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EVIL NINJA / BRADEN DEATH

posted 18 years ago by exorcist1998-1
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Does anyone know what exactly was cut out of the final death scene as just before Bradens death he is using his main sword then it cuts to both Sho and Braden fighting over a much smaller half size sword and this is what Braden is stabbed with but you can clearly see 2 main swords on the floor !
My question is how did they both come to be fighting over a much smaller sword ?

I have both the UK vhs and the R1 DVD and both have this cut.

I have been searching for a fully complete version for 20 years now so please help.

"when in doubt - kill !"
Richard Crenna , First Blood

[–] keepfan 18 years ago

HBO showed an uncut version of this film which had a lot of the bloody stuff in it. At the end when Braden is stabbed it shows him with blood squirting out of his belly about 10 feet for about 6 seconds. Then the good ninja steps back and splits the mask.

[–] Carpenter_Fan 18 years ago

And the scene in the stairwell where Cho ambushes Braden's guards, he chops the hand off of one of them which was cut out of original version.

"We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves."

[–] mattiaswesterfors1 17 years ago

The Region 1 MGM DVD is the Uncut Unrated Version.
MGM just mixed up when they made the cover for the DVD and states that the movie is Rated R.

Have both the Region 1 DVD and the Japanese Unrated Laserdisc and they are the same versions.

[–] keepfan 17 years ago

Yes I just got the MGM DVD and it shows all the cut scenes!

[–] Equilibrist 17 years ago

However, none of the aforementioned versions explain why Braden switched to a dagger. Before the alledged "cut", Braden attacks with his sword but in the next instance all of the swords are on the ground and he's attacking with a dagger instead. Supposedly Firstenberg decided to cut out whatever the scene was between these two sequences, perhaps unsatisfied with the quality of the deleted scene. I wonder whether it's possible to locate some of these scenes which never made it to the public. Sadly, the "uncut" DVD version doesn't have any bonus material except the trailer.

[–] Carpenter_Fan 17 years ago

You're right, I've always wondered what happened with that sequence.

It is a bad continuity goof.

"We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves."

[–] petethepikey 16 years ago

yeah. on my OOOOOOLLLLLLD vhs tape the music dosen't sync either, but i just put that down to a stretched tape till i read this..

sho kusugi is THE MAN!!!!! (oh unless your rutger hauer and your blind! oooops!)

[–] keepfan 16 years ago

LET'S JUST NOT FORGET THIS IS THE GREATEST NINJA MOVIE EVER!!!!

[–] lockplay 16 years ago

This is: THE GREATEST NINJA MOVIE EVER!!!!

btw, re: uncut scenes.

There is also another uncut part you all forgot to mention.

Braden's entry into the building. He surprises two armed guards standing in a hallway, upside down from a removed acoustical tile. He twirls what appears to be two sharp objects and as the guards are staring in awe, he proceeds to stap each of them, with the objects right in the eye

nice.....

[–] stevenscottoddballz 10 years ago

"...he proceeds to stap each of them..." STAP?

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