Black Ninja 20,00  EUR

Cameroon Connection (1984) directed by Alphonse Béni Inspector Baïko investigates the murder of a young woman in Douala, and discovers that she has a twin sister. His investigation leads him to France, where he becomes friends with Bruce, owner of a martial arts school in Paris, as well as a beer factory in Cameroon, who offers to help him in his investigation. He even brings on the fashion designer Paco Rabanne for a brief appearance. Invisible since its theatrical and VHS release, Cameroon Connection is a captivating time capsule, directly connected to life in Douala in the 1980s. But Cameroon Connection is also unintentionally hilarious, with its completely nonsensical dialogue and Alphonse's martial skills, which are at best very questionable, although he throws himself into it wholeheartedly. Especially considering he has an authentic martial artist, Bruce Le, by his side, who does not hold back his blows. A little gem not to be missed, in a beautiful 4K restoration. 

Black Ninja (1987) directed by Godfrey Ho Alvin is an Interpol agent based in Paris, who hunts down a gang of drug traffickers. But he is also a ninja. When his wife is killed by ninjas sent by the dealers, he vows to avenge her. He goes to Hong Kong and teams up with Gordon, also an Interpol Ninja, to face the infamous Rudolph and his evil ninjas. Alphonse Béni, a fan of martial arts films, is completely thrilled to play the ninjas in front of the camera of the tricky Godfrey Ho. Especially since he teams up with the indispensable Richard Harrison, a staple of B-movies if there ever was one (“Philippe,” that’s him!), in this priceless film shot in Hong Kong and supposed to take place in France. Hence the baguettes (used to hide drugs), the Gitanes, and the Perrier bottles constantly appearing on screen. True to his principle of "two-in-one" films, Godfrey Ho generously incorporates fight scenes from a Taiwanese movie. A masterpiece of the nanar, presented in a brand new 4K master that will make you discover unsuspected details, such as the tags in a very approximate French that dot the supposedly Parisian décor: "MARIE PUTAINE" or "LA BAGUETTE EST PLEIN DE SHIT". You should also know that in order to claim citizenship in Nanarland, a perfect knowledge of Black Ninja is required.

Features of the Black Ninja / Cameroun Connection edition:

Films digitized in 4K from the original negatives

French and Spanish versions for Cameroun Connection, with English subtitles

French version and English version with French subtitles for Black Ninja

Reversible cover

Extras:

“Alphonse, Blessed Be You”: interview about his career with producer Jean Roke Patoudem (2023), by Régis Autran and Régis Brochier

Meeting with Alphonse Béni in Yaoundé for the screening of Cameroun Connection (2022), 53 minutes

High-definition reconstruction of the Black Ninja trailer

Un enfant noir (1973), short film by Alphonse Béni, for the first time on video, 20 minutes

Alphonse Béni's trailers, digitized from the negatives in high definition for this edition

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