Chris Beveridge
06-01-2009, 08:16 AM
http://www.mania.com/content_pics/000004/28/49/c302cf485a3b7265_thumb.jpgReview by Chris Beveridge (http://www.mania.com/i-teenage-ninja_article_114681.html)
Mania Grade: C-
* Audio Rating: B
* Video Rating: B-
* Packaging Rating: B
* Menus Rating: NA
* Extras Rating: NA
* Age Rating: No Rating
* Region: 1 - North America
* Released By: Switchblade Pictures
* MSRP: 19.99
* Running time: 75
* Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* Disc Resolution: 480i/p
* Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
* Series: I Was a Teenage Ninja
In Summary:
I Was A Teenage Ninja is certainly a cute title but one that would be better suited for something a bit more modern with the ninja take to it. This release isn’t bad, at least not the godawful bad you’d expect, but the kind of really stupid bad that you can’t help but laugh at. Yet it’s also the kind of stuff that you’d find a lot of teens watching late at night on Cinemax if it was ever on there, so it certainly has an audience. This one was a bit different because of the religious persecution theme to it, but that’s just background to the silly smuttiness and goofy swordplay in the foreground. Saki Ninomiya is cute enough as the lead but she’s not someone who can keep attention on herself here even when she’s mostly naked and showing off some of her body. She’s cute, but not A-list attractive for a production like this and at times doesn’t even really feel like the lead in it. This flick falls in line with others in the series in that they’re utterly forgettable but can be positively fun to watch with the right crowd and copious amounts of alcohol.
Mania Grade: C-
* Audio Rating: B
* Video Rating: B-
* Packaging Rating: B
* Menus Rating: NA
* Extras Rating: NA
* Age Rating: No Rating
* Region: 1 - North America
* Released By: Switchblade Pictures
* MSRP: 19.99
* Running time: 75
* Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* Disc Resolution: 480i/p
* Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
* Series: I Was a Teenage Ninja
In Summary:
I Was A Teenage Ninja is certainly a cute title but one that would be better suited for something a bit more modern with the ninja take to it. This release isn’t bad, at least not the godawful bad you’d expect, but the kind of really stupid bad that you can’t help but laugh at. Yet it’s also the kind of stuff that you’d find a lot of teens watching late at night on Cinemax if it was ever on there, so it certainly has an audience. This one was a bit different because of the religious persecution theme to it, but that’s just background to the silly smuttiness and goofy swordplay in the foreground. Saki Ninomiya is cute enough as the lead but she’s not someone who can keep attention on herself here even when she’s mostly naked and showing off some of her body. She’s cute, but not A-list attractive for a production like this and at times doesn’t even really feel like the lead in it. This flick falls in line with others in the series in that they’re utterly forgettable but can be positively fun to watch with the right crowd and copious amounts of alcohol.