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Ninja master Tiger So (Hwang Chang Lee) wants to get his hands on
master Evergreen's fortune, so when Evergreen holds a tournament to make
the best fighter of the region the husband of her daughter Susan, he sends
Cho to participate and bring him Susan - who's actually of ninja blood,
but her father, who was later killed by Tiger, gave her to master
Evergreen for adoption. Cho almost wins the tournament, but at the last
moment, a travelling salesman, Dragon (Dragon Lee) stops by and defeats
him. With the wedding arrangements on the way, Dragon travels back to his
master to get his blessings - but in the meantime, Susan is abducted by
Tiger So's ninjas. To free her, Dragon hooks up with Susan's sister he
never knew and who dresses up as a boy, and a stranger who's just along
for the ride, and on their way to Tiger So's fortress, Dragon and friends
have to defend themselves against the ninjas almost constantly. Finally
the friends arrive at Tiger's fortress, and while Susan's sister runs off
to free Susan, the two men fight and kill all the guards and finally face
Tiger So himself - but it seems they are fighting a losing battle, since
they can't come up with anything to coutner Tiger's ninja-techniques ...
until Susan flashes her titties and Tiger runs out of ninja-concetration
(really), and from now on, it's an easy task for our two heroes to defeat
and kill him.
Obviously done on the cheap and a far cry from
the epic it could have been (for better or worse), Secret Ninja,
Roaring Tiger is nevertheless a pretty entertaining little romp:
Though its story is not without its shortcomings, it moves along at a very
swift pace, the action scenes are well executed and at times even
inventive and funny, and the whole thing doesn't necessarily take itself
too seriously - which is a good thing given its clichéd plot - without
ever becoming too goofy, either. In all, nothing great, but an ok 80
minutes.
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