Shooting the French reality series LES APRENTIS SHAOLIN, one sequence had our 4 apprentice's battling Ninja warriors ona Kwun Tong rooftop...and it brought back fond memories of the glory days of Joseph Lai & IFD Films & Arts who unleahed all manner of Ninja action upon screens around the world in the mid 80's....
I've long been a fan of Joseph Lai's company and their work, its not high art but its great fun....and it would appear that i'm not the only one
NINJA THE MISSION FORCE
Based on the philosophy that “everything’s better with ninjas,” “Ninja the Mission Force” is a loving homage to the notorious cut-and-paste ninja films of IFD and Filmark, in which ninja-based story lines are incongruously crowbarred into unrelated films. It’s also the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to see ninjas, Orson Welles, gladiator midgets and dinosaurs all in one series.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR5KMWKcMy8
Produced by the team at www.darkmazestudios.com, its a loving homage to everything thats good and bad about the IFD Ninja movies
I'll be interviewing the team behind this for www.forcesofgeek.com shortly.....