3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998)

dir. Sean McNamara

The fourth, and mercifully final, of the 3 Ninjas series, preceded by 3 Ninjas, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, and 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up. God only knows what terrible sins we committed as a society to be punished with living in a world where four of these exist. Credit where credit’s due, though, and High Noon at Mega Mountain is easily the craziest of the bunch. Our three annoying little boys have been recast yet again. This time they’re joined by TV action hero Dave Dragon, played by none other than Hulk Hogan, who clearly saw merit to the 3 Ninjas franchise. They run around a theme park. They foil bad guys. There is a highly implausible explosion. This movie was clearly the entire 3 Ninjas cast and crew saying, “Screw it, it’s our last one, let’s do whatever.” And lo, “whatever” is exactly what they did.