I remember catching this movie on one of the Showtime channels. What stood out for me is that this movie takes place entirely in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm from there so I spot the locales easily.

Regardless, a ninja kills a scientist, because they wear yellow sweaters and golf, who is pursued by the police. It takes about half the police force to take him down and when they do eventually kill him, there are no discernible bullet wounds. His spirit lives on however when a woman finds her and touches his katana.

From then on, she periodically gets possessed and kills the police officers who killed the original ninja. Then another ninja from Japan comes to kill the evil ninja. This might be a plot device from the previous two films, or perhaps a plot hole. All I know is that this movie is very campy, bad and entertaining. This is something to watch with a tub of popcorn, and several friends and give it the MST3K treatment.

You gotta admit, the stories intriguingly different in Ninja land, the action sequences spectacularly done, especially at the start, providing spectacular entertainment. An evil ninja, avenges those who have made a deadly mistake of killing him. Ninja rule, you can't outkill a ninja, only if you're a ninja. The evil ninja's spirit takes refuge in a woman's body, a hot body if that of Breakdance's Lucinda Dickey, who's angry moments are cute. She's a younger and sexier version of Mimi Rodgers. So now our hottie, who trains and works out a gym, while also working with power lines, is the "you don't mess with chick" who's killing bad guys, cops, and taking on gangs of thug. A young cop who falls for her, wanting to get into her panties, senses something weird, while really being deeply attracted to her, and to re-iterate, wanting to get into her panties. Dickey leaves a lot of her bloodshed in her wake, where it's time to call in a professional. Guess who that is. This action pic is a well staged spectacle, of "throw reality out the window" entertainment, and these ninja films always deliver hard on action, but only accept it for that ninja love. The "Body Shop" song used in other Golan Globus films, rocks too. A far fetched tale that of course will spark moments, of unintentional laughs, here's another one ninja fans like me, love.

Telephone maintenance worker and aerobics instructor Christie Ryder (an appealing portrayal by the luscious Lucinda Dickey) gets possessed by the malevolent spirit of a lethal black ninja. Fortunately, rival good ninja Yamada (the ever-cool Sho Kosugi sporting a gnarly eye patch) arrives in town to save the day by exorcising the spirit from Christie's body and defeating the black ninja.

Director Sam Firstenberg, working from a blithely absurd script by James R. Silke, keeps the marvelously ludicrous story zipping along at a snappy pace, treats the loopy handy-dandy multi-genre combo premise with admirable seriousness, and stages the martial arts fights with considerable aplomb (the opening sequence with the black ninja slaughtering a slew of cops is a rip-roaring doozy!). The extremely hirsute Jordan Bennett lends likable support as Christie's concerned police officer boyfriend Billy while familiar character actor James Hong has a neat bit as helpful spiritualist Miyashima. The love scene involving V8 juice rates as a definite campy highlight. Moreover, the roaring rock soundtrack, sweaty aerobics, a way cool video game called Bouncer, gaudy special effects, and "Flashdance"-style leotards and leg warmers all give this picture a certain endearingly cheesy 80's period charm. Hanania Baer's slick cinematography provides an impressive polished look. The spirited syncopated synthesizer score by Mischa Segal and Udi Harpaz hits the funky-throbbing spot. A real kitschy hoot and a half.