Ninjago (2020 live-action film)

Ninjago is a live-action film releasing in 2020 based on the LEGO property of the same name. It is based on the 2014 season, Ninjago: Rebooted. The movie, releasing June 15, 2020, stars Tom Holland, Logan Lerman, Brandon Flynn, Ryan Potter, Ansel Elgort, Kathryn Newton, Sophie Turner, Michael Douglas, Will Ferrell, Dwayne Johnson, Jackie Chan, and Devon Bostick. The film is made in order to target a larger demographic.

Cast

 * Tom Holland as Lloyd Garmadon
 * Logan Lerman as Cole Brimstone
 * Brandon Flynn as Jay Walker
 * Ryan Potter as Kai Smith
 * Ansel Elgort as Zane Julien
 * Kathryn Newton as Nya Smith
 * Sophie Turner as Skylor Chen
 * Michael Douglas as Sensei Garmadon
 * Will Ferrell as The Overlord (motion-capture & voice)
 * Dwayne Johnson as General Cryptor
 * Jackie Chan as Sensei Wu
 * Devon Bostick as Cyrus Borg/OverBorg
 * Chris Pratt as Ronin
 * Michael Dobson as Pythor (motion-capture & voice)
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Nindroids (voice)
 * Chloe Grace Moretz as P.I.X.A.L.
 * Michael Fassbender as Sensei Dareth
 * Michelle Pfeiffer as Misako Garmadon
 * Shane Harper as Jackson Ryan "Jaxx" Manson
 * Kirby Morrow and Brent Miller both make cameo appearances in the film as themselves. Kirby and Brent played Cole and Zane in the animated series, respectively.

Plot
A screen starts to play. The words "The end... or is it?" fly on the screen, in a scary manner. Then, Kai turns off the TV he was playing a movie on. He yells "Jay, you got anything to eat?" after Jay walks into the apartment. Jay replies with a yes, and tells Kai that he can't be lazy just because Jay is letting him live at his place for a while. Jay and Kai decide to invite their girlfriends over to watch a movie, and about 5 minutes later Nya (Kai's sister, Jay's girlfriend) and Skylor (Kai's girlfriend) show up at the apartment. Before they watch the movie, Nya hears her ringtone and receives a call. She tells the others that it is Cole, telling her that something had happened to Lloyd.

Kai, Nya, Skylor, and Jay rush to the hospital, where they had arranged to meet Cole and Zane. They walk up to Lloyd's room, where they discover that he had passed out from low blood sugar. The doctor gives him some sort of medicine, and then the guys leave with Lloyd. Sensei Wu calls Cole to tell him that he is planning a trip to Borg Industries in New Ninjago City, which was built after Lloyd's final battle with the Overlord.

The guys meet up with Sensei Wu at their Monastery, and then head to Borg Industries in the Destiny's Bounty, a large flying boat. They land in the parking lot and Cyrus Borg, a man in a wheelchair, is there waiting for them. Borg greets Wu, and Wu asks if Borg can talk to the guys while the others are looking around. Borg agrees, and takes Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, and Lloyd to his office. Cyrus Borg gives them a large statue as a gift for protecting Ninjago. They thank him, and take the statue in the elevator with them. The elevator identifies each of them, and suddenly Jay accidentally breaks the statue due to it being hollow. The guys realize that there are ninja suits in the statue, and they realize that it is time to go back to being ninja, as they had retired 3 years ago. They put on the suits and walk out of the elevator, only to find that all of the technology in Borg's Tower has turned against them.

The ninja attack Borg's security mechs to escape the tower, but find that all technology is turned against them. With quick thinking, Lloyd summons his Golden Dragon and destroys all technology in the city. After this, the ninja escape the city with their new suits in order to get away from the quick-rising mobs of people, mad at the ninja for destroying their technology. The ninja hide out at Sensei Wu's academy, near to the town of Jamonikai. Wu tells the ninja that they need to talk to Garmadon about what to do against this menace.

Meanwhile, Cyrus Borg is in his tower, trying to hide from whatever caused the attack. He discovers a small screen on the ground with red eyes, and he runs away. He trips, and falls. He is grabbed by a robotic claw, and inserted into a machine. The machine starts to run, and a scream is heard. Then, the screen fades to black.

The ninja are sitting in a room, and then Sensei Garmadon walks in on them, and tells them that they are going to receive a lesson. Garmadon teaches them about the Art of the Silent Fist, which shows the ninja something they didn't expect. After the lesson, Lloyd and Jay suddenly get into an argument and start attacking each other. Wu goes to them and tells them to focus, and they reconcile. Nya shakes her head towards Jay in disapproval, and then talks to Skylor about Jay. Skylor gives her good advice, and Nya listens to her.

Wu gathers the ninja into a meeting and informs them that Cyrus Borg has gone missing. The ninja are then told to head to Ninjago City to find Borg. Lloyd is told to stay back, as Garmadon has something to tell him.

The ninja arrive in Ninjago City at the foot of Borg's tower. They head inside, only to find that the place has been taken over by someone calling themselves the OverBorg. They fight the OverBorg, only to find out that it is, in fact, Cyrus Borg. The ninja question Borg, and discover that Borg was mind-controlled by someone that Borg doesn't know. The ninja head around the building, and Zane sees the red eyes on the screen, and knows who it is immediately.

Suddenly, a female robot attacks the ninja. The ninja try to fight it, but it is too powerful, until Zane stops it. Zane reprograms her, and she says that her name is P.I.X.A.L. She tells Zane that she can help the ninja, as she is meant to assist. Zane reveals to P.I.X.A.L. that he is actually a robot, and she decides to head with the ninja, along with Borg. Borg warns them of a "they" and the ninja head out of the tower.

Meanwhile, Garmadon tells Lloyd that there is something that he didn't know about the day of the final battle. Garmadon tells Lloyd that the Overlord caused great pain in his body and that soon he was gonna die. Lloyd tells Garmadon that he shouldn't worry, because Lloyd has something to help him. Lloyd uses his golden power to heal Garmadon, and then heads to another room.

Back in Ninjago City, the ninja are walking to their vehicles when, suddenly, a bunch of ninja robots attack the ninja. Borg confirms that these are the "they" that he was talking about, and the ninja destroy most of them, but one gets away. Zane shoots it with an ice blast, destroying it. Borg confirms that there are more, and that the ninja need to get away before it all escalates.

The ninja, along with Borg, make it to the Samurai X Cave, where they find Wu. They start to settle in, but the ninja robots, dubbed "Nindroids" by Jay, show up, and attack, forcing the ninja to retreat. The Nindroids capture Wu, and the ninja head to Jay's childhood home, Ed and Edna's Scrap N' Junk.

The ninja try to fix P.I.X.A.L., who was damaged during the chaos. Zane successfully makes repairs, and the ninja discuss what they have to do next. Zane tells the ninja that they need to build vehicles, but Jay rejects the idea, saying that the Nindroids would find them before they do that completely. Cole asks if anyone has any better ideas, and P.I.X.A.L. tells them that they need to take out all power in Ninjago, and Kai agrees.

The ninja head to the power station, but it is already guarded by a bunch of Nindroids. The ninja sneak past the Nindroids, but one of them spots the ninja and follows them into the power room. The ninja fight it, but it is tough. Zane realizes P.I.X.A.L. is not around, and goes to find her. He realizes that the Nindroids have already captured her, and he fights the Nindroids. After destroying most of them, there is only one left, called Cryptor. Zane fights Cryptor, but Cryptor gets away. Zane saved P.I.X.A.L., but she suddenly shuts off. Zane discovers that she was internally connected to the power, and is affected by the blackout.

Meanwhile, Lloyd and Garmadon are driving around in order to find what is causing the Nindroids to attack. They discover that it is the Overlord who is causing everything, so he can get Lloyd's golden power and become physical. Lloyd and Garmadon try to get away from the Overlord, but are attacked by a giant mechanical dragon, who shuts off due to the power outage. Lloyd and Garmadon get away, and the Overlord is gone.

The screen fades to black, and then the camera cuts to an aquarium. A white-hooded man is in there, trying to steal electric fish. He successfully does, and escapes. He heads to Borg Tower where he dumps the fish onto a bunch of screens, and revives the power in the city. The Overlord is pleased to have help, and demands to know who is helping him. The Stranger tells him to wait, because in due time, he will reveal himself.

Meanwhile, the ninja discover a serpentine scale near Borg's tower and go underground to find the Serpentine. They talk to Pythor, a snake that tells them about the Curse of the Golden Master. The ninja think that Lloyd could be the Golden Master, and leave. Pythor escapes, to his avail.

Pythor heads to Borg Tower and enters the room where the Stranger and the Overlord are. Pythor tells them he would like to ally with them in order to bring about the Curse of the Golden Master. The Stranger agrees and allows him to ally with them.

The ninja reunite with Lloyd and Garmadon and discover that the Overlord now plans to find the Golden Weapons, which had been blasted into space, in order to create a physical form for himself. The ninja sneak into Borg Tower but are attacked by Nindroids, The ninja struggle to defeat them, but Lloyd destroys them with a golden blast, which causes the Overlord to send out Pythor. The ninja fight Pythor, but are defeated. Pythor leaves the ninja lying on the ground, only to be attacked by a mysterious man piloting a mech. The man jumps out of the mech after defeating Pythor to reveal himself as Ronin, a mysterious samurai. Garmadon runs off in order to get back to Wu and Misako and tells the ninja to stay safe while he's gone.

The ninja head up to the room where the Stranger is, but are attacked by Nindroids in the room while the Stranger tries to escape with the hard drive holding the Overlord. The Stranger escapes before the ninja destroy the Nindroids, and Zane chases after him.

Zane tackles the mysterious Stranger to reveal him as Jaxx Manson. Jaxx runs off, nowhere to be seen, and then Pythor attacks the ninja. Lloyd punches Pythor, and Pythor runs off to find Jaxx. The ninja head back to the Tower to talk to Cyrus Borg.

Cyrus Borg gives the ninja new weapons that can hack vehicles, and the ninja take them. They discover Jaxx's lair, where he has hooked up the Overlord with new technology. They also discover a rocket that is meant to hold the Golden Weapons, which will turn the Overlord into the Golden Master, but were sent to space a long time ago. Kai spies on Jaxx while the other ninja try to find a way to stop the rocket from taking off. They realize that the only way to stop the Overlord is to sneak onto the rocket. Kai meets up with the other ninja, and they try to sneak onto the rocket. The ninja successfully do so, and steal spacesuits in order to breathe when they fight the Nindroids in space.

The Nindroids land the rocket on a comet, and the ninja follow the Nindroids to the Golden Weapons. The ninja fight the Nindroids on the comet, before the Nindroids retreat to find the Golden Weapons. The ninja try to stop them by using bugs that eat through metal, but the Nindroids take the Golden Weapons and leave the comet. The ninja try to find the rocket, but it was eaten up by the bugs, and the ninja are stranded on the comet.

Meanwhile, Nya, Wu, PIXAL, Garmadon, and Misako fight the Nindroids in Borg Tower, and realize that the other Nindroids have come back with the Golden Weapons. They try to stop Pythor and Jaxx from gaining the weapons, but it's too late. The Overlord is summoned back as the Golden Master. Luckily, Nya, Wu, PIXAL, Garmadon, and Misako escape to the Samurai X Cave.

Back on the comet, the ninja build a rocket so they can get back home. It successfully launches toward Earth, and they make it to Ninjago, where they find out that the Overlord has successfully taken over Ninjago City. The ninja head in and attack the Overlord, but he is too powerful. Zane realizes that there is only one way to defeat the Overlord. Zane jumps to the Overlord, and grabs to his armor. It is too powerful for Zane, and he is starting to be destroyed. The Overlord yells at Zane to let go as it was a foolish decision.

Suddenly, Zane explodes, creating a gigantic burst of ice energy, which freezes over Ninjago City. The ninja hold a funeral for Zane, and a statue is put in Ninjago City to honor him. PIXAL, inside Borg's tower, hears Zane's voice playing and then discovers Zane, who says "are we compatible now?" and then it cuts to the credits.

In a post-credits scene, Ronin is seen holding a bag. He throws it to a mysterious man and says "This tin can better give me a lot of money".

Trivia

 * Cyrus Borg does not have a wheelchair in this movie, unlike in the TV show.
 * Jaxx Manson, Ronin, and Skylor appear in this movie, despite not appearing in the TV show during this season (Jaxx Manson never actually appeared in the TV show)
 * Pythor is not the mysterious stranger, he appears when the ninja find the Serpentine underground and escapes.
 * The mysterious stranger is now Jaxx Manson, a new character.