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Director Jason Stutter's endearing martial arts parody (and cult classic in the making) was filmed on a shoestring on the mean streets of Wellington. Sam Manu stars as the Tongan Ninja, while Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), who co-wrote the script, chews the scenery as his arch nemesis, the anonymously named Action Fighter. The film plays for laughs - think B movie accents and bad post-dubbing - and hangs off a flimsy plot involving an evil crime syndicate's hostile takeover of a Chinese restaurant.

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 Jason Stutter
 Andrew Calder
 Sean O'Donnell

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 Paisley MacLeod

Paisley MacLeod | website

I've watched this movie about 5 times in the past 5 days. I just can't get enough of it. And the theme song! I've watched that about 80 times, and it is permanently stuck in my head. :D

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