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American Ninja (1985)

R08/30/1985Action1h 35m
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The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American.

Overview

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Michael Dudikoff

    Pvt. Joe Armstrong

  2. Cast 1

    Steve James

    Cpl. Curtis Jackson

  3. Cast 1

    Judie Aronson

    Patricia Hickock

  4. Cast 1

    Guich Koock

    Col. William T. Hickock

  5. Cast 1

    John Fujioka

    Shinyuki

  6. Don Stewart

    Victor Ortega

  7. Cast 1

    John LaMotta

    MSgt. Rinaldo

  8. Cast 1

    Tadashi Yamashita

    Black Star Ninja

  9. Cast 1

    Phillip Brock

    Pvt. Charley Madison

The Bottom Line A basic action movie from the '80s but it doesn't hold up. Plot An American soldier with special skills gets posted to an island base where someone keeps hijacking military convoys. When his convoy gets hit, he's cooperating right up until someone hits the Colonel's daughter, and then he intervenes. His memory of his childhood is mostly gone from an explosion on an island, but he has obviously had training. When the hijackers send Ninjas after him, it becomes obvious though that his skills are way more than just simple techniques. What I Liked Some of the basic f...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,000,000.00

Revenue $10,499,694.00

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