The Master

1984

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  • 1

4.4| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

An aging ninja master and his young pupil travel in a custom van helping people in need along the way.

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Viacom Productions

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Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
parachute-4 Top stuff. I've only ever seen episode 1 but I'm always on the lookout for the others. I loved the bit where Van Patten tried to use the approved "sleeper touch" technique to subdoo a baddie, and it didn't work !Van Cleef's arrow-catching stunt was very impressive, and he handled that scene and a lot of other equally unlikely frames like the true pro that he was. Keeping a straight face through the takes must have been hard work at times for a guy who had worked with directors the caliber of Fred Zinnemann and Sergio Leone.Demi Moore would likely prefer that her appearance in this B-grader remained largely forgotten, but we all have to start somewhere, and the show was probably a lot of fun to make. R. B.
lgehlsen Hey Everybody, I'm desperately searching for the series "The Master" aka "Master Ninja" I bought the DVD of the first 2 episodes from a guy, by mistake - thinking it was the whole series of 13 episodes. It is definitely the worst good TV memory I have over 20 years later, but I just gotta have the little Asian ninja kid episodes - he really looked cool kicking all those adult butts. I've heard rumors that some lame production company put out the series on a 2 DVD set, and even though it was apparently a horrible transfer/dubbing, it was still worth it, but I can't find it, and trying to find 1 person willing to part with the entire VHS set of 2 episodes per tape is not going to happen.Anyone out there with any info, or who would be willing to dub me some copies of there old VHS recordings would be greatly appreciated.Thanks
icehole4 Lee Van Cleef and George Lazenby try their best at saving this turkey, but fail. This is more episodes from the short-lived series "The Master" which aired on NBC. Here Crystal Bernard plays a motorcycle racing woman who organizes a union at a place where they want to keep unions out. (After Happy Days and before striking gold with Wings, Crystal appeared in several stinkers, most notably this and It's a Living.) The whole thing is very contrived and pretty bad. Avoid this one if possible.
raven118 This Master aired on NBC in 1984 during the ninja craze of the 80's. It only lasted thirteen episodes. It starred Lee Van Cleef and Timothy Van Patten. Van Cleef plays John Peter McAlister, a ninja who comes to America from Japan searching for his long-lost daughter. Once in America, he meets Max Keller, played by Timothy Van Patten, who teams up with McAlister to help find his daughter. Along the way, the duo travel in an A-Team-like van and engage in various adventures while helping those in need. McAlister also teaches Keller the finer points of ninjitsu in his spare time. The Master takes place in various cities across America, however, it was shot entirely in Los Angeles, CA. Sho Kosugi also appears in a handful of episodes as Okasa, an evil ninja hunting McAlister.While I enjoyed this series, the casting was questionable. Lee Van Cleef was a fine actor, but he was totally miscast in this series. He was in no shape to do any of the fighting required for this series. He is quite obviously stunt doubled by Sho Kosugi(wearing a skull cap!) in almost all of the fight scenes. Van Patten is also stunt doubled in some of the fight scenes.This series was released as a series of seven videos with the name Master Ninja.If you enjoy ninja flicks or martial arts in general, give this a try.P.S. Look for a pre-Striptease Demi Moore in the first episode.