Ninja Thunderbolt (1984)

Explosions. Nudity. Ninjas on roller skates. Interpol agent Richard is hot on the trail of an international diamond smuggling ring, but standing in his way is an army of color-coded assassins who flip, kick, and even roll into battle with deadly precision. As the bodies pile up and the plot veers wildly off the rails, one thing becomes clear: this mission is going to require maximum headband power.

Spliced together from multiple unrelated films, stitched with nonsense dialogue and drenched in awkward romance, the result is a fever dream of martial arts mayhem. Car chases crash into sword fights, underwater shootouts collide with slow-motion sex scenes, and ninjas explode into frame for no reason at all. Then they roller skate away.

Godfrey Ho strikes again with one of his most entertaining cut-and-paste nightmares, delivering all the chaos, charm, and WTF energy that made his ninja cycle legendary. For fans of Ninja Terminator, Golden Ninja Warrior, and the sacred tradition of baffling VHS-era brilliance, this one skates straight into your heart.

• 89 minutes 
• STANDARD FORMAT
• English audio soundtrack
• DVD is NTSC format, Region 0 (region free) — requires an NTSC-compatible DVD player

Directed by Ming Chin and Godfrey Ho

Starring: Richard Harrison, Don Wong, Yasuaki Kurata, Barbara Yuen, Randy To, Anna Jewis, Tao Chiang, Tracey Yeh and Mohammed Abel