Surf Ninjas (1993)

A variety of animals are seen in this film, mostly as atmosphere, such as pigs, oxen, goats and a lamb on the island. In a brief scene a dog sniffs at a body that has washed ashore. Fish are in an aquarium at a restaurant. An octopus is in another tank when Adam reaches into the tank, grabs the octopus, and shoves it into the face of an attacker. A fake octopus was used for this scene. In a flashback scene, an elephant steps on Colonel Chi, crushing parts of the villain. This scene was shot in cuts with a real elephant and a fake elephant foot. When the Colonel is stepped on it is done via an extreme close-up of a fake elephant’s foot. The elephant is seen again towards the end of the film in a courtyard ceremony with a carrier on his back that contains two people. The brothers meet a monkey in the jungle. The monkey takes a small video game from Adam and gets Adam to follow him as the monkey leads Adam to a cave where a storage of weapons is kept. All of the monkey’s action was basically A to B movement. The animal action for Surf Ninjas was filmed on location in Thailand and local animal trainers were used. American Humane discussed the details of animal action with a representative of the production company, and because of the mild nature of all of the animal action.