Ninjago (Landoman9582)

"This world. This world is our homeland. We're not just gonna give it up today"

- Kai

Ninjago is a 2024 superhero film, based on the LEGO property of the same name. It is the first film in the Ultimate Heroes Cinematic Universe. The film was released internationally on July 16th, 2024 and on July 17th, 2024 in the United States.

The film is directed by James Gunn and stars KJ Apa as Kai Smith, Ansel Elgort as Zane Julien, Timothee Chalamet as Jay Gordon-Walker, Charlie Rowe as Cole Brimstone, Anya Taylor-Joy as Nya Smith, Tom Holland as Lloyd Garmadon, Devon Bostick as Cyrus Borg with Will Ferrell as the Overlord and Michael Douglas as Wu.

A sequel, Ninjago: Forces of Darkness, is planned to be released in April 2027.

Synopsis
An action-packed, fun adventure, "Ninjago" introduces the world to a new set of heroes. When an interdimensional force finds its way into the titular island of Ninjago, 6 high school students - the hot-headed yet charming Kai Smith, his competitive sister Nya, the energetic and wise-cracking Jay Walker, the logical and chilling Zane Julien-Roberts, the strong yet caring Cole Brimstone, and the courageous and determined Lloyd Garmadon - must settle their differences and team up to master their newfound elemental powers and protect Ninjago from its doom.

Plot
In the year 1429, 3 large ships land on the shore of an island and begin to set up shop. The 3 ship captains meet with each other in a nearby field to discuss their plans for a settlement, and they decide to call it "Ninjago". One of the captains, Amadeus Strait, tells the other two, Raman Sridson and Foriskus Alzons that Ninjago will one day be a great and powerful country, as they look towards the rest of the island. The three then walk into the field, looking around and making sure everything is alright for settlement, when Strait finds a small cluster of glowing orbs. Strait calls the other two over to him to look at the orbs, and picks one up. Strait is then obliterated by the orb in full view of the other two captains. Sridson and Alzons both agree to hide the orbs in a place where no one can ever find them.

Almost 600 years later, a teenager named Kai Smith wakes up to notice that his clock reads 8:26 AM. Realizing he is late for school, Kai grabs his stuff and rushes to get to his school. There, he is reprimanded by a teacher named Mr. Chen and given detention for being late. In detention, Kai is met by 5 other students - his sister Nya, her boyfriend Jay Walker, as well as Zane Julien, Cole Brimstone, and Lloyd Garmadon - who are assigned to sort through items in the basement. While sorting through the items, Kai accidentally stumbles across a secret trapdoor and falls through it, causing the others to follow him. When Kai lands on the ground, he uses his phone flashlight to look around and sees a bunch of ancient markings. The other students land in the room, and Kai tells them to look at the markings, to which Zane replies that he recognizes the markings. Zane tells the others that the marking mean "All who enter may be destroyed", causing the others to gulp.

Despite Lloyd's contentions to the others, the group still continues into a doorway underneath the markings. Once inside, the group hears a sharp noise, and suddenly they all turn to see six glowing orbs of color, being red, yellow, green, blue, white, and orange. Kai runs over to them to check them out, but the red orb shoots itself toward's Kai's chest, entering him. Kai panics and begins to run around until he is lifted into the air. His whole body starts to turn red, and he begins to scream. The yellow orb proceeds to do the same thing to Jay, while the green one does it to Lloyd. Cole tries to back up, but the orange orb shoots itself at him and causes him to start panicking. Nya tries to run away, but is caught up to by the blue orb, and Zane is hit by the white orb. Suddenly, the whole room goes dark, and 2 red eyes show up in the back.

Kai wakes up and finds that the group are in a police station. The others are still asleep, but an officer notices Kai being awake and comes to see him. The officer, named Nelson, tells Kai that their teacher had found that they were no longer in the basement and reported them missing. The police then came to the basement and found them under the trapdoor. Kai seems a little confused and asks Nelson why they are in the police station. Nelson tells Kai that they are only there to wait for their parents to pick them up. At that moment, Nya wakes up and asks what's going on. Kai explains it to her, but is interrupted by the arrival of his parents, Ray and Maya. On the car ride home, Maya seems very worried about the two, as Kai starts to look like he's running a fever. She takes Kai's temperature, and he is running a fever of 110 degrees. Ray begins to freak out and drives immediately to the hospital. Kai is examined and the doctor tells them that there's nothing wrong with him other than his temperature and that he is not showing any other symptoms.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group are still at the police station. Zane is the last of the group to wake up, and is told by Jay that it's been 6 hours since they found the trapdoor. Zane asks Jay how they got to the police station, and Cole tells Zane that they were brought there after being reported missing by Mr. Chen. Zane asks the others what happened back there with the orbs, and Lloyd tells Zane that they don't know. Nelson walks up to the group and tells them that they are able to go home because all of their parents are at work. He lets the group go and they walk out of the police station. Lloyd calls Kai to ask what's going on, and Kai tells them that he is at the hospital due to an unusually high temperature. He then asks where the others are, and Lloyd says they just left the station. When Lloyd hangs up, Zane tells him that he feels a little cold, and Lloyd puts his hand to Zane's forehead. He then shivers.

The group goes to Lloyd's house and grabs a thermometer. Zane's temperature is 62 degrees, far below the average temperature for humans. Zane is confused, and Jay says it might have something to do with the orbs. Jay then grabs his phone out of his pocket but accidentally shocks it, charging up the battery. Jay then gets excited, believing himself to have gained lightning powers. Lloyd then realizes that Kai must have gotten fire powers and Zane ice powers. He then remembers that the orb went into his chest, so he looks down into his shirt and sees that the green orb is there. Cole then looks at Lloyd and notices that his eyes have become green. Lloyd goes to the mirror and sees this. Cole then decides to shut the door to the room but accidentally breaks the door off the hinge. Lloyd becomes angry, as if his uncle he lives with found out then he would get yelled at. Lloyd's uncle then proceeds to walk in and say "too late".

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