Space Ninjas

Space Ninjas

Year: 2019

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: English

Director: Scott McQuaid

Comedy

Five high school students serving Saturday detention find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when an elite group of Space Ninjas invades their secluded school. After their teacher is killed, the students must work together to escape the grounds and defend themselves against the relentless invaders throughout the night.

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1

Detention begins for five misfit teens

Five misfit teens are kept for detention on a Saturday evening. The school corridors grow quiet as the clock edges toward night. In the background, a stylized TV show called Stranger Than Fiction begins airing, hinting at a mysterious incident.

Saturday evening Detention room, School
2

Stranger Than Fiction episode airs

The Stranger Than Fiction TV show airs its latest episode, presenting a classified incident at a high school somewhere in Asia. The charismatic host Jack Strange frames the event as chillingly real and potentially connected to the students' night. The TV show’s prelude sets a meta-layer over the unfolding events.

Evening Studio
3

Stanlei visits Professor Rosencrantz

Stanlei, the skate-punk, visits the eccentric science teacher Professor Rosencrantz for a bizarre talk about toast, reasoning, and cats. The conversation is odd and unsettling, foreshadowing the night's oddities. She then makes her way toward detention.

Evening Professor Rosencrantz's classroom
4

Mr. Hughes begins detention and clashes with Stanlei

Mr. Hughes lectures the class on behavior as the detention session drags on. An ugly exchange follows between Stanlei and Mr. Hughes, escalating tension. Hughes ultimately leaves to continue the detention elsewhere.

Evening Detention classroom
5

Space Ninjas invade the school

An elite group of Space Ninjas invade the secluded school under the cover of night. They move with precision and ruthlessness, and they immediately kill Mr. Hughes. The students are left to fend for themselves, trapped inside the school.

Night School interior/grounds
6

Students realize danger and are trapped

The surviving students realize they are trapped on the school grounds with the alien intruders. They barricade doors, hide, and search for safety while the Ninjas hunt them through the hallways. Tension peaks as the odds turn increasingly deadly.

Night School corridors / halls
7

Group seeks help from Rosencrantz and deciphers why this is happening

Desperate for answers, the remaining students seek help from Professor Rosencrantz. He and the survivors piece together why space intruders are targeting the school. They devise the best plan of escape, shifting from passive survival to active strategy.

Late night Professor Rosencrantz's lab
8

Survivors take the initiative against ninjas

The survivors manage to kill a few Ninjas, slowly reducing the threat. They implement improvised tactics to counter their attackers who adapt quickly. Victory is fragile, as more Ninjas keep arriving.

Late night School grounds
9

Stanlei becomes last survivor

The Space Ninjas close in on the last survivors until only Stanlei remains. She steels herself for a final confrontation. The outcome will determine whether she makes it through the night.

Late night School grounds
10

Final battle between Stanlei and last Ninja

Stanlei engages in a climactic duel with the final Space Ninja. The battle is brutal and decisive, and dawn inches closer as she fights. She survives, battered but alive for now.

Night to dawn School courtyard
11

CIA and MIB sweep begins

As night yields to day, CIA operatives arrive and men in black enter the scene. The Big Boss orders a sweep to erase any evidence of alien activity. The incident is framed as just another episode of Stranger Than Fiction.

Dawn School exterior
12

Conclusion: reality or fiction?

Evidence is erased and the truth remains ambiguous—fact or fiction? The incident is folded into entertainment as another episode of Stranger Than Fiction. The survivors' night-long ordeal ends with a fragile sense of ambiguity.

Daybreak School grounds

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