The Octagon (1980)
Chuck Norris: the man, the myth, the meme. It is truly baffling how the guy became so famous, because nearly all of his films are either bad or horrendously boring. Sure, you could get some enjoyment out of 'The Delta Force', but most of his output... whew. This is no exception. You'd think a flick about ninja, a terrorist training camp and quite a number of fights would be entertaining, but instead it's a boring slog hampered by horrendous editing and pacing issues. Norris plays a guy who was adopted by a (I guess) Japanese master and trained to be a ninja and who had a falling out with his brother Seikura. Years later Norris is a stoic and silent martial arts' master who gets all the ladies even if he doesn't try. And he doesn't try. By god, how he doesn't try. After a date is killed, he sort of figures that there are ninja on the loose, which of course couldn't be. There is also only one person in the entire world that could possibly train ninj...
