Surf Ninjas
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| Directed by | Neal Israel |
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| Produced by | Evzen Kolar |
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| Edited by | Tom Walls |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.5 million |
| Box office | $4.9 million (USA) |
Surf Ninjas is a 1993 American comedic family film involving martial arts, that follows two teenage surfers from Los Angeles who discover that they are crown princes of the Asian kingdom Patusan and reluctantly follow their destinies to dethrone an evil colonel that rules over the kingdom. It is directed by Neal Israel and written by Dan Gordon. The film stars Ernie Reyes Jr., Rob Schneider, Nicolas Cowan, and Leslie Nielsen.
Surf Ninjas was filmed in Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Thailand. A video game was also developed and released in conjunction with the film. It was released in the United States on August 20, 1993, being received generally unfavorably by critics. The film was released on VHS in December 1993 and re-released on DVD in September 2002.