The 1997 movie Chris Rock wants to delete from history: “I had just bought a house”He might have been in a show where everybody hated him, but Chris Rock has done very well for himself in real life. “Beverly Hills Ninja,” he said, “But you know, I had just bought a house. Released in 1997, Beverly Hills Ninja is a comedy that centres around Haru, a Caucasian boy who is raised by a clan of ninjas to become an expert fighter. Though it’s not without its fans, with Christian Bale once referring to it as his favourite film, Beverly Hills Ninja did not perform well with critics. Nobody makes it to the top of the Hollywood ladder without taking a few hits along the way, but at least Beverly Hills Ninja didn’t consign Chris Rock to the scrapheap forever.