Hole Head 2010 Program Guide 'Alien vs Ninja'
Alien vs Ninja
Dir: Seiji Chiba
A ball of fire falls from the sky and an alien creature is introduced into what appears to be feudal Japan. Ultra Ninja protect their turf and move along the ground, in the trees and in the sky at lightening speeds.
Alien vs Ninja elevates the visuals to the ethers and beyond. There is nothing quite like it. Really. Picture gooey baby aliens that want to crawl up your nose. They work their way into human ‘hosts’ and then take control. Getting the alien out of the host involves some creative approaches that are simply jaw dropping to watch. Of course, what could have been a simple battle of the creature vs his human counterparts is taken to a level I’d not thought possible. There’s an emphasis on the speed of motion coupled with periodic slow motion filming that make’s puts this film in a class of it’s own. Godzilla was a lumbering beast and this Alien creature clearly isn’t!
This thing can MOVE and MOVES like you can barely follow at times. The ninja are otherworldly as well and have all the sword and weapons skills you’d expect of the ultra super elite warriors. There are also some new weapons that are a riff on traditional Japanese toys. The spinning death top and the death mouse bomb are both awesome.
Alien vs Ninja is funny and there are action scenes that will put a smile on your face. Of course there’s also sensational gore and minced body parts alongside buckets of entrails flying in the sky. I can’t recall ever seeing a human body de-gloved from the waist down before. Disgusting!
Alien vs Ninja moves at a frenetic pace. This film doesn’t miss a beat as the impossible to kill creature takes them all on and refuses to back down.
- Mike Skurko
Dir: Seiji Chiba
A ball of fire falls from the sky and an alien creature is introduced into what appears to be feudal Japan. Ultra Ninja protect their turf and move along the ground, in the trees and in the sky at lightening speeds.
Alien vs Ninja elevates the visuals to the ethers and beyond. There is nothing quite like it. Really. Picture gooey baby aliens that want to crawl up your nose. They work their way into human ‘hosts’ and then take control. Getting the alien out of the host involves some creative approaches that are simply jaw dropping to watch. Of course, what could have been a simple battle of the creature vs his human counterparts is taken to a level I’d not thought possible. There’s an emphasis on the speed of motion coupled with periodic slow motion filming that make’s puts this film in a class of it’s own. Godzilla was a lumbering beast and this Alien creature clearly isn’t!
This thing can MOVE and MOVES like you can barely follow at times. The ninja are otherworldly as well and have all the sword and weapons skills you’d expect of the ultra super elite warriors. There are also some new weapons that are a riff on traditional Japanese toys. The spinning death top and the death mouse bomb are both awesome.
Alien vs Ninja is funny and there are action scenes that will put a smile on your face. Of course there’s also sensational gore and minced body parts alongside buckets of entrails flying in the sky. I can’t recall ever seeing a human body de-gloved from the waist down before. Disgusting!
Alien vs Ninja moves at a frenetic pace. This film doesn’t miss a beat as the impossible to kill creature takes them all on and refuses to back down.
- Mike Skurko
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