"Mystery Science Theater 3000" Master Ninja II (TV Episode 1992) Poster

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(1992)

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10/10
Master Ninja = Brilliant
thegoodbyeradioband19 January 2013
This and Master Ninja I combine to form my favorite MST3K episodes ever.

Lee Van Cleef, an elderly Lee Van Cleef to boot, plays a ninja. Enough said.

Tim Van Patten plays his "cool" and "attractive" young sidekick.

The riffs are top notch and the film (actually two episodes of the failed 80's show, The Master) is goofy beyond belief. Guest stars range from Demi Moore to Claude Akins.

A must watch for any MST3K fan, particularly if you like their TV movie episodes. For context, my other favorite episodes are: Mitchell, Santa Claus, Gamera vs. Guiron, San Francisco International, High School Bigshot, Fugitive Alien II, The Lost Continent and Warrior of the Lost World. But, I seriously love the series in general. Master Ninja I and II are what got me hooked for good.
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10/10
All for the riff
BandSAboutMovies3 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The second movie of The Master - it's really episodes 3 and 4 of the show - is probably best known for airing on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Yet for those alive in 1984 who loved all things ninja, the idea that we could see Sho Kosugi on NBC once a week was a big deal.

The first part, taken from the episode called "State of the Union," has McAllister (Lee Van Cleef) and Keller (Timothy Van Patten) dealing with union issues. This may point to my issues as a kid with this series. I had no interest in the human world of this show. I wanted ninja fights. If you read this site on any basis, you will realize this has not changed.

So if you want to see a ninja help Crystal Bernard from Wings then this would be the movie for you to watch.

This section is directed by Alan Meyerson, who also directed Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach and Private Lessons. The script was from staff writer Susan Woolen.

Woolen would also write the script for "Hostages," directed by Ray Austin, which has our ninja master and his young student save a senator's daughter. Randi Brooks (Cherry from TerrorVision), George Lazenby and David McCallum show up as this turns into an espionage film when again, all we want is ninja on ninja.

Of course, I wanted to be Sho Kosugi as a kid.

I still do as an old man.
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1/10
Even MST 3K jokes can't save this stinker
robertmurray-7063719 October 2019
This is one of those "movies" that was created by splicing together two or more episodes from a TV show. MST 3K used a few of those and they all stink. If the movie is not fun to watch, jokes don't help and this movie is both stupid and boring.

Lee Van Cleef plays a martial artist (a Ninja) but he is too old for this role. Yes there martial arts masters this old, but they are teachers not fighters. Timothy Van Patten, Van Cleef's sidekick (and disciple), is a terrible actor and he gets romantically paired up with a series of petite young women who all look like they are no older than 16. We are supposed to like him because he drives a van. I know that sounds dumb, but people in the 1970s actually thought that vans were very cool.
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