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3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain (1998)
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sean McNamara
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Hulk Hogan, Jim Varney, Loni Anderson
Published ID: 8263
UPC: 043396059962, 043396059962,
Plot: This is the fourth in the 3 Ninjas action-adventure series with retired ninja Grandpa Mori (Victor Wong) as the connective device linking all four films. Following the low-rent 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (a 1992 production which went unreleased until 1995), the fourth boosts the budget and features three new lead youngsters plus assorted guest stars. Grandpa Mori teaches martial arts to his three grandchildren: 15-year-old Rocky (Mathew Botuchis), 14-year-old Colt (Michael J. O'Laskey II), and 8-year-old Tum Tum (J.P. Roeske II). On a trip to the Mega Mountain amusement park, the three boys are joined by their computer genius neighbor, 13-year-old Amanda (Chelsey Earlywine), daughter of a movie special FX designer. The villainous Medusa (Loni Anderson) leads a ninja army to Mega Mountain. With her head henchman Lothar (Jim Varney), Medusa intends to move into Mega Mountain's master control center and hold the park patrons for a $10 million ransom. However, former TV star Dave Dragon (Hulk Hogan) happens to be making an appearance at the park, and the combination of Dave, Rocky, Colt, Tum Tum, and Amanda makes life difficult for Medusa and her warriors. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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Greatest Movie of All time.
Added 4/3/2009


First of all, to all these negative reviews. Have you seen this movie? It is without a doubt the greatest three ninjas movie if not the greatest movie ever created. Me and my friends stayed up all night drinking soda and eating pizza and watched this movie like nine times. There were three of us, so subsequently we each had a role in the movie and acted out the whole movie. I had my uncle charlie play the role of hulk hogan. I don't understand why people hate it so much. The acting is great, Sam Douglas plays the socks off that F.B.I agent. Dwayne Carrington kills the role of the Jamaican computer programmer. The special effects were insane!!! Did you not see the people stuck upside down on that roller coaster?!?! The fight scenes were so intense. It sounds difficult to show a 4 year old baby like Tum Tum beat up a grown man, never less a ninja. But Sean McNamara, the movies director completely nails it. I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. Buy like nine copies of this movie, and give them as gifts. You wont regret it. GO DAVE DRAGON!!

1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
3 Ninjas should have ended with Knuckle Up
Added 5/22/2008

Believe the hype. This 4th installment is terrible. You know a movie is in trouble when the highlight of it is Jim Varney of Ernest fame.

Premise: A group of idiotic thugs lead by Medusa(Loni Anderson) and Lothar(Jim Varney) hold an amusement park filled with people hostage for a ransom of 50 million dollars from the owner of Mega Mountain. Colt, Rocky, Tum Tum and their newfound friend Jessica along with the help of Dave Dragon(Hulk Hogan) try to stop them.

Opinion: This is the worst installment to the 3 Ninjas series. I grew up on 3 Ninjas and when I saw this I sighed. The original kids are replaced with 3 annoying and ugly runts. The plot is so lame its laughable. Why would anybody hijack an amusement park when there is big money eleswhere? Jim Varney is surprisingly good as Lothar. Hulk Hogan is unsurprisingly terrible as Dave Dragon, the amusement park's stunt actor. Loni Anderson wins the ham of the year award hands down as Medusa. I mean, have you ever seen a cornier villian? At least the other 3 Ninja movies had credible villains. Medusa is a cheeseball and her henchmen are about as bright as Laurel & Hardy. And you people dissed Knuckle Up? At least Knuckle Up had its moments. High Noon At Mega Mountain had none. Unless you count it being unintentionally funny as a good thing. Stick with the first 3 movies of the 3 Ninjas series and pretend this one never existed.

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Classic Ninja Flick!
Added 4/24/2007

If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that marketing doesn't lie, and this trend continues with the SMASH HIT movie 3 NINJAS - HIGH NOON ON MEGA MOUNTAIN. Just as the box says, THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT! First off, just look at the cast!! HULK HOGAN, LONI ANDERSON, and JIM VARNEY all one one screen together? HOLY SMOKES!!!! I'm surprised they were able to get one of these NINJAS on screen much less ALL THREE IN THE SAME ACTION PACKED MOVIE!!!11 SOMEONE CALL IMAX!!!! However these NINJA masters were matched with a very talented director, Sean McNamara, who had recent successes with blockbusters like "THE LEGEND OF GALGAMETH". He really put this ALL STAR CAST through the paces and produced a movie that represents one of the best movies in the genre of NINJA movies, not to mention the CROWN JEWEL of their illustrious careers.

LONI ANDERSON playing MEDUSA made for a wonderful villain. Her continuing role as the NINJA master in hit series WKRP really translated well to the big screen, and I definitely would have been afraid to go to HIGH NOON ON MEGA MOUNTAIN if she had taken it over. I wasn't sure if HULK HOGAN was going to be up to saving MEGA MOUNTAIN or not with such a formidable opponent, but you'll have to get the movie yourself to see how it turns out.

If you're looking for one of the best NINJA movies ever with BONE CRUSHING ACTION, GLITZY MEGA STARS and HILARIOUS HIJINKS along the way, this is a movie the whole family will love. HEY MR AMAZON, WHY WON'T YOU LET ME GIVE THIS A 6/5 STARS??? As of this review there are only 4 in stock, so snatch this classic up WHILE YOU CAN!

2 out of 5 people found this helpful.
SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST!!!
Added 9/26/2006

GET READY TO BE BLOWN AWAY! First, you get non-stop, crotch-knockin', light-up-the-eyes ninja action! Throw HULK HOGUN into the mix! That's right, I said HULK HOGUN! Then, bring Ernest into the picture! And mix it all up at MEGA FLIPPIN' MOUNTAIN!! MEGA MOUNTAIN! I used to love to go to mega mountain as a kid, and now we have a 3 NINJAS movie right there! What more could you ask for? This movie was dangerous! They had guns, and they were taking over the park, but guess who saved the day? NOt only the 3 NINJAS, but HULK HOGUN! You couldn't possibly get anything better in a movie! I was scurred, but I knew everything would turn out right with THE 3 NINJAS AND DAVE DRAGON! Nobody in their right mind would EVER mess with Dave Dragon. You'll get your eyes lighted-up! Then Tum Tum will rock your crotch! Watch out! GET THIS MOVIE!!
3 out of 7 people found this helpful.
Less Fun Than An Inflamed Boil
Added 8/14/2006

I bought this film for a dollar with the intention of sending it to a friend who needed some "family" entertainment. Being a connoisseur of bad movies, though, my curiosity got the best of me and I had to preview it just to see Jim Varney as the villain, Lothar Zogg, which I admit is a great name. It is a sad day when Jim Varney is the best dramatic actor in a movie, even a kid's movie. (I would say this movie would be appropriate for ages six an up; the only violence is incessant karate.) This will definitely teach me not to watch kid's movies I bought as gifts.

Again, I repeat, Varney is by far the highlight of the film, although Hulk Hogan (as "Dave Dragon") tries his best to hang in there. The undisputed low point is Loni Anderson in a black leather outfit as the evil "Medusa." Her performance is not frightening, though her evident cosmetic surgery made me scream out loud.

The plot is that three kids, Colt, Rocky, and Tum Tum (really) learn to be ninjas from their grandpa, who uses a variety of teaching methods, most of which seem to involve toilet plungers. They defend Mega Mountain from terrorists led by the "Zogg and Medusa Moronic Criminals Corporation" (apparently) via endless action sequences and contrivances that James Bond wouldn't allow out of his tool shed, furnished by brainy techno-nerd, Amanda. Eventually the tension is resolved by the least believable plot device (hint: it involves compressed gases, a bomb, and a boat) in recent memory.

Watch especially for the scene with Jim Varney brandishing a saber, and the model helicopter ransom money interception collision ploy. I had thought of titling this review "Extortion on the Log Flume," but that really didn't convey the pain that this movie inflicts. In the end, though, I gave it two stars for a couple of reasons: first, the name Lothar Zogg really is a great villain name, and second, the movie is (after all) meant for kids, so I should give it some slack.

Although I revel in bad movies for their camp value, this one is probably good for young boys, and a chore worse than cleaning out the grease trap for just about everyone else.

5 out of 5 people found this helpful.
Greatest Movie of All time.
Added 4/3/2009


First of all, to all these negative reviews. Have you seen this movie? It is without a doubt the greatest three ninjas movie if not the greatest movie ever created. Me and my friends stayed up all night drinking soda and eating pizza and watched this movie like nine times. There were three of us, so subsequently we each had a role in the movie and acted out the whole movie. I had my uncle charlie play the role of hulk hogan. I don't understand why people hate it so much. The acting is great, Sam Douglas plays the socks off that F.B.I agent. Dwayne Carrington kills the role of the Jamaican computer programmer. The special effects were insane!!! Did you not see the people stuck upside down on that roller coaster?!?! The fight scenes were so intense. It sounds difficult to show a 4 year old baby like Tum Tum beat up a grown man, never less a ninja. But Sean McNamara, the movies director completely nails it. I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. Buy like nine copies of this movie, and give them as gifts. You wont regret it. GO DAVE DRAGON!!

1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
3 Ninjas should have ended with Knuckle Up
Added 5/22/2008

Believe the hype. This 4th installment is terrible. You know a movie is in trouble when the highlight of it is Jim Varney of Ernest fame.

Premise: A group of idiotic thugs lead by Medusa(Loni Anderson) and Lothar(Jim Varney) hold an amusement park filled with people hostage for a ransom of 50 million dollars from the owner of Mega Mountain. Colt, Rocky, Tum Tum and their newfound friend Jessica along with the help of Dave Dragon(Hulk Hogan) try to stop them.

Opinion: This is the worst installment to the 3 Ninjas series. I grew up on 3 Ninjas and when I saw this I sighed. The original kids are replaced with 3 annoying and ugly runts. The plot is so lame its laughable. Why would anybody hijack an amusement park when there is big money eleswhere? Jim Varney is surprisingly good as Lothar. Hulk Hogan is unsurprisingly terrible as Dave Dragon, the amusement park's stunt actor. Loni Anderson wins the ham of the year award hands down as Medusa. I mean, have you ever seen a cornier villian? At least the other 3 Ninja movies had credible villains. Medusa is a cheeseball and her henchmen are about as bright as Laurel & Hardy. And you people dissed Knuckle Up? At least Knuckle Up had its moments. High Noon At Mega Mountain had none. Unless you count it being unintentionally funny as a good thing. Stick with the first 3 movies of the 3 Ninjas series and pretend this one never existed.

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Classic Ninja Flick!
Added 4/24/2007

If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that marketing doesn't lie, and this trend continues with the SMASH HIT movie 3 NINJAS - HIGH NOON ON MEGA MOUNTAIN. Just as the box says, THE KIDS WILL LOVE IT! First off, just look at the cast!! HULK HOGAN, LONI ANDERSON, and JIM VARNEY all one one screen together? HOLY SMOKES!!!! I'm surprised they were able to get one of these NINJAS on screen much less ALL THREE IN THE SAME ACTION PACKED MOVIE!!!11 SOMEONE CALL IMAX!!!! However these NINJA masters were matched with a very talented director, Sean McNamara, who had recent successes with blockbusters like "THE LEGEND OF GALGAMETH". He really put this ALL STAR CAST through the paces and produced a movie that represents one of the best movies in the genre of NINJA movies, not to mention the CROWN JEWEL of their illustrious careers.

LONI ANDERSON playing MEDUSA made for a wonderful villain. Her continuing role as the NINJA master in hit series WKRP really translated well to the big screen, and I definitely would have been afraid to go to HIGH NOON ON MEGA MOUNTAIN if she had taken it over. I wasn't sure if HULK HOGAN was going to be up to saving MEGA MOUNTAIN or not with such a formidable opponent, but you'll have to get the movie yourself to see how it turns out.

If you're looking for one of the best NINJA movies ever with BONE CRUSHING ACTION, GLITZY MEGA STARS and HILARIOUS HIJINKS along the way, this is a movie the whole family will love. HEY MR AMAZON, WHY WON'T YOU LET ME GIVE THIS A 6/5 STARS??? As of this review there are only 4 in stock, so snatch this classic up WHILE YOU CAN!

2 out of 5 people found this helpful.
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