We're up against the wall in this case.

2 seconds sound clip from the Revenge of the Ninja movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:32:31.333 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- The coroner claims no weapon was used. And yet the blows were struck against the large bone at a precise 90-degree angle, as if by a machine.

- Could you cause that kind of damage?

- No. It requires special training from childhood.

- Do you know anyone that could?

- There was Arou, a group in Japan that were bone-breakers. About 300 or 400 years ago.

- I'm talking about Thursday at 11:00.

- I don't know anybody that could have. But I have a Japanese friend, someone who's an expert on these things.

- Bring him to me.

- Come on, we've never seen anything like this before.

- We're up against the wall in this case.

- I think it involves some ninja techniques. You know, like bone-breaking, blowguns.

- You're an expert on that stuff. Do it for me as a personal favor.

- What the hell do you call this damned thing?

- It's called a star shuriken. Ninja weapon.

- Ninja, is that one of those martial arts things?

- The ninja's much more powerful. They were warriors of ancient times. You know, masters of assassination in medieval Japan.

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