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…
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American Ninja
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.
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Release date
30/08/1985
Votes
495
Popularity
4.3
Michael Dudikoff
Pvt. Joe Armstrong
Steve James
Cpl. Curtis Jackson
Judie Aronson
Patricia Hickock
Guich Koock
Col. William T. Hickock
John Fujioka
Shinyuki
Don Stewart
Victor Ortega
John LaMotta
MSgt. Rinaldo
Tadashi Yamashita
Black Star Ninja
Phillip Brock
Pvt. Charley Madison
Tony Carreon
Older Colombian
Roi Vinzon
Younger Colombian
Richard Norton
MP
Henry Strzalkowski
Bit Part (uncredited)
Nick Nicholson
Duty Officer
Eric Hahn
Supply Sergeant
Jim Gaines
Trucker
Greg Rocero
Bodyguard
Berto Spoor
Bodyguard
Jerry Bailey
Head Hijacker
Rohy Batliwala
Truck Driver
Steve Cook
Truck Driver
Zenon Gil
Truck Driver
Willie Williams
Barrack Soldier #1
Christian Hoss
Barrack Soldier #2
Joey Galvez
MP Arresting Officer
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The acting is terrible, the scripts and dialogue are terrible, the plot is [extremely] shallow. But, I love this movie... from the 1st time a watched it (a straight to VHS video tape). The fighting sequences are actually pretty well done, and believable. You'll get many laughs out of the non-sensical dialogue and some good entertainment out of the action and fighting scenes. A diamond in the rough, that's for sure.
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