Newly discovered, restored and released on Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome after spending nearly four decades in film obscurity, the wildly entertaining 1984 ninja film New York Ninja is finally available in all of its ridiculous over-the-top glory for the first time ever.
Already a cult sensation, New York Ninja is now playing on Showtime. The film's next air date is Friday, July 29th at 10:05pm ET/PT. Don't miss it!
In New York Ninja, "John is just an average man working as a sound technician for a New York City news station, until one day his pregnant wife is brutally murdered while witnessing the kidnapping of a young woman in broad daylight. Turning to the police for help, John soon learns that the city is overrun with crime and the police are too busy to help. Dressing as a white ninja, John takes to the streets as a sword wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up the streets of the city he once loved by ridding it of muggers, pickpockets, rapists, and gang members."
"However, in John’s quest for justice, he soon finds himself the target of every criminal in the city, including a mysterious villain known only as the Plutonium Killer. Will John survive to become the hero that New York City so desperately needs?"
Originally directed by and starring martial arts actor John Liu (The Secret Rivals, Invincible Armor) in his only American production, New York Ninja was filmed entirely on 35mm in 1984, but the project was abandoned during production resulting in all original sound materials being lost over time.
35 years later, Vinegar Syndrome acquired the original unedited camera negative and painstakingly constructed and completed the film, enlisting the talents of genre film superstars Don "The Dragon" Wilson (Bloodfist, Whatever It Takes), Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead, Nightmare Sisters), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), Vince Murdocco (Night Hunter, LA Wars), Matt Mitler (The Mutilator), Leon Isaac Kennedy (Lone Wolf McQuade), Ginger Lynn Allen (The Devil’s Rejects), and Cynthia Rothrock (Martial Law) to voice the leads, as well as an all-new original score by Voyag3r.
And speaking of the Detroit-based synth-rock band, there's more news to report from the Voyag3r camp!
Voyag3r will be attending Motor City Nightmares horror convention in Metro Detroit at the Sheraton Novi on July 29th through 31st. In addition to almost all of the original Dawn of the Dead cast bring in attendance, Voyag3r will be playing a live concert at the Friday night after party.
Lastly, Voyag3r launched a bi-weekly podcast called V3 Cast. The band gets together to discuss film, music, cool drinks and all types of fun pop culture topics. The video version is viewable on the bands official YouTube page or wherever you get your podcasts. Tune in and subscribe!
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