During the
Cold War, Arne Treholt leads Norway's Ninja Force, based out of
Gressholmen, which answers directly to
King Olav V. Members include: Fjellberg, Treholt's deputy; Tromsø, platoon assistant and documentarian; He Who Sleeps, sniper; Coachman, the driver; Ragnhild Umbraco, who runs HM Tool Factory; as well as two apprentices: Black Pete and Bumblebee. After
a Russian sub runs aground in Sweden, the Ninja Force are deployed to search several fjords for possible Russian submarines. No vessels are found but anti-submarine rockets are mistakenly fired in an area the ninja are investigating. Treholt confronts Otto Meyer, head of Norway's CIA-backed
Stay Behind force for firing the rockets, and while there takes a copy of their
field manual. While King Olav visits he expresses frustration at the repeated interference of Stay Behind on his Ninja Force, as well as the false-flag operations described in the Stay Behind field manual, he orders Treholt to commence Operation Saga Night. Treholt confides in Bumblebee that he foresees that he will ultimately take his place as leader. To decide which apprentice will be made a full ninja, Black Pete and Bumblebee compete in an orienteering race, while Tromsø and Stay Behind spy drones watch. In order to protect his lead, Pete attacks Bumblebee. For this, Treholt kicks Pete from the Ninja Force and Bumblebee wins by default. After his induction, Treholt and Olav dispense wisdom to Bumblebee, while the other ninja mock his vegetarianism. After the
bombing of the Oslo Central Station, which the CIA blames on the Russians, Treholt travels to Vienna to meet with members of the KGB to verify evidence that Stay Behind was involved. Treholt returns to confront Meyer but is instead threatened to be exposed as a traitor for meeting with the KGB. Treholt throws a shuriken at the picture as he leaves. Meanwhile, Bumblebee visits Ragnhild and reveals that he was in jail as a conscientious objector before Treholt visited him and convinced him to join Ninja Force. Learning Stay behind is targeting the
Alexander Kielland oil rig, Treholt, Bumblebee, Tromsø, and Coachman race to stop them. While they are able to find the bomb and engage a saboteur, they are unable to prevent the destruction of the rig. After returning to Gressholmen, Stay Behind attacks with a combination of aerial bombardment and ground assault, with Black Pete helping to bypass the island's defenses. Despite inflicting heavy losses on the invaders, the Ninja Force is forced to flee, with Treholt taking an injured Bumblebee in one of Stay Behind's skycars. Treholt revives Bumblebee outside
Fornebu Airport and sends him, now disguised as Treholt, to be arrested in his place. The Ninja Force regroup at Ragnhild's workshop in the
Lofoten mountains and are joined by Black Pete, who had been acting under Treholt's orders and stole Stay Behind's operational plans. The Ninja force infiltrate the royal palace and take out the Stay Behind death squad posing as the King's bodyguards, use the Stay Behind skycar to intercept a Piper Pawnee aimed at the
Oslo City Hall so it merely buzzes the twin towers instead, and police are sent to Meyer's home to arrest him for the weapons cache there. Other leaders of Stay Behind are assassinated by the Ninjas and the Piper Pawnee is redirected to crash into Stay Behind's bunker. Meyer is then intercepted by Treholt as he climbs the Oslo City Hall in an attempt to plant a bomb. Treholt retrieves his shuriken, which Meyer had been wearing around his neck and which concealed a listening device, and then knocks Meyer off the building. During final sentencing, Bumblebee, who is still disguised as Treholt, thinks back to everything he had been told about freedom and Treholt's plans for him, and finally achieves enlightenment. Meanwhile, the Ninja Force and King Olav celebrate the successful completion of Operation Saga Night with a feast and take a picture with banners saying "
Mission Accomplished". ==Cast==