Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
3 Ninjas is a perfectly serviceable early-90s family action-comedy that rides the post-Ninja Turtles and Home Alone wave of kid-empowerment films. The plot is formulaic — bumbling kidnappers, plucky kids using martial arts to outwit adults — and the acting is uneven, with the child leads being enthusiastic but rough and the villains cartoonishly broad. Cinematography is workmanlike with no distinguishing visual style. Novelty is low; the film blends elements from numerous contemporaries without adding much of its own. The ending earns a slight bump as the climactic showdown delivers on the fun premise with enough energy to satisfy its target audience, even if it's predictable.