Norwegian Ninja: Easily one of oddest movies you will ever see based ever so loosely up on the “exploits” of convicted Norwegian spy Arne Treholdt, who was sent to prison in the 1980’s for passing information to the KGB. However, this film vividly imagines events leading up to his arrest, including his running a team of nationalist ninja for for Norway’s King Olaf V against an evil, disruptive CIA-backed ‘stay behind’ operation that seeks to foment anti-communist feeling by staging events to turn the Norwegian people against the Soviets. At times goofy, audacious, deeply weird, and downright silly, it’s really a film that needs to be seen to be believed. Not for all tastes, surely, but for those in the mood, you may find it entertaining in a very offbeat way. Woodchuck sez, “Whoa.”
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