Fresh
A lively, good-looking kiddie action comedy best left to those under 10.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
3 Ninjas
Tum Tum, Colt and Rocky Ready for a Ninja Summer!
1992 · 1h 36m · PG
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Jon Turteltaub
Overview
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Director and cast
- Jon Turteltaub Director
- Victor Wong Chi-Keung as Grandpa Mori Tanaka
- Michael Treanor as Samuel 'Rocky' Douglas Jr.
- Max Elliott Slade as Jeffrey 'Colt' Douglas
- Chad Power as Michael 'Tum Tum' Douglas
- Rand Kingsley as Hugo Snyder
- Alan McRae as Samuel Douglas Sr., FBI
- Margarita Franco as Jessica Douglas
- Kate Sargeant as Emily
- Joel Swetow as Brown
- Professor Toru Tanaka as Rushmore
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
32%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A miserable ripoff of The Karate Kid.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The movie is saddled with a junky visual style, haphazard editing and occasional out-of-focus shots.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Director Jon Turtletaub and editor David Rennie keep things zipping along.
Joseph McBride, Variety
Fresh
Can the trio use their ninja secrets to escape? Will granddad defeat the gun-runner in hand-to-hand combat? If you can't guess the answers to these questions you are under 11 and will absolutely love this film.
Nigel Kendall, Time Out
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