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Surf Ninjas

1993 · 87 min · Director: Neal Israel ★ IMDb 5.1 · 9,712 ratings

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Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magically-induced martial arts prowess and seeing the future. Using their new powers, they act to overthrow the island's current dictator, a despotic madman with a metal face!

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Surf Ninjas (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Hope15%
  3. Love10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Excitement
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
Excitement
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorExcitementJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %43 %18 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %48 %25 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor51 %49 %29 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor53 %44 %33 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor53 %36 %31 %8 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Sadness51 %35 %25 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor53 %41 %28 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension57 %48 %34 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor61 %53 %40 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Excitement63 %53 %49 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Humor56 %45 %43 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 50′Humor50 %40 %35 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Excitement55 %43 %46 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Excitement64 %48 %59 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 63′Excitement64 %48 %59 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Excitement56 %40 %51 %40 %
82.5 %≈ 72′Excitement59 %37 %53 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 76′Excitement68 %45 %55 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Joy60 %40 %41 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 85′Joy45 %22 %27 %45 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

ER
Ernie Reyes Sr.

ER
Ernie Reyes Jr.

ER
Ernie Reyes Jr.

Johnny

NC
Nicolas Cowan

JK
John Karlen

Kelly Hu

Ro-May

SM
Sheng Meng

TH
Tad Horino

TH
Tad Horino

Gum-Bey

Philip Tan

Captain Ming

NJ
Nathan Jung

Manchu

Keone Young

Baba Ram

NI
Neal Israel

Mr. Dunbar

RW
Romy Walthall

Miss Robertson

OM
Oliver Mills

Moto Surfer

JS
Jonathan Schmock

School Cop

PA
Pete Antico

Cop #1

Details

Directed by
Neal Israel
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.1 · 9,712 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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