Enter the Ninja (1981) - Kino Studio Classics - May 2015

[wormraper]

holy...f@ck...balls... I want this title NOW!! Kino is just knocking the genre titles out of the park!

[The Great Owl]

Kino Lorber was my Blu-ray hero company of 2014, and their batting average for 2015 looks to be even better.

I've never seen this, but I was a big fan of Revenge of the Ninja back in the 1980s shortly after its release on HBO. Ninja movies from the 1980s own all.

This also brings back memories of watching that television show, The Master (starring Lee Van Cleef), around the same time. God, I loved that show, and I'd love to see all of the episodes again after all these years.

[Pete Rock]

Definitely will be picking this up! First Avenging Force and now Enter the Ninja. Kino is killing it with the Cannon classics.

Hopefully Revenge of the Ninja is not too far behind as well as an uncut release of Pray for Death.

[seagal]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Catalog release of the year, unless Revenge of the Ninja is coming ...or the original 132 minute cut of Orson Welles' Magnificent Ambersons magically is unearthed from the bowels of Atlantis.

Why catalog title of the year?
Don´t you already have the German Blu-ray, Klaus?

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by seagal

Why catalog title of the year?
Don´t you already have the German Blu-ray, Klaus?

No reason to buy this if you have the German BD but it's nice to see it coming for the rest of you fine folks

[javi92]

Yeah, I've never seen this, but based on the context of this thread, I think I need too.

[MTRodaba2468]

Great news. I never got around to getting the German Blu-Ray, so if this is on par quality wise, I'll snag this one instead.

Then I just need Revenge of the Ninja...

[Dragon Lee]

Watched this on xfinity vod a few months back. Absolute hilarity! I loved it. Day 1 buy for DL!

[Kainefu]

Ninja!Ninja! come out Ninja. This flick is awesome. Ninja Django. Ha. Hilarious.

[wickedmiranda]

Yesssss!!! So many Cannon movies coming out this year. The Kino blu of Avenging Force was absolutely amazing.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

...or the original 132 minute cut of Orson Welles' Magnificent Ambersons magically is unearthed from the bowels of Atlantis.

Unless a private collector has it, it will never happen. The missing film was burned by the studio.

[ergumat]

cool. I have the German releases of this one and Revenge of the Ninja but may get this one as well.

[Ellis Hugh]

I want my copy of Enter the Ninja and I want it NOW!!!

[reaperx187]

I dont think i ever seen this one before if i did it was just bit's and piece's maybe but i will most likely get this. I'm just a sucker for fun Ninja film's i own Revenge and the other Sho Ninja flick on DVD.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Kino Lorber was my Blu-ray hero company of 2014, and their batting average for 2015 looks to be even better.

I've never seen this, but I was a big fan of Revenge of the Ninja back in the 1980s shortly after its release on HBO. Ninja movies from the 1980s own all.

This also brings back memories of watching that television show, The Master (starring Lee Van Cleef), around the same time. God, I loved that show, and I'd love to see all of the episodes again after all these years.

Enter the Ninja is awesome...can't wait to watch it .

[Skorpius]

One of the most important releases EVER for me! Fantastic news. Been waiting for a quality release since DVD's inception.

[Thomas Irwin]

Awesome news. I was hoping it would eventually get a U.S. release.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

Its good fun but Revenge is better. And 9 Deaths better still!

9 Deaths... is, for good or bad, branded on my brain.

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

This also brings back memories of watching that television show, The Master (starring Lee Van Cleef), around the same time. God, I loved that show, and I'd love to see all of the episodes again after all these years.

Eff yeah! I saw The Master as I think 2 spliced movies. Also Owl, nice to see you on a thread that's not Criterion

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by saltysam

i assume you are kidding...9 deaths even i wouldn't admit to owning

Id buy 9 Deaths in a heartbeat! The existing US DVD is horrible, nasty 4:3 and looks terrible. Ive got a Korean DVD which looks way better in the proper ratio of 2.35:1. 9 Deaths is absolutely hilarious!

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by wickedmiranda

Yesssss!!! So many Cannon movies coming out this year. The Kino blu of Avenging Force was absolutely amazing.

Picture quality was great. I wonder if they did any extra work on the transfer or if the print was just in excellent shape to begin with. It looked better than many of the other MGM titles they've released so far: crisp, clean, free of debris. Very film-like. My gut tells me they did a little extra polishing on this one, maybe a whole new scan.