Currently ranked as one of the absolute worst motion pictures in the entire Internet Movie Database, questionable director Dave Eddy’s surreal 1997 kiddie kung fu adventure “Pocket Ninjas” is, if nothing else, a unique, one-of-a-kind experience you won’t soon forget. Pieced together by an inglorious team of cinema-challenged individuals with little working knowledge of how filmed entertainment is constructed, the movie careens wildly between second-rate “Stand By Me” narration, silly sequences of misguided slapstick comedy, and, last but certainly not least, extended scenes of B-movie action guru Gary Daniels training in a variety of unrelated locations. The story — if you’re brave enough to actually label it as such — is nothing more than a cheap “3 Ninjas” knock-off starring a trio of talentless children who look just as confused delivering their lines as they do participating in the film’s numerous martial arts-related shenanigans. Had Eddy and his lackluster crew...
- 5/23/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
One of the great features over at the Internet Movie Database is the Bottom 100. Based on ratings viewers of the site give to various films, the worst of the worst films get put on this list. Some of them are on and off in a matter of days. Others stick around for the long haul, showing just how much suckage they truly emit.
It’s time to look at these movies and determine where they stand. Do they deserve to be on the Bottom 100 list? Are they not as bad as everyone says? Will they be off the list any time soon?
Here’s the breakdown for this week’s film:
Title: ‘Pocket Ninjas’
Release Date: March 25, 2007
Ranking on Bottom 100 (as of 8/12/2009): #1 (based on 700 votes)
Why it’s Here: Recently, while coming up with ideas for our weekly Top 10 Tuesday column, a Movie Geeks joked that we should come...
It’s time to look at these movies and determine where they stand. Do they deserve to be on the Bottom 100 list? Are they not as bad as everyone says? Will they be off the list any time soon?
Here’s the breakdown for this week’s film:
Title: ‘Pocket Ninjas’
Release Date: March 25, 2007
Ranking on Bottom 100 (as of 8/12/2009): #1 (based on 700 votes)
Why it’s Here: Recently, while coming up with ideas for our weekly Top 10 Tuesday column, a Movie Geeks joked that we should come...
- 8/12/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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