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At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Ethan is a mild-mannered guy just minding his own business - until one day his father is murdered by a gang of baddies and his gold is stolen. Ethan ends up meeting a man named Master T, a coffin maker and undertaker, who agrees to take him under his wing as an apprentice. He then trains him in the ways of Martial Arts so he can get revenge on his father's killers. But he does this in a pretty unorthodox way - by using the resources at his disposal such as long hikes carrying coffins, digging graves, and fighting zombies to improve his Kung-Fu skills. On the other side of the patchwork, a group of White guys in absurd outfits and headbands are going after a cruel land-grabber named Titus and his backer named Mason. Thankfully there's a hero named Duncan (Kirby) who has stellar fighting abilities. Will any of this fit together and make any sense whatsoever? Find out today! Here we have another Godfrey Ho patchwork concoction. You really can't judge his movies by the same standard you judge other movies. They come from a singular and incredibly wacky world of their own. Keeping this in mind, despite what some wags on the internet think, we tend to like Mr. Ho's oeuvre - but it's not for everyone because you have to have a high tolerance for insanity and nonsensicality. If you take your logical hat off for about 90 minutes or so, there is enjoyment to be had.For instance, while there are some standard chop-socky elements at work here, at least every 10 minutes or so, something weird, wild and wacky happens. Whether it comes from the funny dubbing, nutty sound effects, the toothy Master T and his in-and-out Jay Leno impression, the sped-up footage, the intentional "humor" or the cadre of White guys in flashy ninja gear, there's always something to keep your interest, no matter how incoherent the final product may be. And sure, there are characters named Lin and Tiger, but how many movies have a ninja master named Ira? Or Duncan for that matter. And why do they all have mustaches and headbands proclaiming that they are "Ninja"s or in some cases simply just "Nin"? Since the movie went back and forth between the "White Ninjas" plot and the "Undertaker" plot, we much preferred the White Ninjas side of the quilt and it was always a bit disappointing when it went to the other side. And there's some killer music to, in theory, tie it all together.Seeing as movies like this must surely have limited appeal, we applaud Imperial Home Video for releasing this. But if they ever were going to take a gamble, surely it would be in the golden year of 1989. Video stores were booming, ninjas were booming, zombies were booming, everything was booming. All they had to do was sit back and let the demented mind of Godfrey Ho work its magic. All that being said, this epic probably isn't worth the current $100.00 asking price on Amazon.Godfrey Ho fans: you know who you are. If you can find this movie cheap or rent it somehow, please do. Everyone else: this would be as good a place to start as any with the work of Mr. Ho, but confusion will certainly reign. In the end, movies like this, if nothing else, further cement the truth that the 80's ruled.For more action insanity, drop by: www.comeuppancereviews.com

Me and some friends found a copy of this in a local video store, renting it was 3$ but we bought it for 2$ instead, that was promising, they really wanted to get rid of it. Anyway we were looking for the worst movie available to laugh and we found it. Zombie vs Ninja guess who wins? NOBODY they never fight There are two horrible plots in this movie, two groups of ninjas, the ninjas and nin jas, and for some reason they are fighting, gold or something, really doesn't make sense. And the one that is apparently the good guy, not because of what he does but because he is better and braver. He fights with the dragons fire burns hot crap style. Anyway, in this part of the story nothing really happens. this guy whats through the woods and somehow doesn't notice the bright yellow and blue dressed guys hiding in the woods. they attack him but you know there is always a sword somewhere on a tree right, so he picks it up and wins. In the second plot, this guy, Ethan, has a father that was robbed and killed so he wants revenge and learns kungfu from an undertaker, go figure. Anyway this undertaker always extends his lines in a successful attempt to sound retarded, and says lines like, i have to go take a s~t and summons 1 or 2 zombies, hardly a horde. The only way you can distinguish the zombies from the humans is that they act like robots, dommo arigato mr zombie. And guess what the good guys win and yatti yatta, bad plot nothing happens. But the image is the worst, we noticed the image skip (when they stop filming and restart later from that point) around 4 times in the movie. Most of the time the actors aren't on screen since they cut off most of their faces when they switched it to full screen. WHY THE HECK DRESS IN SHINY FLASHY CLOTHING LABLED NINJA IF YOU WANT TO SURPRISE SOMEONE TO ASSASSINATE HIM! WHY FIGHT ZOMBIES FOR FUN OR LEARN KUNGFU FROM AN UNDERTAKER? WHY Doesn't THE NINJAS AND ZOMBIES FIGHT? Horrible but funny if you watch it in a group. If you have ever seen kung pow this is probably the movie they were laughing at since the mouths never move with the words

I am left perplexed after this movie. It was a weird experience ... First, let me state that I have seen much worse movies (Hercules in New York jumps to mind) ... after all, this was a ninja movie and it had some good fighting in it. Having said that, I can't help but wonder what the hell they were thinking? Why was the ninjas dressed up with bright yellow suits and headbands saying "NINJA"? What was the relationship between the bad guy killed in the last two minutes and Titus? Was there two separate villains? What were the zombies good for? Why were they included? Why did the master have to look like a rabbit with those teeth? Overall, I gave this a 3 out of 10 just because I am always entertained by Ninjas, apparently no matter how bad they look, and I like the attempt at an original story with the undertaker twist.In the end this is not a movie I would recommend to anyone else but a true ninja freak...

Zombie versus ninja is one of the few great hidden gems in the world of cinema today. It exceeds any expectations you may have going into a movie that is called zombie versus ninja. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF KIROSAWA, FELLINI, OR KUBRICK, then thats good for you I am too, but what was I saying about ninja versus zombie is that it is a great work and has single handedly changed the way we think about ninja zombie movies. The influence of this timeless masterpiece is abundantly obvious in such works as ninja zombie gangbangers, gold(to be released later this year), and many of the works of legendary director Grover Cleavland. If you don't like this movie it is because you simply aren't smart enough to understand it.