The undisputed master of ninja trash fiction, director Godfrey Ho, made over 100 bad movies, and this one is widely known as one of his most ridiculous ones. As with other Ho films, Ninja Terminator is a collage between the material he personally recorded ("Movie A") and clips from some other movie that he "adapted" to his plot by dubbing the voices ("Movie B"). Movie B is in this case some super-obscure Korean potboiler known as Uninvited Guest (1986), while Movie A is recognizable by Ho's style - bizarre fights, dramatic zooms and quick cuts.

The problem is that the story is confusing, and Movie B is not nearly as deliciously idiotic as Movie A, even though the dubbing team tried its best to make it so, apparently. One interesting cut between Movies A and B occurs when a character from A is watching a scene from B on a VHS tape. The overarching story is about a magical statue that makes the owners' hands invulnerable, and there are a lot of colorfully clad ninjas, miniature robots and crabs. One of the main characters even has a hilarious Garfield phone, which is maybe the most famous element of the film. The music is amusingly stolen from other films such as A Clockwork Orange, while the studio logo has Star Wars music playing. According to the opening credits, the film was scripted by the "AAV Creative Unit" (what the hell is that? And where can I get one?), sounds like some sort of robot programmed to make shitty ninja flicks.

Very crappy, but charming.