mirai ninja ( 未来忍者 , lit . " future ninja " ) , known as cyber ninja in the united states , is a 1988 japanese science fiction action film directed by keita amemiya , which was co-produced and released by namco that premiered at the cannes film festival .

an arcade game of the same name was also developed and released by namco .

mirai ninja ( film )

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mirai ninja is a beat ' em up arcade game based on the japanese live - action film of the same name .
mirai ninja ( future ninja ) , fully titled as mirai ninja : keigumo kinin gaiden ( future ninja : stealth joy cloud device side story ) , is a beat ’em up arcade game that was released by namco in 1988 only in japan . mirai ninja was based on the japanese movie of the same name , also produced by namco . the game ran on namco system 2 hardware . download mirai ninja pc game .
for mirai ninja on the arcade games , gamefaqs has game information and a community message board for game discussion .
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great movie ! i loved all of keita amemiya ' s movies : zeiram , tao no tsuki , robo / cyber ninja ( mirai ninja warlord ) and the recent tv serial mikazuki . ^ _ ^
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the theme song for the film is star vessel , performed by sukima switch .
during the making of featurette for death note the last name , key scenes from the film were shown and it was revealed that the film was a two - parter .
keita amemiya / crowd ' s feature film co - produced by namco , released in 1988 , shortly a video game was released in the same year by namco . the film was reached outside japan as cyber ninja by streamline pictures in the us .
murray in the late 50s and 60s , who bought , cut , and dubbed cheap mexican horror pictures for american drive - in double bills , macek has taken a 1988 japanese film called mirai ninja , deleted several sections ( adding intertitles to cover the gaps ) , and dubbed the remnants for the home - video market .
the player controls mirai ninja , who must fight various enemies and bosses by rapidly throwing shuriken at them . the life meter uses kanji for the numbers ; this was previously done in namco’s other game , genpei tōma den , for the score display .
in both the film and the arcade game a man’s body and soul are stolen and used as part of a demon’s castle . what’s left becomes a cyber - ninja named shiranui .
the player controls mirai ninja , who must fight various enemies and bosses by rapidly throwing shuriken at them . the life meter uses kanji for the numbers ; this was previously done in namco ' s other game , genpei tōma den , for the score display .
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grab your throwing stars and masks ! the b - masters are reviewing ninja movies .
and what ninja action it is ! suicide - vest ninja , a flock of ninjas hang - gliding on giant kites , burrowing ninja , giant - size ninja who break apart into five or six regular - sized ninjas , nudity - flashing
distraction
ninja , swordplay , smoke - bombs , fireballs and shuriken raining down by the thousands like lethal snowflakes ; this is the total package . there had never been ninja in movies like this before , and every subsequent depiction owes duel to the death a debt .
never before have oscar winning actors and amazing special effects come together like they have in cyber ninja . the villians make a shiver run up my spine everytime i see it and when cyber ninja saves the day i find myself out of my seat cheering . that is why the
flying ninja pose
the evil ninjas use will appear in the hit film
cardboard gladiators
power rangers ninja storm is an kid com that trades in the usual high school setting for a secret ninja academy , as well as an affectionate parody of other power rangers seasons .
an exception was made with ninja yellow from ninja sentai kakuranger , whose american counterpart ( the yellow alien ranger ) was also male , although the alien rangers were not used that much .
power rangers ninja storm : the three least competent students at a secret ninja academy  themselves the only sane man ( shane ) , a surfer ( tori ) , and comic book nerd ( dustin )  a pair of formerly brainwashed and crazy brothers from a rival ninja academy , and the deadpan snarker mission control . oh , and the mentor is a ninja guinea pig .
elaborate underground base : zeo , turbo , ninja storm , dino thunder , and operation overdrive .
in both the film and the arcade game a man ' s body and soul are stolen and used as part of a demon ' s castle . what ' s left becomes a cyber - ninja named shiranui .
non - serial movie : mighty morphin power rangers the movie , completely overridden by mighty morphin ' season 3 episodes 4 - 7 . the 2017 film is outside the tv series canon entirely , being a film - geared reboot instead .
great movie , if you enjoy this sort of thing . the special effects were the main emphasis of the whole film .
winner of the best film of the year in the takasaki film festival , this powerful japan - cuba co - production is based on the true story of freddy maemura hurtado , a nikkei born to a father from kagoshima and a bolivian mother .
the 15 classic martial - arts films feature some of the best ninja action ever put to screen .
character designs and directing of the film were done by keita amemiya of zeiram and kamen rider fame . both the game and the movie were released in the same year . oddly enough , despite the arcade game being released only in japan , the film was released outside of japan in an english straight - to - video release under the title cyber ninja .
a new film , boruto : naruto the movie ( temporary title ) , will be released in august 2015 . [ 91 ]
three martial - arts students search for the golden ninja warrior , a statue reputed to have magic powers .
what do you think was the greatest ninja movie ever made ? let us know in the comments section .
token trio : though ninja storm and rpm switched it up by having the minority male be the leader .
power rangers 2017 is a continuity reboot film produced by saban brands and lionsgate , going back to the original mmpr characters and premise .
the movie is the first film to be an official part of the naruto storyline , set during the timeskip that occurs between chapters 699 and 700 . in an advertisement published along with the final two chapters , the film was officially dubbed chapter
699 . 5 .
after a peace loving japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate , a master ninja emerges .
ascended fanboy : crops up from time to time since ninja storm , though justin of turbo was the first .
ninja storm had storm chargers , the sporting goods store where dustin ( and later hunter and blake ) works .
alternately known as the
baby cart
series , one of the most famous samurai movie franchises of all time began with this film ; which features ninja as primary antagonists and inspired the graphic novel ( and tom hanks hitman movie ) road to perdition .
canon films followed their moneymaking b - grade ninja hits enter the ninja and revenge of the ninja with this third
spiritual sequel
in a series unified only by the presence of sho kosugi in ( unrelated ) supporting roles . this is the strangest of the three , and therefore widely considered to be the
best
of the lot .
a man’s body and soul are stolen and used as part of a demon castle . what’s left becomes cyber ninja .
this deeply moving fantasy - drama , based on keigo higashino’s best - selling novel , was nominated for 10 japanese academy awards including best film .
character designs and directing of the film were done by keita amemiya of zeiram and kamen rider fame . both the game and the movie were released in the same year . oddly enough , despite the arcade game being released only in japan , the film was released overseas by orion pictures in straight - to - video releases under the titles cyber ninja ( in united states ) and warlord ( in canada ) .
the cyber ninja - a master warrior , named shiranui , who was captured by the evil forces and transformed into a boosted fighting machine . not very ninja - ish , but you can hardly blame me for the movie ' s title .
cyber ninja :
do not stand in my way . i have come to take back my body and soul .
at the end of winter — a character cd song sung by nana mizuki , the japanese voice actress of hinata , was released with this film .
a bizarre mash - up of ninja and exorcist movie tropes , the plot concerns a woman who becomes possessed by the spirit of a dead ninja , which forces her to commit martial - arts murders against her will . james hong tries to help as a chinese exorcist , but the task of setting things right ultimately falls to kosugi , as a good ninja who can expel the evil through a ritual fair duel . there ' s nothing else quite like it , even in the ninja genre .
, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all . the series is based on a
the soon - to - be karate kommando stars as a ninjutsu - trained former karate champ conscripted to help fight a terrorist cell that turns out to be a ninja clan whose ranks include his japanese ninja
blood brother
( tadashi yamashita ) and can only be infiltrated by surviving a deadly obstacle course called
the octagon .
generic plot aside , it ' s a thoroughly entertaining actioner with excellent ninja scenes , often credited with kicking off the
ninja craze
in low - budget ' 80s action cinema .
the movie met with largely negative reviews from western film critics . it currently holds a 44 %
rotten
approval rating on rotten tomatoes . [ 4 ]
the 2009 hi - definition event of the wizard of oz spoiled many of the scenes from the film during the documentary shown before it , including the ending .
ho films are often interchangeable , but ninja fantasy ( also released as twinkle ninja fantasy and empire of the ninjas ) remains one of his more easily - identifiable and well - known efforts — particularly thanks to an infamous sequence wherein a blue - clad ninja battles a swarm of red - suited attackers who sneak up on him and his lady friend on a secluded beach by transforming into fish . ho may have been a master cynic , a gonzo outsider - artist , or both , but his bizarre fight scenes have an unmistakable energy to them , and his signature penchant for skittles - colored ninja costuming has influenced everything from teenage mutant ninja turtles to mortal kombat .
when low - budget ninja movies were at peak popularity in the u . s . , japanese actor and martial - artist sho kosugi shot to b - movie stardom on the basis of memorable appearances in canon films ' so - called
ninja trilogy
( enter the ninja , revenge of the ninja and ninja iii : the domination ) and being a
real - life
ninja . . . in as much as he ' s reputed to have extensively studied ninjutsu along with karate ( shindō jinen - ryū school ) , kendo , judo , iaido , kobudo and aikido . he also had onscreen charisma to spare , and got to demonstrate it in pray for death — one of the rare american martial - arts films of the era that placed asian characters at the center of their own story .
the mockbuster paranormal entity takes this to extremes . three minutes into the film , it is revealed that the protagonist ' s sister is dead , he went to jail for her murder , he hung himself , and then his mother ( who got possessed ) hung herself too . the remaining 87 minutes of the film are pointless .
sometime in the distant future , the suwabeh clan is losing their war against the lord of darkness and his army of mechanical ninja . so the text informs us , but it is followed by a confusing stream of film . most of the suwabeh warriors are outfitted with samurai swords , though both sides have laser weapons and battlemechs . to add more entropy to the mix , the mecha ninja shoot laser bolts that transform into shuriken upon impact .
film that was released on december 6 , 2014 in japanese theatres . it was made to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the franchise as well as the first instalment of the
scott adkins ( soon to be seen in doctor strange ) is the most dynamic western martial - arts star working on the b - movie scene today , beloved by fans of hardcore action for the two undisputed sequels and universal soldier : the reckoning . but while the original ninja was a largely forgettable affair outside of adkins ' bone - crushing fight scenes , ninja : shadow of a tear is a bonafide ninja classic .
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as befits professional killers paid to undertake what would today be called
black ops
missions , little is recorded of actual ninja activity in japanese history . rather , the world mainly came to know of them through chinese historical - fiction ( the word
ninja
itself is an early middle chinese translation of the kanji 忍者 ; which is read as
shinobi
in japanese ) , where ninja were popularized as an example of treacherous , dishonorable behavior to be expected of japanese villains . this , of course , made them a popular villain for the originally chinese - centric martial - arts film genre as well . and when so - called
kung - fu movies
exploded in popularity worldwide in the ' 70s and ' 80s , the ninja legend exploded right along with it .
cs : what were some of the influences on the look of the action , was it hong kong action movies or samurai movies ? was there any things specifically you looked at that you wanted reflected in your movie ? mcteigue : ah , yeah , you know , see i was interested in almost making a black and white film in color , like having that super high contrasted look . like some of the older films were like kurosawa films but then i also looked at a bunch of film noir like
panic in the streets .
i remember when naomi came on board , i showed her a bunch of disparate films like
the getaway
and
badlands
but i also showed her
ninja scroll
which is an animated thing i really liked . i showed her
samurai champloo
which i think is a great anime , so i was trying to fold those kinds of elements into the film , and some of the classic ninja films from the ' 80s . the lorded - up ninja films like
shinobi non mono
which is a great version . it ' s the classic ninja film i guess . cs : for some reason , i just assumed that this movie was optioned from some japanese anime i ' d never heard of . mcteigue : no , it ' s an original thing , an original story .
during its first weekend , the last earned ¥515 million ( us $ 4 . 35 million ) . the film has grossed ¥1 . 29 billion after three weekends . by the end of december 2014 , the film had earned about ¥1 . 75 billion ( us $ 14 . 76 million ) and it was closed with 2 billion ( us $ 16 million ) earning .
the aforementioned godfrey ho has at least 115 known films to his credit , so don ' t be too surprised to see him turn up on this list twice . ninja terminator is often regarded as ho ' s
best
ninja movie and is certainly the most quintessential , as it features some of the best action ( thanks largely to underused martial arts actor richard lam ) the most coherent storyline ( a quest to collect three pieces of a gold statue said to grant ultimate ninja power ) and the presence of b - movie star richard harrison — often thought of as
the
godfrey ho ninja actor .
zords in particular have been saddled with repeat names ; we have two sets each of dinozords ( mighty morphin season 1 and dino thunder ) , thunderzords ( mighty morphin season 2 and ninja storm ) , ninjazords ( mighty morphin season 3 and ninja storm ) , rescuezords ( turbo and lightspeed rescue ) , and omegazords ( lightspeed rescue and spd ; though the latter is properly the omega max megazord ) , plus two different dragonzords ( mighty morphin and ninja steel ) .
at the end of the film screening in japan , it was announced that a new movie featuring naruto and hinata ' s son , boruto uzumaki , would premiere on august 7 , 2015 .
even in a future day — a character cd song sung by junko takeuchi , the japanese voice actress of naruto , was released with the special edition dvd and blu - ray releases of the film .
the german version of the who ' s tommy has an opening narration that states
tommy can not be dubbed !
in this exact words . the narrator then proceeds to give an overview of the film ' s plot which means he gives away every plot twist until the very last moment of the film as if he was reading the synopsis off of wikipedia . the narration also plays over the first two minutes of the film where tommy ' s parents meet until the start of the war and cancels out any music . then the movie proceeds with subtitles , making the inclusion of the narrator completely pointless .
on december 6 , 2014 , a new movie , the last : naruto the movie , was released . canonical to the franchise , the film tells the story of naruto and his companions two years after chapter 699 of the manga trying to stop the moon from colliding with earth . as with road to ninja , the script and character designs were created by masashi kishimoto .
season 2 of mighty morphin power rangers combined footage from kyoryu sentai zyuranger , specially filmed footage and gosei sentai dairanger . season 3 added ninja sentai kakuranger into this mix .
this is dvdrip of japanese release so it ' s in japanese with no subs . but anyone willing to sub would be cool . seems to be a much better film in it ' s raw form .
the host : naruto the cd — a drama cd about a new mission arising under the orders of the sixth hokage , was included with the special edition dvd and blu - ray releases of the film .
robot buddy : alphas 5 and 6 for the zordon era plus lost galaxy , circuit in time force , ric in spd , tensou in megaforce , and redbot in ninja steel . ninja storm ' s cyber cam might fit by proxy , since he ' s a computer - generated duplicate of cam , but pretty solid for a holographic counterpart .
cut to a helmeted warrior slicing up mecha ninja like they were pitiful opponents . this is our cyber ninja , though from what i can tell , the body is completely robotic with an electronic imprint of the man ' s brain . he is neither quiet nor stealthy , nor does he possess other assassin qualities - he ' s more like a robotic samurai . akagi meets the mysterious fighter and bars him from traveling through territory where
only humans are allowed .
the cyber ninja seems to shrug before wandering off .
despite having originated in japan , the way the global popular culture imagines ninja is based almost entirely on their portrayal in chinese martial - arts films . shaolin challenges ninja ( alternately titled heroes of the east and challenge of the ninja ) is one of the all time classics of the genre — directed by the legendary lau kar - leung ( the 36th chamber of shaolin , master of the flying guillotine , my young auntie , drunken master ii ) and starring gordon liu ( kill bill , the eight - diagram pole fighter ) .
viewed today it ' s more of a curiosity item , a chance for martial - arts fans to see ninja presented in peckinpah ' s more
grounded
western style ( no wirework , no exaggerate sound - effects , no invincibility to gunfire ) , though some may be disappointed to discover that when killer elite ' s ninja do finally make their appearance , they don ' t exactly rate the proper respect from the main ( western ) cast . instead , the film treats them more as a deadly ( but hardly terrifying ) part of the japanese characters ' strange /
exotic
cultural quirks . regardless , at the time , seeing kung - fu / grindhouse fixture like ninja sharing the screen with major hollywood stars was something entirely new and exciting .
) from previous seasons ) . also introduced the only completely american team morph , the ninja ranger powers , which were an intermediate mode between civilian and full - up ranger powers .
the case of ninja steel is debatable , however , as the rangers had to travel back in time on the dino charge finale to stop earth from being swallowed by a wormhole .
director fushihara’s delicate , charming documentary won the kinema jumpo best film of the year ( cultural section ) and tells the story of 90 - year - old architect shuichi tsubata and his 87 - year - old wife hideko .
print edition . the current week’s installment + complete story archives will be housed on metromix . com , along with
ninja diaries
web exclusives and additional information about la comic book shops and local comics events .
the ninja diaries ,
written by nunzio defilippis and christina weir and illustrated by elmer damaso is , essentially , a romantic action - comedy that tells the story of a seemingly lost ninja - turned - la - actor and the free - spirited female ninja who ventures to los angeles to bring him back to his clan . of course things take an unexpected turn and the mismatched couple find themselves on the run amid the textured and colorful world of la nightlife . distributed through the la times media group , metromix los angeles is a guide to the local entertainment in the la area . after
the ninja diaries
runs in metromix l . a . , seven seas will publish the serial manga in graphic novel format .
one of the all - time great ninja - centric action movies and easily one of the best original james bond films . . . if you can manage to look past all the incredibly uncomfortable ( even by james bond standards ) racism — which is easier said than done in a film whose central plot element is that sean connery can
become japanese
with some skin - darkening makeup and black hair dye . yeesh .
director and character designer keita amamiya ' s feature film directorial debut . though the plot resembles
star wars
a bit , the samurai action styled film is the furthest thing from period films envisioned by akira kurosawa whose films inspired the george lucas blockbuster . in amamiya ' s unique and bizarre world , samurais in feudal japan are armed with laser weapons , and they fight villains who ' d feel right at home in the
mighty morphin power rangers
movies .
the 1995 and 2017 movies subvert this by having the suits made of pvc and metal plating to give them more of an armor - like feel ( and in the 2017 film it ' s explicitly designated as
armor
) .
the series has also led to ten films ; with the first three canonically situated during the first anime series , and the following six non - canonically from naruto : shippūden . the first film , ninja clash in the land of snow , was released on august 21 , 2004 in japan . it tells how team 7 is dispatched to the land of snow to protect the actors during the shooting of the new princess fuun movie , to whom naruto became a fan . as a bonus , the short original video animation konoha annual sports festival was included with the japanese release of the film . [ 77 ] it premiered on june 6 , 2007 in the united states . [ 78 ] [ 79 ]
full movie : http : / / grindhouse - theater . blogspot . co . . . when princess saki is kidnapped , bounty hunter akagi snaps into action . he teams up with a master warrior named shiranui , who was captured by the evil forces and transformed into a soulless cyber ninja . will the humans come out victorious in the war between them and their mecha ninja assailants , or is all hope lost ?
based on risa wataya’s best - selling novel and winner of the tokyo international film festival’s audience choice award , akiko ohku’s film is a tender and very funny study of romantic obsession and social isolation . yoshika is a social awkward 24 - year - old obsessed with fossils and a boy from her middle school days . when an earnest co - worker confesses his feelings for her she struggles to set her obsessions aside . mayu matusoka’s hilarious and heartfelt central performance , a witty script and breakneck pacing make it one of 2017’s best films
the opening of teenage mutant ninja turtles 2003 season 5 : fast forward , spoils that darius dun , initially a minor supporting character , is the big bad ( he is seen looming over all the other villains ) .
the series’ fourth film , naruto shippuden the movie , was released on august 4 , 2007 , and chronicles naruto’s assignment to protect the priest shion who starts having visions of his death . [ 86 ] the fifth film , naruto shippuden the movie : bonds , was released on august 2 , 2008 . it tells how ninja from the sky country attack konoha and to stop them , naruto and sasuke join forces although the latter has already left two years ago . [ 87 ] the next film is naruto shippuden the movie : the will of fire , which premiered in japan on august 1 , 2009 , [ 88 ] and tells the story of team kakashi working together to stop kakashi from sacrificing himself to stop a world war . naruto shippuden the movie : the lost tower followed it in japan on july 31 , 2010 , and tells the story of naruto getting sent 20 years into the past and exploring a mystical tower for a rogue ninja with the fourth hokage . naruto the movie : blood prison was released on july 30 , 2011 , and tells the story of naruto getting framed for the attempted murder of the raikage and his subsequent attempts to break out of the prison while discovering its secrets . [ 89 ] a new movie , road to ninja : naruto the movie , which details naruto and sakura getting sent to an alternate universe by tobi and discovering the meaning of companionship and parenthood , was released on july 28 , 2012 . [ 90 ]
a powerful fox known as the nine - tails attacks the ninja village konoha , killing many people . in response , the leader of konoha – the fourth hokage – seals the fox inside his newborn son naruto uzumaki at the cost of his life . as a child , naruto is isolated from the konoha community , who regards him as if he was the nine - tails itself . a decree made by the current kage , the third hokage , forbids anyone mentioning the attack of the nine - tails to anyone else . twelve years later , renegade ninja mizuki reveals naruto the truth before being defeated by naruto with the shadow clone jutsu , earning the respect of teacher iruka umino . shortly after , naruto becomes a ninja and is assigned alongside sasuke uchiha , whom he often competes against , and sakura haruno , whom he has a crush on , to form a three - person team named team 7 under an experienced and severe sensei , the elite ninja kakashi hatake . like all the ninja teams from every village , team 7 is charged with completing missions requested by villagers , such as doing chores or being bodyguards .
i wanted to see that movie for years , and by the time i finally procured it i knew amemiya’s reputation as an artist for video games and manga and even other fantasy and science fiction flicks . i also found myself in possession of his first live - action film ,
ishikawa goemon ( ichikawa raizo ) , a talented young ninja , becomes ensnared in a twisted scheme to assassinate oda nobunaga , an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal japan with an iron fist . . . . see full summary »
reverse cerebus syndrome : ninja storm brought a level of silliness and self - awareness back to the series ( though not quite to the level of mighty morphin ) . samurai does this in contrast to rpm ' s darker elements .
like so many other ninja - adjacent films in the genre , the plot concerns an annual international martial - arts contest capped off with ceremonial duel for national pride between the greatest swordsmen of china and japan . but while the two main combatants face their inner demons during the journey to the tournament , other masters making the same trip are being systematically abducted by ninjas as part of a sinister japanese scheme to steal the secrets of chinese kung - fu . the film is today best remembered for its innovative swordfighting scenes , where combatants
double jump
for aerial attacks by sweeping their swords under their feet and kicking - off to stay airborne , but back in the day , it was the new - school ninja action that set off the chatter .
in the film adaptation of eragon , along with being almost nothing like the book , the audience is informed of the fact that arya is a princess during the opening narration and plot set up . a fact that readers didn ' t find out about until halfway through the second book .
their counterparts from the 2017 film reboot take this up to eleven  the quarterback and former alpha bitch dealing with a fall from grace , a gadgeteer genius with autism spectrum disorder , a stepford snarker whos questioning her sexual orientation , and a fearless fool who lives in a trailer park .
samurai also has armored versions for megazord piloting , to match the toys created to only sorta resemble the show ' s outfits when it was thought there wouldn ' t be a new american season . dino charge and ninja steel followed suit .
once inside the castle , cyber ninja demands the bishop of darkness return his soul and human form . talking the problem over fails , so yet another fight breaks out . the bishop and all his little cronies are killed at long last , but then the eclipse takes place . the lord of darkness possesses shoki ' s body , signaling the final battle . lots of flashes and extravagant
drawn on film with marker
special effects augment the climax ; the surviving heroes depart the castle moments before the cannon fires , blowing it to smithereens .
judging from what ' s left of it , the original movie showed some visual flair in its sets and costumes , although the miniatures and optical effects are mostly rudimentary . whatever it was before macek got his hands on it , the film is still no match for contemporary hong kong - produced fantasy action
sam peckinpah ? one of the greatest action filmmakers of all time , made a ninja movie ? ! with james caan , robert duvall and burt young ? ? ! ! for action junkies it sounds too good to be true . . . and unfortunately it is . this fairly by - the - numbers thriller about a team of veteran mercenaries protecting a japanese diplomat doesn ' t rate as one of the legendary tough - guy director ' s best , and isn ' t a particularly enthralling ninja feature , but it ' s a solid movie and a landmark for ninja fans as one of the first mainstream american feature films to give the shadow - assassins a
realistic
presentation — albeit one confined mostly to the extended shipyard - brawl finale .
and one - offs like cool boards ( in space ) , big badass rigs ( ninja storm and dino thunder ) , an awesome personnel carrier ( spd ) , rocket rides ( mystic force ) , and a cool plane ( operation overdrive ) .
shot over a period of five years , the film opens with the humanitarian sakamoto examining a nuclear contamination zone in fukushima and proceeds to chronicle his cancer diagnosis , his beginnings in music , and his thoughts about the world – ultimately depicting sakamoto as a visionary with a complex , caring , and creative mind .
tatsunoko ' s 1972 ( speed racer , macross / robotech ) adventure sci - fi science ninja team gatchaman was adapted for american tv as battle of the planets in the wake of the star wars phenomenon , then again as g - force in 1986 .
a man ' s body and soul are stolen and used as part of a demon castle . what ' s left becomes cyber ninja . he teams up with the chi students whose cyber - earmuffs show matching red symbols . they . . . see full summary »
nobody did more to make ninja a fixture of video store shelves in the ' 80s ( but also targets of ridicule and parody ) than enigmatic hong kong producer / director godfrey ho , believed to have been behind over 80 films between 1980 and 1990 under a litany of assumed names , including godfrey hall , benny ho , ho chi - mou , ed woo , stanley chan , ho fong and more . nearly all of his films featured the word
ninja
somewhere in the title and were created by editing newly - shot fight scenes featuring colorfully - costumed ninja into ( unrelated ) pre - existing low - budget films from thailand , the philippines , and elsewhere in asia , and then using english - language dubbing to ( loosely ) tie the scenes together with an entirely new plot .
it is the 1960s and film was losing its status as “the king of entertainment” to tv , a change triggered by the televised wedding of the crown prince . aspiring young director kenji dreams of making films and spends his days at his favourite theatre , the romance gekijo , watching old black - and - white films . he’s particularly infatuated with princess miyuki , a character from a forgotten film . one night lightning strikes the theatre and the princess miraculously steps off the screen and into kenji’s world . still in black and white , kenji takes her out to introduce her to the beauty of color : rainbows , blue skies , purple wisteria flowers and red roses .
too bad , since it features the best bond ( connery ) , the best bond villain ( donald pleasance as ernst stavro blofeld ) , the best bond villain lair ( a rocket - launch base hidden inside a hollowed - out volcano ) and the best bond finale action sequence ; with 007 leading an army of ninja to storm the volcano base . it even has one of the sharpest screenplays of the connery era , thanks to roald dahl ( really ! ) on adaptation duties . too bad the film ' s second act ( built around the
japanified
bond ) is so profoundly uncomfortable .
it was followed by legend of the stone of gelel , which was released in theaters in japan on august 6 , 2005 . the film involves naruto , shikamaru and sakura during a ninja mission in which they are involved in a war between the sunagakure village and a large number of armored warriors . [ 80 ] unlike its predecessor , legend of the stone of gelel did not see a theatrical release in the united states , and was direct - to - video instead . it aired on cartoon network on july 26 , 2008 and then was released to dvd july 29 , 2008 . [ 81 ]
believe it or not , japanese pop - culture remains less consistently fascinated with ninja than the west , and especially neighboring china , but the subject enjoys intermittent bouts of public fascination , particularly in the realm of manga , anime , and historical - fantasy novels . shinobi : heart under blade is an adaptation of one such novel , futaro yamada ' s the koga ninja scrolls , a fictionalized dramatization of a feud between the koga and iga clans at the dawn of the tokugawa shogunate that also served as the basis for the anime series basilisk .
in the film horsemen ( starring dennis quaid ) , ziyi zhang has second billing in the opening credits . even if you didn ' t recognize the name , the fact that she ' s the only asian actor in the movie gives away the fact that her character is more than she seems to be when she is first introduced .
pictures . further compromised by atrocious dubbing , the story now makes little sense , with major plot elements ( like the kidnapping of the princess ) omitted altogether . the lengthy action sequences are clumsily staged and totally unbelievable . in sum , cyber ninja is a nearly unmatchable mess .
the only morphers that don ' t fall under either category are in mighty morphin ( belt buckles ) , ninja storm ( an amulet ball for the sixth ranger ) , jungle fury ( sunglasses for the core trio ) , rpm ( flight sticks for the sixth rangers ) , megaforce ( handheld card reader - things for the core team ) , dino charge ( guns ) , and ninja steel ( giant shuriken ) . the sixth ranger ' s morpher being very different most of the time often means someone will fit into this category if not everyone .
, and , for the first time ever , he also exercised complete editorial supervision , while the script was written by maruo kyōzuka . this film is said to be a love story by the manga author , given how he always wanted to write one . as such , its tagline is
the last episode ; a first love
(
/ 未来忍者 ) . what i didn’t know about cyber ninja was that it is probably the first example of a feature length video game commercial , a much too - long advertisement for a namco arcade game that never made its way into american pizza parlors and miniature golf course arcades .
storming the castle : not as often as the reverse all your base are belong to us , but it happens . as noted above , zeo and jungle fury used this in place of all your base for their finales , and ninja storm and dino thunder used both at once .
fleeting demographic rule : the seasonal themes ; recycled ones include dinosaurs ( eleven years between the first season of mighty morphin and dino thunder , ten between dino thunder and dino charge ) , ninjas ( eight years between the third season of mighty morphin and ninja storm , 14 between ninja storm and ninja steel ) , animals ( six years between wild force and jungle fury ) and cool cars ( twelve years between turbo and rpm ) . also , we had rangers - as - public / civil servants in lightspeed rescue ( 2000 ) and themes around time and space in time force ( 2001 ) — spd would be aired in 2005 and its seasonal theme is arguably a combination of those two ( and although the events are in space is alluded to here for normalizing relations between earthlngs and non - earthlings , it is relatively minor theme - wise ) .
naruto video games have appeared on various consoles from nintendo , sony and microsoft . most of them are fighting games in which the player controls one of a select few characters directly based upon their counterparts in the naruto anime and manga . the player pits their character against another character controlled by the game’s ai or by another player , depending on the mode that the player is in . the objective is to reduce the opponent’s health to zero using basic attacks and special techniques unique to each character that are derived from techniques they use in the naruto anime or manga . [ 109 ] the very first naruto video game was naruto : konoha ninpōchō , which was released in japan on march 27 , 2003 , for the wonderswan color . [ 110 ] most naruto video games have been released only in japan . the first games released outside japan were the naruto : gekitou ninja taisen series and the naruto : saikyou ninja daikesshu series , released in north america under the titles of naruto : clash of ninja and naruto : ninja council . [ 111 ] [ 112 ] in january 2012 , namco bandai announced that they have sold 10 million naruto games worldwide . [ 113 ]
after seeing a tea ceremony , misogi and what appears to be ninja training , alice remarks that all of the activities look quite interesting . in the background , a trainee manages to take flight on a kite , a callout to the book “koga ninjutsu gokuhi” , where genzo hattori , a ninja , infiltrated a castle to torch it by means of descending unto it via a kite . this sounds perfect for a mythbusters episode , and it is likely the myth would be busted , since a kite is inherently difficult to maneuver and unlikely to generate enough lift to slow a person’s descent .
can peep imdb link here urltoken this is dvdrip of japanese release so it ' s in japanese with no subs . but anyone willing to sub would be cool . ( hint hint ) i seen the us release which is a horrid dub , what else is new . seems to be a much better film in it ' s raw form . enjoy ! !
despite being introduced as shredder ' s lieutenants , chris bradford and xever are strangely absent from the intro of teenage mutant ninja turtles ( 2012 ) . instead , shredder is shown standing with the mutants dogpound and fishface . no prizes for guessing what ' s going to happen to bradford and xever .
taste the rainbow : multicolored spandex jokes aside ; there ' s a ranger team for just about every category that could fall under a young boy ' s rule of cool : dinosaur rangers , ninja rangers , car rangers , beast rangers , wizard rangers , and so on and so on . . .
originally screened in japan in 1988 , cyber ninja was released on vhs on july 25 , 1995 , [ 2 ] and on region 2 dvd in 2003 ( japan , europe , middle east , greenland , and south africa ) . [ 3 ] the u . s . dvd was released in 2009 .
the film starts off with the explanation of kaguya ōtsutsuki consuming the chakra fruit , the birth of the ten - tails , the sage of the six paths stopping the beast and creating the tailed beasts . it then moves over to the fight battles between asura ōtsutsuki and indra ōtsutsuki , to madara uchiha and hashirama senju , and the ending conflict between naruto uzumaki and sasuke uchiha .
harrison , a veteran of the gladiator and
spaghetti western
genres who once joked that his
greatest contribution to cinema
was turning down a fistful of dollars and recommending clint eastwood for the role instead , was paid to shoot what he thought was a small number of ninja movies for ho while working in hong kong . only discovering later that , through ho ' s cut - and - paste editing , he had
starred
in over a dozen z - grade ninja movies , which would later be said to have ruined his reputation as an actor but are today amongst his most widely - known work .
the story : ogami itto , the shogun ' s head executioner , is conspired against by rival retsudo yagyu , master of the shogun ' s personal ninja assassination squad . when his wife is murdered , itto goes on the run and becomes a ronin for hire , taking his infant son daigoro with him via a specially - outfitted baby carriage that ' s armored , bullet - proof an equipped with hidden weapons that both father and son can trigger ( hence
baby cart
) . together , they travel feudal japan taking on soldier - of - fortune work and fending off continued assault by the yagyu ninja clan .
other violations of the limit include two kats and a katie ( mmpr - turbo , spd , and time force respectively ) , two mikes ( lost galaxy and samurai ) , and two hayleys ( dino thunder and ninja steel ) . incidentally , both
kat
s are meaningful names for the same reason .
the company is joined by mr . cyber ninja while storming the entrance to caves under the castle . one fight follows another in this movie and the few times the characters speak it does little for development . in this way the movie resembles any number of power ranger type television shows or video games . imagine that .
fan film : a hollywood - quality fan film simply entitled power / rangers was released in early 2015 with swearing , graphic violence and sexual content . with its high production values and known actors ( katee sackhoff and james van der beek ) and skirted close to copyright infringement . ( all fan - created content offered to the public is technically illegal regardless of earning money from it , except in cases of parody and / or review . most are ignored because of the quality of the product and futility of chasing down every piece of fan fiction or fan art . the movie was good enough that it could be mistaken for an official production and especially because of the graphic content , it could have hurt the brand ' s image . saban had the movie taken down in short order .
carl macek , president of the santa monica - based streamline pictures , has done some valuable work in importing japanese animated films for us audiences . what he ' s done here , however , as
english language adaptation producer and director
of cyber ninja , is a joke . much in the manner of k . gordon
but more importantly for our purposes , it reshaped the way ninja were presented in the genre for decades . color - coded uniforms were out , black pjs were back and small teams were replaced by a surplus of infinitely - renewing foot soldiers swarming over action scenes like human fire - ants — and that was just the beginning .


mulberry street is a 2006 american horror film directed by jim mickle , written by nick damici and jim mickle , and starring nick damici .

it was released by after dark films as a part of their 8 films to die for 2007 .

mulberry street ( film )

film : disc : zombie virus on mulberry street is released on the 18th of may .
thursday , second street between dempsey and mulberry will be closed and mulberry street parking will be restricted between second street and the middle of the courthouse square , according to the city .
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mulberry street lane between second street and third street will be closed to vehicle traffic on the following dates and times . pedestrians will be able to get to businesses and homes during the filming day .
as mulberry street , the film is a well written and effective horror film , tense and violent , but not overly gory and at 80 minutes it is far too short . as zombie virus on mulberry street , you ' ll expect a low budget trashy b - movie and end up being woefully disappointed .
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do you mean the one on 23rd street . the one on 14th street only opened about 10 years ago .
production of the film “burden” continues this week on the jackson square , leading to street closures and parking space restrictions .
back in little italy , don corleone steps out of the genco offices and crosses the street toward 135 - 137 mott street .
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the residents of a tenement building on mulberry street try to survive an outbreak of some kind of virus that makes its victims morph into hungry giant rat people .
a crowd gathers onset on second street as production of the film “burden” continues on the jackson square . ( staff photo : michael davis )
with hyper - active editing and camerawork that doesn ' t stay still for longer than a second at a time , mulberry street is too frenetic to always be comprehensible .
see , instead of existing in a vacuum like most horror flicks where nothing of real worth can ever seep in , mulberry street insists on embracing all those little lifelike details .
born in the bronx and raised in upstate new york , abel ferrara started his professional film career on mulberry street in 1975 . for the past year he ' s been living on the block , and the . . . see full summary »
born in the bronx and raised in upstate new york , abel ferrara started his professional film career on mulberry street in 1975 . for the past year he ' s been living on the block , and the feast of san gennaro is the subject of his new film . while he has used this location for a few of his features , this time it ' s the star of the film .
weegee ,
hats in pool room , mulberry street , new york , ca . 1943
© weegee / international center of photography . all images courtesy of the international center of photography
on wednesday , a section of second street was blocked and a camera was perched atop the jackson drug building as filming took place . some parking spaces on mulberry and second streets were also blocked .
lower manhattan is changing , thanks to the construction company crome developers . they plan to make it snazzy and expensive , pulling down all the old buildings . of course , this film isn ' t really about that at all . it ' s actually about a zombie virus . . . on mulberry street . . . except , it isn ' t . . . you see the correct name for the film is simply
mulberry street
. it ' s not so much a zombie virus as an infection carried by rats that turns you into a rat face killer . . .
mulberry’s team of professionals , have built strong relationships to quality talent in europe , usa and the south asian sub continent .
“cannes : upstart mulberry films kicks off with ‘purple america’ ; adaptation of ‘ice storm’ author’s ’90s novel” by mike fleming jr .
…shot in the rear entrance to the hotel edison on west 46th street btw . 7th & 8th .
in the name of the moon : the street warriors all call out their gang names before battle .
xtro is horrid , even if i did decide i should watch it again after your review because you can ' t fairly judge a film you havent seen in , like , 9000 years . . but mulberry street , well . . i don ' t know , it just annoyed me on a genetic level : p
1944 animated short film by george pal , based on the book by dr . seuss .
every film that has ever been nominated for an academy award in any category . enjoy !
rick pickard : cafe nicholson , 323 east 58th street . by the end of the 1970 . . .
so , here we have it . let ' s try again . rats , disturbed by the development of mulberry street by crome developers , are attacking people , bringing lower manhattan to a standstill as the authorities try to control the situation .
visit my blog : urltoken follow me on twitter : @ liankate mulberry street is an upcoming 2007 horror film about a deadly infection breaks out in manhattan , causing humans to devolve into blood - thirsty rat creatures . six recently evicted tenants must survive the night and protect their downtown apartment building as the city quickly spirals out of control .
have to agree , this was a superb film . undoubtedly the best after dark horror fest film i ' ve seen yet . ( and one of my favourite horrors of the year ) superbly acted with the feel of a much bigger budget film . a breath of fresh air really .
…and here it is today , located at 1999 east 5th street on the edge of the gravesend section in brooklyn .
clutch is a retired boxer living in an old , run down , tenement building on mulberry street in new york city , and this film starts with clutch finishing his early morning fishing down on the pier and jogging back home through the very familiar sites of early morning new york . i say familiar because this is new york , where every street corner looks like a movie set , and in this case it is ; every street corner shop , elevated subway train , steam vent , darkly lit bar and overly lit liquor store looks like you ' ve seen it before . this is the movie new york of
this was filmed in what was once the heart of little italy at 128 mott street , known as the mietz building .
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i had breakfast many times in the diner on christopher street , near the west side hwy… . not the other way around .
mulberry street . . . and worth . . . cross and orange . . . and little water . each of the five points is a finger . when i close my hand it becomes a fist . and , any time that i wish , i can turn it against you .
beginning tuesday and wednesday morning , the filming of the cw television series “the originals” will shut down sections of georgia avenue and mulberry street lane . the tv show , which has shot scenes at the hay house and grand opera house , is a spin - off of the “vampire diaries . ”
well , guess what ? i know where the barber shop is… i worked right across the street . it’s on east 55th street… at the hotel st . regis . when you enter the hotel and go down the stairs ( it’s below street level ) to the barber shop . after his shave , willie cicci then goes up the stairs and locks the “hit” in the revolving door and shoots him .
much of the film ' s dialogue is taken from contemporary accounts of the draft riots , albeit out of context .
his vision for mulberry is dyed - in - the - wool . “i want to tell stories that are unique in nature , powerful and commercially viable in today’s globalized world” .
the irish mob : depicted in their early days as a street - gang mostly concerned with protecting the irish catholic immigrant community from hostile protestants .
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two downtown macon streets will be closed part of this week while crews film a tv show , according to a news release .
we then join michael corleone and his girlfriend kay adams as they christmas shop at the best & co . department store on fifth avenue at 51st street .
some movies live or die by their characters , rising above from the sewers of cinematic mediocrity - - sometimes in spite of a less than original premise , middling technical credentials , or other drawbacks - - to leave their mark on audiences based largely on the excellent realization of the people the movie is about , so crackling is their dialogue and so well played and outlined the figures are . mulberry street , a rats - attack / zombie movie hybrid , is one such film .
we later get another shot of the house as clemenza leaves to assist in the round of assassinations at the end of the film .
hell - cat maggie may seem like a ridiculous caricature , but she was a real person and exactly as depicted in the film .
the interior of genco oil was reportedly built on the fourth floor of a warehouse nearby to 128 mott street ( but not actually in the mietz building ) .
cw ' s tv series ' the originals ' to film in macon , ga , nov . 15 - 18 , 2016 | the telegraph
to the film ' s credit however , it does showcase plenty of dirt and grime amongst the three leading actors . one such notable instance includes
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a camera sits atop jackson drug oct . 26 as production of the film “burden” continues on the jackson square . ( staff photo : michael davis )
little italy today is largely symbolic territory , like the vatican within italy . the old ravenite social club — a headquarters for the gambino crime syndicate — is now a cydwoq “shoe - tique . ” chinatown , once south of canal street , extends most of the way up mott street . at the catholic churches , mass is offered in vietnamese and cantonese .
“ichael takes off for sicily ( locations soon to be covered by sister site scouting italy ) as a gang war breaks out in new york . back in america , while leaving from a tryst with his goomah , sonny is given the news that his brother - in - law carlo is still beating his sister connie . no clue where this building is – anyone recognize it ? note the distinctive pattern on the green brick . the storefront is for lenny’s ( can’t make out the surname ) , offering printers motor repair & maintenance . ” this building is on thompson street betwwen bleecker street and wst 3rd street in greenwich village . it’s on the east side of the street and i believe it’s now a record shop .
extras aside from the trailer , there are two deleted scenes that should have been included in the film as they are so short . also featured are :
the luna restaurant you refer to was at 112 mulberry street . i ate there many times as a kid . some of the deleted scenes from the movie you can see on the dvd show the exterior clearly . this was the place was where peter clemenza had lunch . it was also the place where clemenza bought the cannoli that was in his famous line of leave the gun , take the cannoli .
the day the film had its premiere at the ziegfeld — aug . 12 , 1988 — hundreds of picketers were there . so were several television news crews .
a mysterious virus creates pandemonium as it spreads through the big apple in this eerie creature feature that gives new meaning to the term rat race . on a scorching day in manhattan , the denizens of a tumbledown tenement on mulberry street grouse about the heat , but as night falls , they find themselves battling a horde of mutants turning powerless new yorkers into a bloodthirsty new species . nick damici , kim blair and bo corre star .
genre busting : screenwriter jay cocks described the film as a
western from mars
, it ' s a re - imagining of the past as a post - apocalyptic wasteland , with violent urban street gangs in a context with real menace and violence rather than west side story , and a focus and interest on urban segregation that would make sociologists and anthropologists proud . scorsese indeed hoped that the film would launch a new genre to replace the western , believing that stories in this landscape will have increasing resonance in the years to come .
see , instead of existing in a vacuum like most horror flicks where nothing of real worth can ever seep in , mulberry street insists on embracing all those little lifelike details . buried somewhere in there , too , is a commentary on the gentrification of urban america , which mainly makes its point without harassing the viewer about it . too bad then that all that reality has to also add up to realistic fates for most of these great characters .
mario latona , ( frank montero ) and his crew are young kids with a passion for crime . mario dreams of becoming a real gangster like his uncle frank , ( alfredo nasti ) an under - boss of the local mob chapter , but in order to do so he has to operate under his uncle first . taking place in new york ' s ,
little italy
. frank montero stars in ,
monsters of mulberry street
.
an nyu film student , mark kitchell , was granted full access to the shooting on e . 6th street by coppola , who even sat for a brief interview . pbs ran it on oscar night in 2002 ; i was flipping back and forth between it and denzel and halle’s wins ; kitchell still makes documentary films , including ones on berkeley’s radical politics and the environment . urltoken
in his new film , “silence , ” he returns to a subject that has animated his entire life’s work and that also sparked his career’s greatest controversy : the nature of faith .
the new york city draft riot scene takes a few liberties with the events that actually transpired . the film exaggerates the extent of the riot and the sort of events that took place .
according to some sources , the scene in which moe green was shot in the eye while getting a massage was filmed at the mcburney ymca on 14th street , although it was supposed to take place in las vegas .
the mulberry bush is proud to be a beneficiary of icap’s 23rd charity day . icap charity day 2015 was held on wednesday 9 december and raised £7 . 5 million worldwide , supporting 200 charities . this brings the total amount raised since 1993 , to nearly £127 million .
the hotel st . george is indeed still there - it is used for , among other things , student housing . i lived there for a year during my undergrad days . while i can’t say as to the bar where the scene was filmed , the exterior is remarkably preserved and looks exactly like the postcards . it can be found at the intersection of clark and henry streets off the a stop at high street ; or the 2 , 3 stop at clark street .
abel ferrara headlines a film retrospective and a series of concerts in france dedicated to songs and music from his films . preparations with his family and friends will form the material . . . see full summary »
chase street is the story of camden , nj , the county seat of camden county , nj and a city abandoned - by the state , employers , and its middle - class white residents and suburban neighbors - its . . . see full summary »
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i love when you do these ! ! ! being from new york presently living out of state they make me soooo homesick but also are so inspiring ! i would love to go on a film location scavenger hunt , sadly though i live in anchorage alaska presently and not much to my knowledge has been filmed here . threw you twenty bucks for your film , wish the best of luck to you sir and don’t stop what you’re doing !
scorsese looked up mott street toward houston street . “where the korean restaurant is , that used to be a two - family house . past it was a funeral home . the funeral procession would come out and bear the coffin along the sidewalk here and into the cathedral . i remember two kids from the neighborhood , 16 or 17 — they died of cancer , and the families had to be carried from the funeral home to the church , they were so devastated . it was terrible . i’ll never forget it . ”
we are what we are gets a wider release on friday , october 11 . the film is rated r for disturbing violence , bloody images , some sexuality , nudity and language . click here for local showtimes and tickets .
the godfather was filmed in 1971 , so it would have been penn central by then . remember , it was filmed there but didn’t necessarily take place there . they never mention in the film where the board room is .
specifically mcgloin , during the draft riots . in general most of the rioters could count , it ' s hard to feel sympathy for them after they start murdering black men and burning down random buildings , mugging people on the street , and invading homes and businesses .
truth in television applied to the historical
bill the butcher
, whose history the film otherwise takes liberties with . ( one of his grievances was that tammany was handing out most of the butchers ' licenses to irish . )
scenery gorn : new york , the five points especially , circa the american civil war ain ' t exactly all that pretty . some would argue that the naval bombing at the end of the film actually improved the property value .
the film had been pilloried by conservative christians for a dream sequence in which christ has sex with mary magdalene . in depicting christ’s life as a doubt - ridden struggle between his human and divine natures , scorsese had intended to make a film that was at once an act of doubt and an act of faith . in the novel he was reading , the priest was shown profaning an image of christ , and yet the act was an act of faith .
i’m an american expat , teaching a film appreciation course in english , in warsaw , poland . i use the godfather trilogy extensively . i’m off to sicily shortly , and would like to get some help finding some shooting locations there .
time passes montage : one of the most famous things about the film is the very end . miramax had a lot of problems with it in the wake of 9 / 11 , causing it to be delayed a whole year , sadly .
escaped animal rampage : during the climax of gangs of new york an elephant escapes the barnum and bailey circus during the draft riots , though the city is so overcome by chaos the elephant rampaging down the street is only another small part of the madness the city has descended into .
” is an ideal example of what can be done with a small budget , and amongst the better zombie flicks in years . similar to “28 days later” in style and tone , it could almost serve as a prequel to danny boyle’s modern day masterpiece , if his infected were plagued by an unknown virus transmitted through the city’s rat population . the afflicted would also have to slowly acquire the characteristics of the rodents as the sickness took effect as well , sort of like living dead were - rats . as i’d stated , breaking “mulberry street” down into a condensed statement makes it sound like utter garbage . trust me , it is anything but .
i really love your scoutingny site , thanks so much for all the work you’ve put into this . i’m going up to nyc in a couple of days and it should really come in handy for some nyc film site pilgrimages that i’ll be making .
pps : ok , guys ? knock it off . i do not care about your opinions of the last jedi . just agree with me here that harassing people is not okay . you don’t need to “justify” your dislike of the film . you don’t need to add a “but . . . ” to your statement . there’s no need to add a qualifier . agreeing that harassment is wrong doesn’t mean you have to like the film . that discussion isn’t needed here . so please , knock it off .
also watch the marathon this weekend and i recall seeing a shootout scene that i believe is found in front of what we called the horseshoe bar or the crocodile dundee bar or 7b it’s a bar on the corner of avenue b and seven street sorry i wish i could remember the exact scene .
the make - up effects are every iota as established as the rest of the production , though the low lighting certainly helps to cover any possible flaws . their purpose is clearly that of a gimmick , to set “mulberry street” apart from billions of other zombie sagas that are currently polluting netflix queues across this great nation , passed up nearly every time the movie urge arises because one jumps to the sound conclusion that they’re no different than the others . for every “dead snow” or “zombie honeymoon” ( a guilty pleasure , but a true original ) , there are hundreds of “zombie nation” travesties ( i hate you , ulli lommel ) lurking in the shadows , ready to pounce .
when this film was shot , a friend of mine was doing his medical residency at new york eye and ear hospital and i thought i remembered him telling me the interior hospital room scene was shot there one night . the st george fell on hard times , i think it was an abandoned bar even when coppola shot there , it was a strip club for a while in the 1980s . you could still see the art deco etched glass even then that is visible in the scene in the film . i never heard of mitchel being referred to as mitchel air force base , always referred to it as mitchel field . the toll booth was supposed to be the old tolls at the loop parkway that used to exist to enter the meadowbrook . great research on this film .
the barbershop could be on the lower levels of the st regis hotel on e 55th street . that is the logo on the glass door . in addition a couple of other scenes where shot there . climbing the stairs and the guy shot in the revolving door i believe were also filmed at the st regis
because the film is a period piece , the godfather actually presents a fascinating record of what 1940s - era new york city locations still existed in the early - 1970s . sadly , many of them are now gone . what still remains ? let’s take a closer look .
the film , in places , almost feels like an homage to 1970s american horror films , showing off the grandiose side of the manhattan skyline , but also the dark squalour in which the people live , as well as the impotence of authority and the survival instinct of man .
just called my friend who was doing his medical residency at new york eye & ear infirmary on 14th st back in the early 1970s . he said they definitely filmed brando’s hospital scene there and also the genco deathbed scene which can only be seen in the trilogy film version .
so understated and yet exciting is damici ' s take on clutch ( both in terms of acting and writing , since he also co - scripted the film with its director jim mickle ) that the character quickly rises through the ranks of genre movie tough - guy heroes during this film ' s brief 90 minutes , just about taking his place up there with such greats as john rambo , dirty harry , and even mad max - - while never devolving into the realm of near - parody that those three did in their latter adventures . this guy is that cool .
epic movie : this was to be scorsese ' s epic movie , and chef d ' ouevre . executive meddling caused it to be cut down some , and the acting of the romantic leads has led to mixed critical reception . it ' s nevertheless every inch an epic film though .
, once emmanuelle vaugier and luke goss had already signed on to do it , you can bet that someone else would take his place . but if director jim mickle ( who wrote the film along with nick damici , who plays the lead ) gave up on it , it’s pretty likely that
that’s the plan for now . i have a couple of contacts , that i got from my hollywood producer contacts , who are in rome , and apparently were location scouts for the film . so , i might be able to narrow it down further before i leave for sicily in june .
. . . starts out like the sort of indie art - house fare you ' d expect an up - and - coming film student to make . . . but soon a mutant strain of bubonic plague spread by rats starts turning all the inhabitants of new york into rat - faced zombies .
mob war : the dead rabbits ( and later resurrected dead rabbits ) vs . bill ' s nativists are a pretty hard - core , tribal version of this . unusual for representations of this kind of conflict in film , it ends with the authorities barging in and massacring ( almost ) everybody .
ostensibly a zombie movie , mickle does a good job of selling the idea that new york is under quarantine . since he’s not exactly francis lawrence , he can’t really shut down whole areas of the city , so he sells these ideas via a near constant stream of news and tv broadcasts that mix footage from what i assume is from 9 / 11 , the blackout , etc . , along with standard “quick no one’s around let’s film this street” type stuff . it works well . most of the action is confined to a single apartment building , and thus doesn’t require such extravagant shots like a deserted times square in order to get the point across .
scout : outstanding work for your godfather photos and historical research . your untiring efforts made to investigate the facts behind each scene are certainly appreciated , especially those associated with sonny’s demise at the tolls booths . viewing each photo , combined with your subtitles , was similar to being taken back into the original film .
cardinal hayes is a high school in the bronx , and after a year of minor seminary — a tryout for the priesthood ; once a regular stop for bright catholic boys of limited means — scorsese went there . ( don delillo , the novelist , was a few years ahead . ) rejected by fordham university because of poor grades , scorsese enrolled at n . y . u . ’s washington square college and its film program . from there , he plunged into the ’60s : a concertgoer at the fillmore east , an expatriate in england and holland , an assistant director at woodstock ( he became an editor on the concert film ) and then a maker of his own movies — “who’s that knocking at my door , ” about a young man in the suddenly liberated ’60s whose catholic principles keep him out of bed with his girlfriend , and “boxcar bertha , ” a film about a female rabble - rouser “free’er than most . ”
this can apply to a number of things in the movie ; modern audiences can be shocked and appalled by how new york really was in the 1860 ' s , looking at modern new york now it ' s almost unbelievable . and yet the film , though taking a few creative liberties , is largely accurate .
however , only the don leaving the hospital by ambulance was shot at lincoln hospital in the bronx , the exterior of michael standing outside with enzo the baker was shot at bellevue hospital , the 29th st . entrance ( with close - ups filmed on the paramount lot in hollywood ) . the29th st . side bellevue entrance has been closed off since 2001 , but an identical entrance is on the 30th st . side of the building and matches the entrance in the film perfectly . the interior hospital scenes were shot at the eye and ear hospital on 13th street and 2nd ave . that location is also comparable in appearance as it was in march , 1971 when they shot the scene .
when scorsese returned from japan , he procured the film rights to “silence . ” as the years passed , hardly a day went by without his mentioning the project to the people around him : actors , friends and even his old parish priest , father principe . as he made “the aviator” and “the departed , ” “shutter island” and “hugo , ” he insisted that “silence” was the picture he really wanted to make . a jesuit was elected pope ; islamic terrorists began targeting christians in the middle east . in 2014 , with “the wolf of wall street” a hit , scorsese declared that “silence” would be his next picture : he wouldn’t commit to another until it was finished . twenty - six years in , filming began .
jason and ashley said their nuptuals at their beautiful may wedding in macon ga . the ceremony was held at mulberry methodist church in downtown macon , and the reception was held at idle hour country club . obviously head over heels for each other , these two celebrated the night away surrounded by close family and friends . the entire day was beautiful in every way and reflected the love they have for one another . congratulations jason and ashley ! it was a pleasure working with you both !
the dvd comes with what seems like a substantial amount of extras , but sadly they are not really much to write blogs about . the video quality is poor on several , resulting in a “what the hell am i looking at ? ” feeling on the outtakes and makeup test portions . a pair of deleted scenes are wisely cut , and the sketches / storyboards are only of minor interest . still , the film itself is the real bonus . this is exactly the type of film after dark should be releasing ( in the festival or not ) – true independent films that would be otherwise lost on the video shelves without the promotion ad gave them . you think something like
the characters don ' t run into cliché often , which shows how well thought - out the film is . it would have been far too easy to have the screaming blond girl , for example . all of them have their own personal strengths and character flaws and we don ' t get endless conversation about their back - story . they are , in equal measure , tragic , strong and human . particularly in the last few minutes , when the story reaches a rather low key climax , they really do come to life . there ' s a sense of intelligence in the film that ends , as did night of the living dead , with a sense of hopelessness .
it’s also one of the few modern horror movies to deal with any sort of social commentary . greedy land developers and such are given their due , the heroes of the film are hard - working blue collar types who are just trying to survive . sure , it’s hardly original , but since so few modern horror films ( especially the ones
an article on nov . 27 about martin scorsese referred incorrectly to his involvement with “woodstock , ” the 1970 documentary about the 1969 music festival . he was one of several editors on the film , not the sole editor . the article also misidentified the company that released the 1986 drama “the color of money . ” it was released by touchstone pictures in association with silver screen partners ii , not universal pictures . the article also referred incorrectly to the title of a film . it is “the bridge on the river kwai , ” not “bridge over the river kwai . ” the article also misstated the given name of a jesuit poet . he was gerard manley hopkins , not gerald .
certain film characters are just instantly cool , and that ' s the case in this indie horror movie ' s male lead , clutch ( nick damici ) . an aging ex - boxer who lives in an apartment building on the titular street in downtown new york city , clutch is the kind of no - nonsense guy you can count on when the going gets tough , but he ' s also got a soft side , whether it ' s pertaining to his daughter , a potential girlfriend , or the old dudes who live upstairs from him and don ' t get around so well anymore . also , when it comes to fighting zombies , clutch doesn ' t bother with guns or clubs or even cricket bats . nope , he just uses his fists .
, don’t really strike me as independent films . they have big actors ( well , big for horror films ) , budgets of a million or more , myriad producers , etc . to me , an independent film is one that quite frankly wouldn’t be made if the director decided not to do it , populated with people you haven ' t seen in
at his mercy , he describes the hellish ways in which he will disfigure him with his knife . when we next see him , he is walking down the street with his face obscured but several onlookers stare in horror , implying bill stuck to his word . when the camera pans around , there doesn ' t seem to be much of a difference aside from a slight scar on his cheek that is hardly noticeable .
by the time the godfather was filmed , all us churches would have made the change in the orientation of the altar , so the way it is set for the film was probably a special staging to reflect the way it would have looked in the 1940s . the baptismal font was probably still separate in the 1970s , but that tradition is no longer prevalent .
“i don’t think i am called to be a priest , ” garfield said to me resolutely , as if making this film had spurred him to consider the prospect . “but i had the feeling that i was being called to something : called to work with one of the great directors , and called to this role as something i had to pursue for my spiritual development . ”
they ' ve done something quite interesting with the special effects in this film . they ' ve kept the sight of attacks quite low , using mainly quick jumps and fade - to - black , or aftermath shots . it helps keep the story moving and doesn ' t give us time to mock the lower budget sfx or compare them to more expensive films like 28 days later .
much of that feel comes from the picture having actually been shot in manhattan , and the city is all here , from the big beauty shots of the skyline to the nitty - gritty of clutch ' s apartment building . but mulberry street ' s sense of authenticity comes from those characters too , who all exist and act and react in this situation in such a way as to never draw the viewer out of the experience . when the super of the building turns into a big , slobbering rat - man , clutch ' s middle - aged neighbor explains it to his elderly roommate quite simply :
he turned into a big f - - - ing rat . we had to lock him in the closet .
but he ' s still more upset that his roomie has been sneaking in a stogie during the crisis . and when the upwardly mobile types in the building decide to leave town rather than stick out the infestation and fight , he responds ,
godd - - - ed yuppies , jumping ship . go back to connecticut !
is well worth seeing and comes strongly recommended for you thinking people that want to see more than just teenagers making out and then getting killed . the film for the most part is a strong zombie siege style movie , that’s only really let down by its all of a sudden lame ending . and it ' s refreshing to see a zombie movie ( even though it ' s not really a zombie film even though it follows the classic format ) with strong characterisations acted by good actors under keen and assured direction , despite its flaws . with more budget assigned to the action sequences , and with a better ending , this could easily have been a classic . either way , it ' s still well worth catching if you can see past its shortcomings , which i ' m sure most of you will .
according to the press release , the exhibition “looks at the urban violence and mayhem that was the focus of weegee’s early work . ” he lived across the street from a police station and would hear of new crimes through his police - band radio receiver , often heading to the scene even before the police . with liberal use of flash , he “illuminat [ ed ] crime scenes and tragedies with garish artificial light . this new approach produced lurid high - contrast pictures . ”
an adaptation of massimo carlotto’s respiro corto , is a ‘gangster film goes global’ , as new generation of criminals exploit the vast illegal markets of smuggling ( to avoid tariffs ) , human trafficking ( to provide cheap labor ) , money laundering ( to repatriate profits ) , waste disposal ( to eliminate toxic by products ) , narcotics ( to cope with the frenzy of a 24 - hour global market ) in an increasingly globalized economy .
here’s the thing : the last time i visited brooklyn heights , a few years ago , the entrance to this bar – including the art deco goldfish – were still visible from inside the clark street subway station . the glass doors were largely boarded up and padlocked , and could be seen only from several yards away . but if they’re still there today , look directly to your left as you enter through the subway station turnstiles — you may still glimpse the doors . what’s behind them … i’ve always wondered .
: while scorsese definitely did the research , he noted that the film is intended to be more of an
operatic
myth than a documentary ; as a result , he felt free to mix and match cooler - sounding elements of various historical accounts that didn ' t coexist in real life . the bulk of the movie ' s set from 1862 - 1863 and rolls a decade ' s worth of history into that time period .
deliberate values dissonance : the examples are legion . chinese immigrants are physically ( and violently ) prevented from voting . two rival city fire departments brawl in the street instead of actually putting out the fire . the welfare state is nonexistent , as the only people who give a damn about the sufferings of the slum inhabitants are church leaders and opportunistic
do - gooders
like boss tweed . and the only action taken against the threat of epidemic disease is squirting antibiotic gunk all over the streets from time to time .
i was fortunate enough at the age of 15 to have had the opportunity to be an extra in the godfather . i was at connie’s wedding at the house on staten island and i actually appear for a few brief seconds in the film . i remember very well the location and the fake walls made of plywood covered in stone veneer . thanks for the pictures of what it looks like today . brings back memories i will always cherish .
after dark horrorfest ( also known as 8 films to die for ) is an annual festival that began in 2006 , highlighting independent genre movies that would have otherwise been delegated to the dusty shelves of the local rental shack , doomed to the hell that is obscurity . it was an inspired concept , giving budding film makers a platform to present their crafts , and i was excited to see what the future of horror had in store for me .
this is the best review of godfather locations that i’ve ever seen . two items i’d like to add . that barbershop photo has a logo on the glass which looks a lot like the logo of the st regis hotel in midtown ( someone above already mentioned that ) . regarding lincoln hospital in the bronx , i used to work right across the street from the new hospital location while it was being built . it was finishing up when i quit in early ’72 . i’d guess that the old hospital was demolished in ’72 or ’73 .
the film stars garrett hedlund , andrea riseborough , forest whitaker , tom wilkinson and usher raymond , among others . it is set in the south in the 1990s and follows character mike burden , an orphan raised within the ku klux klan , as he tries to leave the group at the urging of his girlfriend . whitaker portrays the pastor of a black congregation who takes burden , his girlfriend and her son in , in order to protect them from a vengeful klan .
it’s also smartly paced . the first 40 minutes are like old cronenberg in a way , with just the feeling of impending dread instead of in your face gore sequences . we just see these guys going about their day , with minor mentions of rat problems and such sort of presented in the background . then the 2nd half of the film ( it’s only 82 minutes long , hurrah ! ) is an almost nonstop series of ‘zombie’ attacks ( they’re more like the ratty vampire things from
the 55th street entrance to the wellington hotel looks very much like the location where one of the heads of a family gets locked in the revolving door and killed during the baptism assassination sequence . i have no proof that this is the location . it is just a hunch coming from me staying there on my only trip to nyc and as i went out that door knew that i had seen it before . then watching the movie again later this year convinced myself that was why it was familiar . i am curious if any ny’ers could look closer and see what you think .
i found the actual gravestone used in the film many years ago at fasolino monuments nearby the cemetery . they either sold or donated it to a school in long island city . my wife and i saw it in a lobby near some elevators there , but i haven’t visited there in years . also , i haven’t read all the posts , but supposedly , the barber shop “moe greene” scene was shot at the st . regis hotel . hence the st . r on the window outside the shop .
weren ' t zombies either , merely infected humans , no matter what the fan sites say . this time though the infected have been bitten by rats , and the infected begin to display rat like characteristics almost immediately . big teeth i can buy ( like the guys on the cover - they ' re not in the film by the way ) but the big snouty rat noses look a little bit ridiculous , which is a crying shame . not that you ever get to see them for that long though ,
the cast is a huge part of that success . with one exception , i don’t doubt for a second that any of these characters ( mostly blue collar types ) are genuine , hard - working new yorkers who get caught up in a horror movie plot . damici in particular is a fantastic lead , and carries the film effortlessly . big actors wouldn’t work for this particular movie . i always hate when i’d see a schwarzenegger movie that tried to pass him off as a regular family / working man ( like
boss tweed , too . he tries to be a magnificent bastard . in the latter half of the film , he stokes the flames of conflict between bill cutting and amsterdam until the two are driven into a gang war which leaves all his rivals decimated . as a result , he is able to emerge as the uncontested master of new york politics until his downfall in 1871 . however , a lot of his constituency is dead by the movie ' s end .
we ' re burying a lot of votes tonight . . .
the cavalry : technically , the infantry , but once the riot breaks out , there ' s a montage of violent scenes and telegraph reports about how the police are totally unable to contain the riot , the rioters have taken control of the city , all the police have been put out of action or are unaccounted for , there ' s no hope , and then , suddenly ,
from 16th , the 7th regiment has arrived , foot of canal street . they are on their way to broadway .
there ' s still a lot of fighting before the mob is put down , but you know the tide has turned .