Cyber Ninja

This ludicrous Japanese-made, American-altered sci-fi action picture is a near-total waste of time, despite some outre visual moments.

"Once upon a time ... in the distant future," the warriors of the Suwabeh Clan are defeated in battle by the huge mechanical war machines and the sprightly "mechanical ninjas" of the Dark Overlord. When the Suwabeh Princess Saki (Eri Morishita) is taken prisoner, Commander Kajiwara (Fuyukichi Maki) hires mercenary samurai Akagi (Hanbei Kawai) to get her back. He is accompanied by Jiromaru (Hiroki Ida), who's out to avenge the death in battle of his brother Hiu-Katu (Satoshi Itoh), and they're eventually aided by the mysterious ...