If any other fellow Letterboxd crusader has viewed this mess, please explain to me what the fuck I watched. The film made absolutely no sense to me.

The best ninja movie Wes Anderson never made.

A light-hearted action/espionage flick. This is sold as a comedy but it is not that kind of comedy.

Norway's King Olav enlisted his secret ninja task force with saving Norway from the world superpowers.

The movie has some solid moments.

Mads Ousdal as the ninja force leader is superb.

There are little things happening in this that you have to pay attention to.

A unique visual style and more playfulness than pretty much all of Norway's movie combined, but it sadly isn't enough to rise above a shambling mess of character and plot. When it's fun, it's terrific, but then it turns plodding and a little boring (which is quite a feat when it's just 70 minutes long). Wish it was just a little bit better so I could wholeheartedly recommend it, but in its current form I wish it felt more like a series of sketches; when the plot comes in, it's not as fun as everything that came before it. But, again, holy hell does it look great.

This movie is seemingly based on some true events about a norwegian/russian spy in the cold war. Instead of telling the historic events in a dramatic or thrilling way, the creators somehow choose to transpose it into a comedic, cheesy, low-budget, B-movie setting, with all kinds of nonsense attached to the original story. That could be fun, but it all stays a bit too bland to really be funny and this just makes it weird and a bit awkward to watch.
I guess it's just a case of a funny idea on paper that just doesn't work on or translates to the screen. Like they tried to make a movie that would be 'so bad that it's good',......but it just stayed bad....

Constructed around a real-life Norwegian politican with KGB connections, Arne Treholt, Thomas Cappelen Malling's zany action comedy stirs ninja mystique and Cold War mentality with a Northern context and makes the most of it. The sets are self-consciously small-budget – watercolor backgrounds, toy airplanes etc. – but it just adds to the quirkiness of the film and doesn't disturb the flow at all. The soundtrack is clever too. A fun watch!

NORWEGIAN NINJA: Not sure if it's a translation thing but isn't nearly funny enough. A few brief chuckles, and good riffs on old / b-movies "special" effects. Only 75 mins long, still feels like a drag. Weaker Danger 5 / Iron Sky / Kung Fury style genre pisstake.

SCORE: 2.5/10

You know that gif of the lady looking confused while algebraic formulas swirl around her? That’s me during this movie.

Looks like an even weirder Wes Anderson film only with less plot.

This may be the least post-modern film I've ever seen. I’m not even sure if Director, Thomas Cappelen Malling has ever actually seen a movie. I’m pretty sure his experience lies mainly in old Godzilla films and James Bond trailers. Very appropriately called “…the Rushmore of ninja films”, unique and peculiar are not really strong enough words.

Wes Anderson sollte definitiv ein Remake machen!

this is basically a documentary

Wes Anderson sollte definitiv ein Remake machen!

Pre-Danger 5 Cold War ninja/spy outing about Operation Gladio that mixes action comedy with historical fiction. Feels like the Norwegian precedent to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or that FDR werewolf movie that used to be on Netflix. Very interesting art direction that prefaces the obnoxious ‘80s craze from 2014-present. 

Watched on DVD

this is basically a documentary

This movie is seemingly based on some true events about a norwegian/russian spy in the cold war. Instead of telling the historic events in a dramatic or thrilling way, the creators somehow choose to transpose it into a comedic, cheesy, low-budget, B-movie setting, with all kinds of nonsense attached to the original story. That could be fun, but it all stays a bit too bland to really be funny and this just makes it weird and a bit awkward to watch.
I guess it's just a case of a funny idea on paper that just doesn't work on or translates to the screen. Like they tried to make a movie that would be 'so bad that it's good',......but it just stayed bad....

Mads Ousdal could be a great Egon Olsen in a Olsen gang reboot

Sooo bizarre. Laugh out loud bizarre. How is this not more well known???? The 80's era special effects were the best

Una defensa antimíssils zen. Ninges rossos noruecs amb efectes especials deliberadament terribles. Ulleres grosses, armes i trucs ninges impossibles. Conxorxes internacionals de control ninja-occidental. El rei de noruega.
Petits detalls. A Norwegian Ninja tot són petits detalls. Tot petits detalls, i (és cert) ben poca cosa més. Però són aquests els que es mantenen a la capritxosa memòria.

Wacky premise and intermittently amusing but much more reserved than you might imagine. Could absolutely see this being remade with someone like Matt Berry in the lead.

"Als Kommandant Arne Treholt (Mads Ousdal), Anführer einer geheimen, aber schlagkräftigen Ninja-Truppe im Dienst des Vaterlands, in einer Reihe von Anschlägen ermittelt, die dem russischen Geheimdienst zugerechnet werden, kommt er auf die Spur seines Erzfeinds Otto Meyer (Jon Øigarden). Doch der knüpft eine Intrige, und schon bald wird Treholt selbst wegen Spionage verdächtigt..."

Diese Parodie leidet ein bisschen unter seiner Gag-Armut, alle zwei Minuten ein Lacher sind nicht viel, zumal nicht jeder davon zündet. Abseits dessen hat der Film halt nicht viel zu erzählen, da die Geschichte sehr episodisch aufgeknüpft ist, so dass das Endergebnis ein Patchwork von Sketchen unterschiedlicher Qualität darstellt. Letztlich ist der Film mit 74 Minuten zumindest noch kurz genug, um nicht zu langweilen.

This movie are funny plot about a norwegian spy ninja and the troops trying to protect norway,worth watching.

NORWEGIAN NINJA: Not sure if it's a translation thing but isn't nearly funny enough. A few brief chuckles, and good riffs on old / b-movies "special" effects. Only 75 mins long, still feels like a drag. Weaker Danger 5 / Iron Sky / Kung Fury style genre pisstake.

SCORE: 2.5/10

An excellent idea about convicted Norwegian spy Arne Treholt who was framed in a conspiracy and was actually a super Ninja that did assignments for the king. Mads Ousdal is dead-on as Arne Treholt with a great screen presence and the film had a great marketing campaign which made me think this could be a epic film. I starts good with some news footage of real events to build up the story to make me come into the mood, but when the film has no budget with home-made CGI effects done in the basement, pathetic improvised action and unfunny jokes it becomes a major disappointment. The editing is also very confusing and I have seen better films put together on the internet by fan boys. The worst thing is that I really wanted to love this one and it clearly wasn't up to anything good.