I loved this movie! Brought a huge grin to my face the whole time with the epic 80s cliches coming hard and fast. Even watched the Making Of doc. Definitely recommended if you're an 80s kid.
12 Reviews
A crowdfunded gem
kickinpatoot22 May 2020
Where's the rest?
lotekguy-17 January 2022
Fun, silly low-budget splatterfest. All tongue-in-cheek as it spoofs vintage action, sci-fi and horror flicks. But it ends abruptly and without important closure on the plot (to the extent that one exists). Were they planning on a sequel, or did they just run out of money? For a cheapie like this, they may have been forced to wrap when the camera guy's mom called him home for supper. Even so, if they ever do shoot Commando Ninja 2, I'll be there to watch where these folks go with it.
Hilarious 80's action homage
dworldeater19 December 2022
Yes, that's right this movie is called Commando Ninja. If that sounds good to you then you won't be disappointed. This is mostly a homage to Commando and any number of those Cannon Films Ninja flicks. This also has elements of pretty much every 80's action movie ever made. Growing up in the 80's myself, I thought this was hilarious. This delivers the goods with an overload of testosterone with lots of muscles, guns, babes, extreme violence and of course lots of ninjas. The tone of this is very cheesy (in a good way) and very tongue in cheek. Commando Ninja is on 11 at all times and sometimes borders into the absurd. I did enjoy this a bit and was a crowdfunded film, so I want to thank all the donors to that getting this made. The lead for this is in legitimate action hero shape and is very credible for the part. If you are a fan of 80's action movies, you need to check out Commando Ninja.
Fun 80's Riff tthat Make Us Want to Go Commando
Dark_Lord_Mark24 December 2018
I am an 80's fan. I love cheese, sexy women, action, adventure and machismo. Modern movies seem to lack all these things. The grit, the blood and the sweat is lost in today's movie making experience.
Then independent film makers emerge and give us something mindbogglingly glorious like Commando Ninja, which can be found via youtube.
It seems only way modern movies can capture the lost enthusiasm of the 80's today, is to make a small production yet innovative, whacky, balls to the wall, cheesy nostalgia satire/riff of those movies we once loved as kids in the 80's and early 90's.
Commando Ninja seems to combine Godfrey Ho(Director of many 80's Ninja movies), with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Predator-esque ninjas, and throws it in a blender with some funky, 80's inspired schlock and music and you know what, it works....it works well.
The plot fairly simple. A man on a mission to rescue his family and friends, who are being killed off by enemies from the past. Then you throw in tons of cheese, revenge, and testosterone filled heroism. It's a a mix of flashbacks and the current day 1980's settings and fans of 80's action heroes will spot homages to Rambo, Predator, American Ninja and everything inbetween.
The movie is loads of fun and I highly recommend watching it, then purchasing the soundtrack if the musical score impressed you as it did me.
I give it an easy 9.5 out of 10. Tons of fun, action, homages, innovative film making that reminds us that small production values, nostalgia and testosterone can work.
Then independent film makers emerge and give us something mindbogglingly glorious like Commando Ninja, which can be found via youtube.
It seems only way modern movies can capture the lost enthusiasm of the 80's today, is to make a small production yet innovative, whacky, balls to the wall, cheesy nostalgia satire/riff of those movies we once loved as kids in the 80's and early 90's.
Commando Ninja seems to combine Godfrey Ho(Director of many 80's Ninja movies), with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Predator-esque ninjas, and throws it in a blender with some funky, 80's inspired schlock and music and you know what, it works....it works well.
The plot fairly simple. A man on a mission to rescue his family and friends, who are being killed off by enemies from the past. Then you throw in tons of cheese, revenge, and testosterone filled heroism. It's a a mix of flashbacks and the current day 1980's settings and fans of 80's action heroes will spot homages to Rambo, Predator, American Ninja and everything inbetween.
The movie is loads of fun and I highly recommend watching it, then purchasing the soundtrack if the musical score impressed you as it did me.
I give it an easy 9.5 out of 10. Tons of fun, action, homages, innovative film making that reminds us that small production values, nostalgia and testosterone can work.
Commando garbage
talllwoood1328 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I've seen Commando, Predator, Rambo, Blood Sport and a lot of the other movies that this is parodying and this just shows why a lot of these crowd funded movies shouldn't come out. I think the only one I really liked was Kung Fury which is 1000x better than this.
With this you get some crappy attempts at humor from some racist jokes. Which ok fine, one or two great. Have some variety but a good comedian (or script) should be able to have some variety.
The special effects save this from a solid 1/10 , the gore is well done, they had some fun with the shooting scenes and the swords. There's some diversity in the scenes but that doesn't save it from being awful.
The story isn't the best, the fight scene with the red ninja just seemed rushed or sloppy. The training montage could have been cut out. There isn't much to say about this one and of course they had to use a stupid power glove.which did not come out until 1989. Which this movie is not based on. But remember! It's a time traveling one that can fix the plot holes! The bad guys ok, the last fighting scene that seems heavily inspired by Mad Max and the ending were awful to the point any other movie studio would say please, write something else or this isn't coming out. Either way this suggestion came from IMDB to watch and I'm kind of regretting that I did. I love so bad they are good movies but when they are in on it, it ruins the experience.
With this you get some crappy attempts at humor from some racist jokes. Which ok fine, one or two great. Have some variety but a good comedian (or script) should be able to have some variety.
The special effects save this from a solid 1/10 , the gore is well done, they had some fun with the shooting scenes and the swords. There's some diversity in the scenes but that doesn't save it from being awful.
The story isn't the best, the fight scene with the red ninja just seemed rushed or sloppy. The training montage could have been cut out. There isn't much to say about this one and of course they had to use a stupid power glove.which did not come out until 1989. Which this movie is not based on. But remember! It's a time traveling one that can fix the plot holes! The bad guys ok, the last fighting scene that seems heavily inspired by Mad Max and the ending were awful to the point any other movie studio would say please, write something else or this isn't coming out. Either way this suggestion came from IMDB to watch and I'm kind of regretting that I did. I love so bad they are good movies but when they are in on it, it ruins the experience.
A lost and forgotten 80s action movie masterpiece
phanthinga25 December 2018
Commando Ninja is a weird hybrid action movie of any 80s pop culture references that you can think of and it hella beautiful not because it not only a good tribute to a glorious era fill with ninja, alien, dinosaur, robot.... but it also a proper movie franchise in the making cause after it end I really want to watch" Commando Ninja 2:The Wasteland right the f now. I give big props for the director and the cast for knows exactly what they are doing unlike those terrible and trying too hard to be funny 80s action movie knock-off out there Commando Ninja actually got a style of it own and it look so stunning and so 80s - like to the point that I thought it an actual movie and not a parody one plus the big battle at the mansion and the Red Ninja fight are damn near perfect. If there something I hate about this movie it must be the intentional horrible dubbing of some character
Cheap knockoff for modern era of knuckledraggers
sdvang20 March 2023
It's a boring, predictable knockoff of the golden era of action movies, filled with 2-bit humor for the modern masses (the same masses that speak in emojis, have no notable skills or any form of success, can't formulate proper sentences, and certainly can't handle the basics of adult life).
If that's you, which it likely is, you will love this movie!
If you enjoyed the movies of yesteryear because they were sincerely trying to make a good movie, and failed miserably, then you won't like this (for example, anything from The Cannon Group). Or, if you liked the movies because they actually had masculine characters that would stop at nothing to wipe out the bad guys (and remain unharmed the entire time), then you won't like this. Why? Well, similarly to the people who view this movie in a positive light, 'Commando Ninja' just isn't genuine at all. It is too forced, and that never works out well for movies, music or humor.
If that's you, which it likely is, you will love this movie!
If you enjoyed the movies of yesteryear because they were sincerely trying to make a good movie, and failed miserably, then you won't like this (for example, anything from The Cannon Group). Or, if you liked the movies because they actually had masculine characters that would stop at nothing to wipe out the bad guys (and remain unharmed the entire time), then you won't like this. Why? Well, similarly to the people who view this movie in a positive light, 'Commando Ninja' just isn't genuine at all. It is too forced, and that never works out well for movies, music or humor.
Stupid fun!
jonasatmosfera5 January 2022
You gotta love a film whose tagline is "50% commando, 50% ninja, 100% American".
The 1980's has produced some of the "greatest" classic action films, "Commando Ninja" simply continues this tradition with "great" dialog, "fast-paced" action scenes, "top-notch" special effect, an "intelligent" plot and lots of explosions, decapitations, amputations and severed arteries.
I bet Stallone and Schwarzenneger must feel a little envious for not being part of this cinematographic masterpiece.
And best of all, it has been dubbed!
Commando Ninja is the best thing I've seen in a long while. Kudos to the Freench for making one of the best American Action films!
The 1980's has produced some of the "greatest" classic action films, "Commando Ninja" simply continues this tradition with "great" dialog, "fast-paced" action scenes, "top-notch" special effect, an "intelligent" plot and lots of explosions, decapitations, amputations and severed arteries.
I bet Stallone and Schwarzenneger must feel a little envious for not being part of this cinematographic masterpiece.
And best of all, it has been dubbed!
Commando Ninja is the best thing I've seen in a long while. Kudos to the Freench for making one of the best American Action films!
Wow, this was terrible...
paul_haakonsen7 December 2023
Needless to say that I hadn't heard about this 2018 French action comedy titled "Commando Ninja", prior to stumbling upon it here in 2023 and opting to sit down and watch it.
The storyline in "Commando Ninja" was non-existing. There was no red thread throughout the narrative, and things made no sense. And the fact that there was nothing entertaining to be found anywhere, as the movie progressed, just made it a prolonged thing to suffer through. Writer and director Benjamin Combes was doing nothing, really, aside from just blatantly copying popular 1980s action movies. And it grew insanely boring very quickly, especially because the movie virtually had no storyline to make it watchable.
Of course I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, nor that I had been missing out on anything here. The acting performances in "Commando Ninja" were just about as terrible as the movie itself, so at least they went hand in hand.
Even running at a mere 68 minutes, this movie was a swing and a miss, and a terrible choice for entertainment. This is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you to sit down and watch, nor waste your time, money or effort on.
Whether this was supposed to be an homage to the 1980s action movies or a spoof thereof, I don't know. Nor do I really care, because "Commando Ninja" was a swing and a miss of epic proportions.
My rating of "Commando Ninja" lands on a one out of ten stars.
The storyline in "Commando Ninja" was non-existing. There was no red thread throughout the narrative, and things made no sense. And the fact that there was nothing entertaining to be found anywhere, as the movie progressed, just made it a prolonged thing to suffer through. Writer and director Benjamin Combes was doing nothing, really, aside from just blatantly copying popular 1980s action movies. And it grew insanely boring very quickly, especially because the movie virtually had no storyline to make it watchable.
Of course I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, nor that I had been missing out on anything here. The acting performances in "Commando Ninja" were just about as terrible as the movie itself, so at least they went hand in hand.
Even running at a mere 68 minutes, this movie was a swing and a miss, and a terrible choice for entertainment. This is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you to sit down and watch, nor waste your time, money or effort on.
Whether this was supposed to be an homage to the 1980s action movies or a spoof thereof, I don't know. Nor do I really care, because "Commando Ninja" was a swing and a miss of epic proportions.
My rating of "Commando Ninja" lands on a one out of ten stars.
The greatest movie of all time.
dubbs-779568 January 2019
This is the first time I've ever written a review for a movie on IMDb. I felt the need to write this review because Commando Ninja might possibly be the greatest movie I've ever seen.
I recommend this to anybody that is a fan of the 80s action movie genre. It's a fast paced movie with amazing actors and an incredible storyline. I can't say enough about this movie, it is a must see.
I recommend this to anybody that is a fan of the 80s action movie genre. It's a fast paced movie with amazing actors and an incredible storyline. I can't say enough about this movie, it is a must see.
Amazing. As long as you check your expectations in at the door.
beardmcbearded5 January 2022
I thought this film was brilliant. It hits every single '80s cliche. Magnum PI, Commando, Predator, Miami Vice, any jean claude van damme film u name, terminator... the list just goes on. I will admit i do like my s****e films but that shouldn't put you off. Anyone over the age of 35 or so will find enough pop culture references to keep them at least chuckling throughout the film if not outright laughing. Definatly worth a watch and one of the more amusing films i've seen. Even down to the little touches like solar panels in 1986 and film posters that didn't come out till 2-3 yrs after when it's supposed to be set. (spoiler) I loved the way the kid managed to set a trap for the ninja in the time it took said ninja to walk up the stairs. The only film i can think of that was better for this whole schlock type thing was Iron Sky 2. The Coming Race.
Mish-Mash of random callbacks but made with heart!
jellopuke27 December 2021
This is all over the place in terms of pacing and references (down to certain specific iconic shots) BUT it's made with love and full of gore and action. The plot is weak and there's no ending really, BUT when you have so much 80's cheese, you can't go wrong. Much better than Kung Fury!
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