Co-writer Mike Stone doubles under the mask for Nero, whose abilities in the film begin and end with his screen presence, leaving a thinly crafted story of industrial espionage and minor fist fights to keep the ship afloat until it's final act, that makes the opening seem like a casual warm-up. No better complement could be paid to "Enter the Ninja" than praise for its ability to keep viewers hooked with constant action punctuated by gratuitous violence and while there's no way it can go toe-to-toe in sheer spectacle against modern imitators like "Ninja Assassin," "Enter the Ninja" was fortunate to exist in an era where CGI wasn't in the lexicon and masked heroes and villains allowed for skilled martial artists and stuntmen to show off their art. Those who know the name Sho Kosugi generally come to expect absurd but satisfying ninja action, but "Enter the Ninja" is not a Kosugi vehicle, instead it employs the efforts of Spaghetti Western icon Franco Nero as a mustachioed ninja named Cole who tears through a host of lesser foes in the film's medium-impact, dialogue free opening act.
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