battles, this one is strictly for the kids. --Sean Axmaker
Hang 10 for the kids, dude For kids, Surf Ninjas nails it. Camoflaged ninjas show up in California to kill two surfer kids, who just happen to be heirs to the throne of Patusan. In no time at all, assassination hijinks ensue amidst slapstick comedy and ubiquitous one-liners. As for adult viewing...
Usually when you combine two words like "surf" and "ninja", there is an awesome reason that holds everyone in captivated attention. It's like "pirate midget", "viral monkey", "skydiving karate", or "robot dynamite" - these things simply work together. I defy anyone to name a movie that didn't improve because of the addition of a midget, a monkey, or a robot! Someone really has to screw up to make something titled "Surf Ninjas" an average, corny, chop-sockey kid flick.
Ernie Reyes is as talented as ever, providing kicks, punches, scowls, and hiyaahs to every sequence. Leslie Nielsen is still the master of slapstick. Rob Schneider is still fairly unbearable, as always. Tone Loc makes an appearance for no reason whatsoever.
It's only slightly interesting - mainly a direct result of Reyes' martial arts skills and Leslie Neilsen doing what he does - but it's probably going to bore an adult who didn't have to fight through the 6th grade.
"Because as we all know, Money Can't Buy Knives!" This movie, along with Xanadu is my secret shame. I shouldn't have watched it more than once, but I did. I shouldn't laugh, but I do. This is a stupid, stupid movie and I love it.
The best way to describe this movie is "Chairman of the Board" (Carrot Top's movie. Yes, I've seen that one too) meets "3 Ninjas".
The humor is stupid, but never low-brow (except for Leslie Nielsen's malfunctioning bionic hand scene) and overall the film is upbeat.
You would think that Leslie Nielsen would steal the show, but it's really the interplay between the entire cast that produces the most memorable moments. Although the best lines belong to Rob Schneider's "Iggy".
Iggy' monologue about how "Money can't buy knives" is one of the highlights of the film and Tone Loc is a funny, if not odd addition to the cast.
Surf Ninjas is a fun adventure movie, with plenty of laughs, even if the product placement is a little obvious.
It's cheap, so go ahead and buy it already.
Probably one of my all time favorite movies Growing up in central Pennsylvania, California and the beach always held a special appeal to me. For me, this movie is purely nostalgic. Of course the movie is going to be cheesy, and offers very little in terms of meaningful dialogue and what not... but it's just a cool movie, and brings back loads of memories and good feelings.
Just Good Ol' Fashioned Fun I can not in my right mind give this movie 5 stars, but it might as well be...This movie was not made for Oscar, but was made for families and friends to laugh together at how 80's/early 90's it is. The acting is not good, the Martial Arts aren't good, there is not a lot of things that would normally go with a movie that I would purchase, but the comedy and antics of the cast - and the general cornyness of it all - makes it worth while.
Horribly Awesome! This is a movie you hate to love, but you MUST love it. It's innocent, brainless, and completely moronic, but in the best way. Rob Schneider provides comedy relief for a movie that's ridiculous to begin with. And, I have two words for you...Tone Loc! I mean this is a motley crew of characters, and the plot is plotless, yet it's fun, and has nostalgia merit for anyone fond of late 80's early 90's. Ernie Reyes Jr. is cool as he's always been and it's good to see him working with his father, Reyes Sr. Basically, if you don't take yourself, or life too seriously, you'll find some humor in this movie!
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