The bizarre, colorful, and crazy assassins featured prior to the main duel itself, wearing grotesque masks, with unorthodox styles, are the most memorable elements of the picture. While the main fight is good, it's nothing spectacular. The main characters and any attempt at story are also bland and forgettable. However, the film's steady diet of quality, unique encounters is greater than the sum of its parts. A very good HK kung fu flick, but "classic" is a bit much.

How does a movie with ninjas rising up from out of the ground end up being overall boring?

Despite its reputation, this is a complete mess, far too erratic in its strangeness and with a simple plot that is garbled. But its still worth watching. Alongside its admirable attempts to show the connections between China and Japan (even if the villains are Japanese), its strangeness is also something to behold. The unexpected amount of gore and dismemberment, and the many bizarre types of ninjas shown on screen - flying ninjas, exploding ninjas etc. - are something unique to this film a

HIlariously awesome ninja mayhem! The final duel is among the best in martial arts cinema (next to Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island [1956]).

Awesome

I knew I was watching something special when a giant ninja exploded into 6 smaller ninjas, who then exploded into naked women.

Decent action, zero story. Even for a kung fu movie.

Two words: NINJA MAYHEM. This flick has so much awesome ninja crap, it hurts. There's a giant ninja, exploding ninjas, ninjas who fly on paper kites, Bugs Bunny-style burrowing ninjas, a naked female ninja with a huge net, you name it. It's Japan vs China in a sword swinging, limb hewing, finger ripping extravaganza. A bit talky in the middle, but ninjas more than make up for that.

The last battle scene makes it worth your while.

Watch it for the ninjas. They are worth it, obviously.

Come on in ninja lovers! Here in Duel to the Death we're slashing ninja in half! All right, we got white ninja, black ninja, Spanish ninja, yellow ninja, we got hot ninja, cold ninja, we got wet ninja, we got smelly ninja, we got hairy ninja, bloody ninja, we got snappin' ninja, we got silk ninja, velvet ninja, Naugahyde ninja, we even got horse ninja, dog ninja, chicken ninja! Come on, you want ninja, come on in, ninja lovers!

A conventional martial arts movie with some nice fight scenes and nice visuals.