![]() Needless to say, he is delighted when she agrees. I don’t think there’s a single scene where he’s not shoving candy into his mouth."Jake Bouchard" (Dylan Everett) is a typical 17-year old high school student who finally gathers enough courage to ask a girl named "Angie" (Greta Onieogou) out on a date. ![]() And the youngest, Michael ( Chad Power), is given the name Tum Tum because.kid loves to eat. The middle one, Jeffrey ( Max Elliot Slade), is given the name Colt because he is “fast and free”. The oldest, Samuel ( Michael Treanor), is given the name Rocky because he is “strong, solid, and cool as granite”. At the end of the summer, before they return home, he gives each of them a mask and christens them with a “ninja name”. He’s kooky and a bit of a goofball, but has a lot of love for these boys, despite how super-boring and generic they are. When I went to visit my grandparents as a kid, we just went to the mall and, if I was very lucky, the zoo! Victor Wong makes for a really endearing grandpa. That seems like a badass way to spend a summer, I’m not going to lie. The three brothers spend their summers with their grandfather doing ninja training - fighting, sneaking up on people, learning how to disappear in a poof of smoke, cook rice, you know…the basics. I remain confused how he is their grandfather as the boys and both of their parents look super white and not in the least bit Japanese. The story is about three brothers who are learning the ways of ninja from their grandfather Mori ( Wong). On rewatching this as an adult, this film hasn’t aged the best but there’s still fun to be had. However, I was a shy kid and, despite the presence of Kimberly and Trini on the Power Rangers, it still seemed strictly a “boy” thing.īut hey, maybe I didn’t learn the fine art of kicking butt but I watched the heck out of some 3 Ninjas. In retrospect, I’m sure I could’ve taken it too had I just asked. My brother took karate and I was insanely jealous of him. I’m not sure what the kids are into these days but when I was a tiny youth, it was all about the Ninja Turtles, the Power Rangers and playing Mortal Kombat on our Segas. In retrospect, media that revolved around martial arts of any kind was very popular amongst my elementary school friends. 3 Ninjas greatly appealed to my child self - my VHS copy of this movie was in heavy rotation back in the day. ![]() I’m not sure how historically accurate this is to real ninjas, but I like the way the film uses the ways of ninja to give its characters a moral compass. A ninja does not fight a battle if he cannot win.” “A ninja loves nature because he’s from nature. He is fast and friendly to his environment.” “A ninja is one who can use everything around him to trick his enemies. ![]() So.what is a ninja according to the movie 3 Ninjas? The film offers us a few definitions, as beloved character actor Victor Wong grills his three strangely white grandchildren around the dinner table: It’s really just the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies and the one I’m writing about today - the 1992 family film 3 Ninjas. My experience with ninja movies and ninja pop culture is sadly limited. Then we have the popular culture vision of a ninja which is a person, typically dressed all in black, who has cool secret fighting skills and usually carries a sword and/or throwing stars. What is a ninja? We have what ninjas historically are, which is mercenary agents that existed in feudal Japan in the 14th and 15th century who were used for covert work like spying and assassinations. ![]()
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