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i-whi- cho osaki clothed in a black uniform in the martial arts film revenge of the keeps his eye out for a wouldbe attacker ninja currently playing at markville markham movie scene martial arts film less than thrilling by ian bailey i have seen kung fu movies on the occa sional late show but a weekend viewing of revenge of the ninja was the first time i had ever seen one on the big screen from tv to theatre these films spring from the same formula a blend of martial arts mysticism and comic book expedien cy whose results are simplistic entertain ment for those who respond to something in this chop and kick genre before a look at revenge of the ninja lets look at the features of a standard martial arts thriller in these films storytelling is subservient to the fights that satisfy the fans the story can be brought to a complete stop for a prolonged fight between two masters of the art or a master and a gang whose large numbers serve to emphasize the masters expertise throughout the fight quick are punctuated by the crunch and snap of fists smacking flesh and break- irig bones vriithcheros never provoke alight tliey are prodded into displaying their martial arts prowess by villains ignorant of the des tructive power in the fists and feet of their victims these films are fantasies for ev ery kid who was ever picked on at school most importantly the films demand an actor or someone to photograph in what passes for a central role who has the physical savvy to execute the required moves all of this said its possible to address revenge of the ninja a fairly easy task because there is painfully little to address revenges actor is sho kosugi a for- mer japanese karate champion who co- stars with his little son kane the two play surviving members of a japanese family forced to flee their ancestral land after an attack by a band of dreaded ninjas ninjas are blackcad ingenious war riors whose origins in japanese history date back to the sixth century in the film kosugi sr happens to be a retired ninja the two kosugis emmigratc to the un ited states with the aid of their american friend braden arthur roberts however braden turns out to be a master ninja who uses an unwitting kosugi sr in his drug smuggling operation when he is crossed by the mob braden dons a silver mask and sets out to decimate the gang after a tedious hour and a half kosugi himself comes out of retirement he takes out his steam pressed ninja suit and his weapons and sets out after braden even for a film that depends on the vib rancy of comic book action revenge of the ninja is pretty thin stuff there is a dis tinctly brutal tone to much of the film that gives trivial entertainment a sour taste darts are thrown into faces needles blown into necks fingers chopped off by little throwing stars and a little old grand mother is impaled on a sword the film adheres rigidly to the standard formula the fights are loud and stop the exposition the two kosugis never pro voke a fight yet every opportunity for a fight is exploited after being taunted by a gang of grade schoolbullies kosugi jr takes them apart with his feet kosugi sr later uses his fists and feet to interrogate a belching gang who look like rejects from a village people lookalike contest the strangest thing about the film is that by the tone its director establishes one often senses that were supposed to take it seriously yet after watching any member of the cast struggle with the task of acting it becomes obvious that drama is not what this film is about there is not a single decent characterization in the entire film revenge of the ninja adds to an impress ion that most of these kung fu films are junk yet these films keep coming and people seem to enjoy them i wish someone would tell me why be cause if revenge of the ninja is any reflec tion one has to conclude that martial arts thrillers are the genre of junk films whats on several openings mark the markham movie scene this weekend at thornhill square cinemas pia zadora is the lonely lady in cinema 1 the house on sorority row opens in cinema 3 and mrmom holds in cinema 2 at markville cinemas fanny hill opens in cinema 1 flashdancc returns to cinema 2 and a new terrorist thriller final option opens in cinema 4 class holds over in cinema 3 byfrancisking last year the town of markham contributed 124000 to the york region united way cam paign but the man whos responsible for markhams con tributions is not im pressed with the fi gure richard crispi of crispi and repath insurance brokers told the economist and sun most of that money came from- the towns indust rial community that figure 124000 is very misleading because the residential part of markham raised only 9784 he ex plained that works out to 12 cents perperson its pret ty embarrassing mr crispi has dc- vised a tight strategy for his efforts in markham hes lined up a ros ter of leading execu- tives for his own area cabinet among them is bob shea of family trust real estate a former york region united way chair man himself mr crispi is opti mistic about cam paign 83 this year were going for 200000 and were confident of getting it he stated people have to remember these dollars are spent within the re gion and damn it all they have to sup port these things wholeheartedly its their responsi bility mr crispi said rose garlatti daughter of mr and mrs gio garlatti of markham recently graduated from seneca college with a diploma in legal administration she currently is employed with a toronto law firm pheronfiafehl jtbarn theatre i ajtona rd pickering v dinner theatre 1 983 fall season of comedies murder room aug 26oct 8 not with my daughter oct 14nov 13 nurse jane goes to hawaii nov18dec 18 thurs fri sat and sun dinner show s fcr information reservations call 2940426 ask about our group rates and 1 lund raising program jq andrew mingay son of prominent loc al lawyer paul mingay has recently been granted membership in the cana dian institute of chartered accountants he isa graduate of queens university and is currently working in the small business advisory group at clarkton gordon chartered accountant 0d ccmvkm 3m vieiinfc lsfmiirafik licensed dining lounge phone 4772715 198 main st unionville hours closed monday tues- sat 113011 sunday 1210 businessmens lunch 11303 pm thanks to local firms like american ex- press magna inter national steelcase baker instruments travelways and chesebrough- ponds markham has already topped the 84900 raised by its industrial com munity last year im very pleased with the industrial response so far he said theyve accepted the chal lenge but the re sidential sector hasnt last monday the united way laun ched its most ambi tious campaign ever this years campaign goal is 800000 up 38 per cent from 1982 but campaign chair man frank stro- nach is confident the region will come up with well over 1 million we owe it to ourselves to support the 25 united way agencies he ex plained they pro vide essential ser vices everything from credit coun selling and daycare to emergency hos tels for battered wives if we dont get in volved now and give money as well as our time as volun teers agencies will suffer he con tinued from his office at magna internation- al stvonach is spearheading an aggressive cam paign york region is a large and di verse area almost 300000 people living in ah region that ex ceeds 600 square miles therefore stronach has di vided it into nine target areas and re- cruited community leaders to organize tailormade united way campaigns for each area this decentral ized approach puts the onus on the geog raphic chairmen to activate united way interest right on their own front porch each chair man is directly re sponsible for all fundraising activ ity within his or her domain ron hauth of a e lepage real estate is responsi ble for vaughan and chris paterson also of a e lepage heads up richmond hill peter clark of lorimer reality services ltd in king city takes on king and dave kel ly of the bank of 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