Review of New York Ninja

New York Ninja was originally shot in 1984, but ran out of money and was unfinished with no sound and no script. Vinegar Syndrome found the film and reshot, re edited and added overdubbed dialogue and a score. The end result is a very action packed and campy martial arts flick. This is very gritty in the grind house style with lots of over the top fight scenes and characters. The main hero(John Liu) is a legitimate kung fu star,. He made some kung fu movies and worked with Jackie Chan and Yuen Woo Ping early on in their movie careers. Our main character is out for justice after his pregnant girlfriend got attacked by thugs. If you enjoy classic kung fu movies, I he Cannon ninja flicks and post Deathwish vigilante revenge movies taking place in NYC(Vigilante, The Exterminator) and put all of these things together, you will get something like New York Ninja. I bought this movie on title alone knowing nothing about the film. I was pleasantly surprised and Vinegar Syndrome did a good job with its restoration.