THREE NINJAS HIGH NOON AT MEGA MOUNTAIN

SYNOPSIS:
Colt (Mathew Botuchis) and his brothers Rocky (Michael O'Laskey) and Tum-Tum (James Paul Roeske) are three ordinary kids and expert ninja fighters, trained from an early age by their Japanese grandfather (Victor Wong). So when the Mega Mountain Amusement Park is taken over by an army of bungling criminals, it's up to the three ninjas to save the day.

"This barbaric piece of family entertainment sees our three young martial arts prodigies – the Hanson of kung fu teams – return to kick the crap out of more black-clad warriors twice their size. Guns and other weapons abound, along with plenty of bone-crunching sound effects; but maximum pain is inflicted by the wretched script, which includes lots of ‘Awesome! Way to go!’ exclamations from the kids, plus endless terrible attempts at camp humour. A ravaged Hulk Hogan is cruelly cast as a washed-up TV star, and the mugging, dopey villains include Jim Varney (of Ernest Scared Stupid fame) as well as Melrose Place’s Loni Anderson. The fun-park setting helps keep things lively, but isn’t particularly well exploited. This is a pretty awful movie, but it has lots of slapdash colour and movement, and it’s easy to see why children could find it pleasurable: there's something immediately exciting and liberating in the unfussy transition from ordinary family life (a birthday party, fretful relatives) to spectacular butt-kicking fantasy. Parents and other adults are advised to keep clear."
Jake Wilson