The final entry in the “Ninja” trilogy, the series of films that feature Shô Kosugi (“Revenge of the Ninja”) but have nothing in common in terms of the stories or characters. I quite enjoyed “Revenge of the Ninja” so I went into this one with hope. It starts off well with a goofy action sequence on a golf course that features police cars, helicopters and explosions but the rest of it is underwhelming.

An evil ninja (David Chung “Repo Man”) is gunned down by police and seeks to avenge his death from beyond the grave by possessing an aerobics instructor (Lucinda Dickey “Breakin’”, “Grease 2”). The only way that the ninja can truly be defeated is if he is killed by a fellow ninja.

If you came here for Shô Kosugi then you are going to be annoyed as he does not really do anything until nearly an hour into the film. Instead of watching somebody that can actually fight, we are forced to spend a lot of time with aerobics instructor Christie. She keeps getting possessed and goes out murdering the police officers that shot the evil ninja. The performances throughout the movie are laughably bad from pretty much everybody in here.

“Ninja III: The Domination” has some seriously corny dance workout sequences as well as some surreal fantasy sequences that look like they are from “A Nightmare On Elm Street”. What little martial arts is on display is okay and I will at least praise the absurd yet fun opening. I’m sure there will be people out there that will chuckle a lot at a film is cheesy as this but I definitely cannot recommend it. If you want a good ninja movie (and even one with Shô Kosugi) then please watch “Revenge of the Ninja” instead because that has a lot more action.