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Karate champ Chuck Norris returns for another chop-socky vigilante flick in The Octagon, one of a handful of undistinguished Ninja pictures released during the early '80s. Norris appropriately plays a retired karate champ hired as a bodyguard for a wealthy woman (Karen Carlson) plagued by a gang of vicious ninjas. Reluctant at first to take the job, he reconsiders when he learns the gang is headed by his longtime arch rival Tadashi Yamashita (Lee Van Cleef). The script -- as is the case in nearly every Ninja film -- has holes bigger than Okinawa, and the acting is downright atrocious, particularly that of Norris, who, thankfully, improved with time. However, the production values are fair, as is the direction, and the action sequences are often exciting and comparatively realistic.
Condition: NEW Sealed
Scene Index
Disc #1 -- The Octagon
1. Arrival [5:59]
2. Ninja's Revenge [3:50]
3. First Teaching [1:13]
4. They Weren't Terrorists [:44]
5. Mercenary's Point of View [3:03]
6. Reasons Not to Compete [1:00]
7. Damsel Not in Distress [4:30]
8. What to Do With a Terrorist [2:18]
9. The Beginning of the Truth [5:39]
10. Digging for the Truth [2:56]
11. The Past Becomes the Present [5:25]
12. Finding the Way In [3:39]
13. The Inner Truth [7:09]
14. Why Can't They Begin? [8:31]
15. Last Pieces of the Puzzle [5:28]
16. The Decision Is Made [6:21]
17. No Turning Back Now [5:07]
18. Finding the Octagon [7:48]
19. The Assault Against Evil [6:42]
20. Earning the Right to Fight [3:11]
21. Conquest Without Victory [4:16]
22. Revolt Against the Ninja [4:07]
23. Death of Evil [2:00]
24. Credits [2:33]
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