Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

Release date: 1997-01-17
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Dennis Dugan
Production Co: 3 Arts Entertainment, Beverly Hills Ninja Productions, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Rating: 5.5/10
Length: 1h 28min

Storyline

Following a ship wreck, a baby is rescued by a clan of Ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own. But Haru (Chris Farley), as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy Ninja. However, the good-natured and persevering Haru, in his own bumbling way, and with some help from Gobei (Robin Shou), manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end.

Plot Keywords

kicked in the face, graduation, gong, gold, fish out of water, false name, false accusation of murder, falling from height, fake moustache, grappling hook, hanged man, harpoon, kicked in the stomach, jumping off a cliff, hotel, hotel clerk, hiding in a closet, hiding in a car trunk, held at gunpoint, head butt

Short Review

Farley, a real lightweight compared to such late, great predecessors John Belushi and John Candy, brings none of Belushi's edgy intelligence, nor Candy's gentle pathos to this comic caricature.