Enter the Ninja is further hurt by a clichéd, listless script from Dick Desmond that relies exclusively on stock characterizations and dialogue and only utilizes the ninja angle as a way to spice up a rather dull "evil tycoon plots to steal real estate" premise.
The first problem is that none of the stars seem right for a martial arts epic: Franco Nero looks uncomfortable as the ninja expert and fails to perform convincingly during the fight scenes, while Susan George is thoroughly wasted as the damsel in distress and Christopher George's villainous character is denied any real participation in the action. Despite its status as the film that sparked the "ninja movie" boom of the early '80s, Enter the Ninja is a pretty lackluster affair.
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