Pray for Death (Gordon Hessler, 1985)
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Theatrical poster for the limited US release of Robotech the movie, July 1986. A much maligned film, but rarely seen by it's detractors, this film is a rather scrambled edit of Megazone 23 and coupled with edits of footage of various episodes of Southern Cross. Despite claims the film was a box office bomb, in it's test market run in Dallas, Texas, it did exceptionally well despite it's run being limited to daytime matinee screenings in most theatres. However, financial issues plagued it's distributor Cannon Films. Cannon also did not understand the core market of the franchise. When teens and young adults showed up to screenings rather than children (which they expected the film to appeal to and had already bought TV commercial airtime during children's TV shows to market to), they panicked and pulled the film from distribution. Due to internal issues, the film was never remarketed or retooled for wider distribution. It was eventually released on home video in English in the UK and Belgium (with Dutch subtitles) and on laserdisc in English in the Netherlands, again with Dutch subtitles.
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“Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo” (1984)
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Revenge of the Ninja (Sam Firstenberg, 1983)
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Revenge of the Ninja will be released on Blu-ray on May 28 via Kino Lorber. The 1983 martial arts action film is the second installment in the in-name-only Ninja trilogy, between 1981's Enter the Ninja and 1984 Ninja III: The Domination.
Sam Firstenberg (American Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination) directs from a script by James R. Silke (Ninja III: The Domination). Sho Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye, Kane Kosugi, and Professor Toru Tanaka star. Cannon Films produces.
Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Audio commentary by action film historians Mike Leeder and Arne Venema (new)
Audio commentary by director Sam Firstenberg and stunt coordinator Steven Lambert
Introduction by director Sam Firstenberg
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Theatrical trailer
When a band of Ninja assassins slaughters the family of Cho Osaki (Shô Kosugi), he flees to America in the hope of building a new life. A former Ninja himself, Osaki tries to escape his deadly past but soon discovers he has become the pawn of a ruthless drug trafficker—an American Ninja intent on killing anyone who crosses his path…including Osaki!
Pre-order Revenge of the Ninja.
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