There is nothing particularly wrong with “3 Ninjas Kick Back” and I can imagine that lots of children would enjoy the picture but there is no real incentive to see it because there is nothing original in it and nothing do well enough to make it worth the watch, instead of heavily borrows from other films that came out not that long before it.

In “3 Ninjas Kick Back”, three ninja brothers Colt (Max Elliott Slade), Rocky (Sean Fox) and Tum Tum are preparing for a baseball tournament final when they have to journey to Japan to help the grandfather Mori Shintaro (Victor Wong “The Last Emperor”) as they think someone wants to steal a special dagger to help find a fortune in gold. It’s time to break-out those whacky ninja moves for some fight scenes that are much better than I anticipated.

The three children in it are far from horrible and actually do have some personality. They’re not the best child actors I’ve seen though. The grandfather character is really dull to say the least. There are three strange bad guys in it that are obvious rip-offs of the Three Stooges. It seems here that the kids have better acting skills than the bad guys, a classic mistake.

With a film like “3 Ninjas Kick Back” you simply have to ask yourself two questions: 1. Has this been done before? Yes. 2. Has this been done better? Yes. You’ll be happier watching “The Karate Kid” and “The Goonies” because it’s exactly the same but a bit better. Sure, there are some good things in this movie but with no originality and no perfection it just feels like a waste of time for people to sit through. Like I say though, I’m sure a young child would still appreciate it.