You know that old say, “You get what you pay for?”

On my day off today, I went DVD hunting. I’m a pretty cheap guy, so I mostly stick with my goal of paying less than $5 for a Bluray and $1 for DVD. I own over 3,000 DVDs, so there really nothing that I am hurting to get. Sometime you run into some great finds, like my recent $5 giant zippo lighter which contains Mad Men Season 1.

Today, I found The Ultimate Ninja Boxset. Look, I already own all these movies (Venom of the Ninja and Ninja: The Final Duel), so what made me want to drop $3 on this? The fact that printed on the cover is “FREE NINJA STAR”. It was too good that I couldn’t pass it up.

Here is how the retailer describe this boxset:

Volume one of THE ULTIMATE NINJA COLLECTION features four ninja classics from the 1980s, including NINJA THE FINAL DUEL, and VENOM OF THE NINJA: VOLUMES I-III. Hardly your typical kung fu film, NINJA: THE FINAL DUEL is an idiosyncratic martial arts tale that features extreme violence, nudity, enormous rubber spiders, and even a monk from Harlem. When Shaolin priests kill a ninja’s brother, he sets out for China on a revenge mission. As two monks join the Shaolin force, a relentless kung fu battle begins. This film is packed with kung fu action from the first shot to the last. The collection also includes all three volumes of the VENOM OF THE NINJA series. This classic kung-fu action saga is loaded with violence and martial arts fighting.

This four-disc set is from Crash Cinema under the Venom Mob umbrella. Typical of Crash Cinema, the source material seems to be transferred from old VHS tapes – resulting in terrible video and even worst audio. Trust me, you will want to avoid movies from this company … unless you don’t care about video quality.

Look, for $3, I’m not going to complain that much. Although… that’s three dollars I could have saved.

So, let’s watch the unboxing video for The Ultimate Ninja Boxset below: