25 Seriously Cult Movies You Need To See Before You Die

By Ian Watson /

22. Enter The Ninja (1981)

Enter The Ninja€™s credit sequence tells you what to expect: after demonstrating his proficiency with throwing stars, nunchaku, a blowpipe etc., Sho Kosugi€™s black ninja is knocked out by Franco Nero€™s white ninja, whose flying kick doesn€™t even connect. Credibility is then thrown further to the winds during an opening sequence where Nero, who€™s about as convincing a martial artist as Chris Farley in Beverley Hills Ninja, singlehandedly disposes of an army of red ninjas (wouldn€™t life be boring if all ninjas looked the same?). Later on, Nero goes to visit an €œold army buddy€ who despite living in a mansion and being married to Susan George isn€™t doing so good. He€™s being strong-armed out of his property by a hook-handed goon in the employ of Mr Venarius, a cackling villain played by City of the Living Dead€™s Christopher €œno relation€ George. When Nero realizes this, we know that he€™s going to €œsend Mr Venarius a message€, and he does: he beats the tar out of George€™s henchmen, who€™re so badly trained they stand around waiting to get hit. Clearly out of his depth, George then hires Kosugi, and you can probably guess the rest.