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Beverly Hills Ninja

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Beverly Hills Ninja is NOT the best DVD you will ever own. it is not meant to be. It isn't even Farley's TRUE last movie. But it IS his final film as a lone star, and his star shines brightly.

The story is simple enough. Legend states that a "Great White Ninja" will come to a Ninja Clan and bring Greatness. When a young baby washes ashore..it is assumed it is the Great White Ninja of Legend. It's not.

From there on out, the plot is a haphazard mix of action, jokes, and some pieces of 'story'. The plot is admittedlty thin, but it serves its due just fine.

Chris Rock is notable, but underused. This movie also provides a good showcase for Robin Shou, better known for 'Mortal Kombat'. His action scenes are fantastic.

The best jokes seem to come the most natural...Farley with nunchuks, Farley in 'disguise', Farley's Spiritual 'Levitation'..and the Ninja Training sequence is a highlight of slapstick fun that previews what COULD have been.

On the technical side, the DVD is Anamorphic, and has a helpful Spanish alternate language dub that is a GREAT feature. The rest of the disc is sadly 'Bare Bones'..just a trailer, and the obligatory 'Talent Files'.

I DO wish there had been some deleted scenes, or even a commentary.

The picture, as stated, is Anamorphic,it is in both widescreen(1:85) and pan&scan and displays very little grain. It is amazingly sharp and pleasant.

Viewing this disc is a pure pleasure..and the sound, while not too active in surround, is rich and bold.

I highly recommend this as a purchase. It can be viewed multiple times, and is never wearing enough to get 'old', thus upping its value as a purchase.

This may be the last true "Chris Farley" film..he may have left us, but he left us laughing.

What's there not to laugh at in this movie. The very concept of Farley playing a white Ninja just makes me laugh. This is a movie you watch more then once and laugh harder the second, third, fourth time around. There is some classic comedy in this movie. Some of my personal favoriate scenes are:

1)Farley in the Dojo practicing his Ninja moves and destroying, breaking, and burning everything he touches.
2)When he first meets Chris Rock - and teaches him his "first lessons" in the Ninja art.
3) When he disguised as a Cook.
4) When he disguised as Chuck Walters.
5) The ending battles with him and his brother Ninja.

The entire movie is a riot. It's very much on the stupid side (much like Dumb and Dumber) and is full of laughter. A comedy classic.. an underrated one at that.

Don't be fooled with the negative reviews by critics or low scores by some movie review sites. .If you are not the type of viewer expecting some serious message or plot from a movie, watch just for pure entertainment then this is one of the best hilarious movie ever.Just relax and watch this movie. This is the first movie of Chris Farley I saw (on a tv channel in 2002) and instantly it made me his big big fan. I laughed and laughed and laughed through every singe moment of the movie.This is the one of the best spoof movies besides the light of naked gun series. Chris farley is the best in this kind of geners. Once you watch his devotion in the film and his funny facial expressions, body language ,you will surely consider other latest so called comedy stars and their movies so boring . I am from Bangladesh (Asia) and I don't know what people of USA and other countries think about this guy but he will always remain
as the best hilarious actor of all time in my mind. I think "Beverly Hills Ninja" is better than Farley's other titles (Even than "Tommy Boy"). Just uniquely hilarious. I give it 10/10.

Chris Farley was probably the greatest physical comedian of his generation, and his unique skills are truly showcased in Beverly Hills Ninja. It's sort of a no-brainer: cast Chris Farley as "the great white Ninja" and stand back while hilarity ensues. That's basically what happens, although the story itself isn't all that bad on its own. Obviously, there are lots of stunts and comedic pratfalls in the film, but the dialogue is hilarious, as well - Beverly Hills Ninja is eminently quotable. Adding Chris Rock to the comedic mix makes a good thing even better.

As a babe, little Haru (Farley) washed up on the shores of Japan and was taken in by a ninja master. Legends foretold of a white child who would become the greatest ninja in the world, and Sensei adopted the child as one of his own. By the time Haru grew up, though, it seemed rather obvious that he was not the prophesied Great White Ninja - he had plenty of heart and dedication, but no ninja skills whatsoever. Then a shapely American blonde (Nicollette Sheridan) comes to the dojo asking for help, and Haru readily agrees to put his ninja stealth skills to use for her. He discovers that the lady's boyfriend is a counterfeiter and murderer, and - hearing nothing else from her - he decides it is his duty to follow her to the Hills of Beverly and safeguard her life. Knowing that Haru is a clumsy goof, Sensei (Soon-Tek Oh) sends Haru's "brother" Gobei (Robin Shou) to surreptitiously watch over and assist him. Gobei is plenty busy, as Haru soon finds himself blamed for a couple of murders and basically keeps putting himself in peril. Incredibly, Haru does manage to find his client again, which puts him on a collision course with bad guys more than willing to rob and kill in order to get their counterfeit operation up and going. Haru makes some interesting detours along the way: forgetting everything he's ever learned about being one with the universe at a local strip joint, posing as an inking expert, and even serving up a most memorable meal at a Japanese restaurant. In case you're wondering, there is some martial arts action in the closing minutes, and it's quite a kick to see Farley actually take care of a little business.

Beverly Hills Ninja is a very funny movie. The world will never see the likes of Chris Farley again, and this role was seemingly made for him to play. It's like a highlight reel of all Farley's funniest stunts and hijinx, and great one-liners just pour out of the characters' mouths in abundance. If you're not into comedy for comedy's sake, you can even take heart in seeing Haru succeed at finally proving himself and earning the respect of his Sensei and "brother." The music, which does include both "Turning Japanese" and "Kung Fu Fighting," also adds a lot to the comedy. Really, if this movie doesn't make you laugh, I'm not sure there's any hope for you.

Chris Farley was one of the most underrated actors during his brief 33 years of existence. This movie is one of his final movies until he succumbed to a drug overdose in December 1997. This is why I don't do drugs. They kill great people.

The movie is another classic that will go down in history. It's pretty stupid, and it's not Farley's best, but it deserves 5 stars nonetheless. Chris Farley stars as Huru, a ninja school dropout. He is also known as "the great white ninja" throughout the movie. I don't want to tell you about the whole movie unless the movie sucks, and this movie is far from sucking, so I'll give you some of the funniest scenes:

- The Benihana scene
- the strip club scene
- the house invasion scene

Hell, the whole movie is a classic. Buy it now! NOW!! Watch something other than Napoleon Dynamite for once!

Chris Farley was a very funny comedian in various roles on Saturday Night Live. Part of the humor is that he would play characters that were inherently humorous due to his weight. Casting him as a Chippendale dancer is a good example of this.

This same comedy ploy is used in this movie, with the overweight Farley portraying the "Great White Ninja". Of course, the humor comes not that the ninja is white, but that the ninja is bumbling and very overweight.

The plot is good for a Farley movie, and most of the laughs are from physical and slapstick comedy as Farley attempts to work his ninja magic. Chris Rock has a great role as Joey, a man looking up to Farley in his ninja role.

I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a light hearted laugh and who isn't in the mood for dissecting a plot.

I think my comments about this movie are the following:
First of all, the performances. Sometimes that is the thing I first check of any movie. In this one, the performances are deep and hilarious. Then there is the content, I like a movie also by it's content, if it's interesting, boring, fictious or real life themes. In this case intersting, find out why by watching this one. And there is also the dialogues, many movies depend on dialogues. In this case there are smartly funny dialogues between Harú and Sensei or Gobei.
I suggest you go buy, rent or anything that is more comfortable for you in which the results are watching the movie. This one is just great.

I rate this DVD down lower because it dosent contain any bonus features. The movie is one of Chris Farleys best. But the lack of NO bonus features brings my rating for it down. When are these people who put these DVD's together come to relise that a trailer is NOT a special feature? Trailers are a standard that should come with any, if every DVD... its such a shame they treat great movies so poorly, and all the crap ones come with 2 discs of bonus material... who ever makes these things needs to rethink there stratagy i think

And my regoiun 4 version didnt even come with the production notes... no that it would have helped .... but the great Late Chris Farley should have a little more respect for his great movies he did in a short time, compared to the way this one has been treated.

Here is a brief overview:
Haru (Chris Farley) is the only white ninja in China, and a cockeyed one too. He is asked by "Sally" (Nicolette Sheridan), an unknown stranger, to help her. So, Haru goes to Beverly Hills, where he must sort through a conterfeit case. He, along the way, is acused of 2 murders. See the movie to see how Haru uses his 'skill' to get through America.
This movie is hilarious, but I think Black Sheep and Tommy Boys come first.

I really enjoyed this movie. Though slapstick humor isn't really my thing, I guess as a black belt in Martial arts myself, having the show revolve around Martial Arts from awesome moves, to the complete rediculous was enjoyable. Chris Farely did a far better job than in Black Sheep which was almost the same movie as Tommy boy, and the kind of boring "Almost heroes" which just kind of dragged on.

the movie itself was a great show, but I was extremely disappointed in the DVD version. DVD's have been around for a while before they released this movie, and they have done great things with them. Behind the scenes looks, interviews, language changes, subtitles, deleted scenes, character and actor bios, and much more can be found in the special menus. On my Mortal Kombat 2 and Crow:Salvation DVD they even added a mini interactive game.

This special menu had cast bios and the trailer. That is it. Nothing else. I know there were a lot of deleted funny scenes because they showed the movie deleted scenes and all, on tv last year. And Robin Shou (Who played Gobi, Haru's adopted brother) Had just as big of a part as Chris Rock, and was more of an important character since he took all the heat for keeping Haru out of trouble, and yet he wasn't even added in the actor bio.

It just lacked a lot of extras that could have made it a great DVD. So the movie was hilarious...yes it was stupid, but come on, at least it was meant to be unlike some movies that send people home laughing when they were trying to be serious...And I loved the acting of all the characters, all who blended perfectly with eachother. (Especially Soon Tek Oh- Haru's adopted father). But the DVD just could have done a lot more in the extras department. This seemed more like the first line of DVD's rather than the already advanced and sophisticated one with extras we've come to love. The VHS is cheaper, just as good quality, and same movie.