Michael Dudikoff,
Steve James,
Judie Aronson,
Guich Koock,
John Fujioka
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In American Ninja, Michael Dudikoff plays American "GI Joe" who, based in the Philippines, gets hip to a crooked arms racket involving none other than the military itself. There's no end to the rib-cr... read more
DVD Release Date: October 2, 2001
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October 6, 2008Corny white ninja expert guy protecting pretty girl while beating all various bad guy type movie
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December 28, 2010Since I am in the Philippines, why not rewatch that classic movie from the 80s that my dad took me to as a kid, mostly because it was a ninja movie, but it was my first real stories from my dad about his home country. And the beginning of total suspension of reality about martial... read more
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February 12, 2009It really is 'Rebel Without a Cause' dressed up in a ninja outfit. Ah, yes, the movie that began America's love affair with Michael Dudikoff... Well, not really, but nonethteless... American Ninja laid the groundwork for its four sequels: big, dumb action set-pieces, ninjas, exot... read more
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September 24, 2007AWESOME! Michael Dudikoff wsa awesome in this and the sequel, not great storywise or whatever, but I enjoyed the action.
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June 26, 2007It's hard to believe that Michael Dudikoff was the same blonde-haired doofus who was in the original Bachelor Party with Tom Hanks. Hard to take an actor seriously after that.
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June 15, 2007First of the series, with Dudikoff as an American serviceman who moonlights as a ninja. Of course, almost everyone's against him.
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June 5, 2007Classic! - if you grew up an "80s kid" and didn't want to be a "Ninja" after this movie...What am I talking about? - anyone of us growing up in the 80s saw this flick and immediately wanted to become a Ninja!!
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May 18, 2007i bought this movie on dvd because it was playing in slow motion in penny lane. has the coolest stunt ever. dudikoff jumps his sweet bike over a wall and you can see the stunt double smash his face on the bike when it lands.
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April 21, 2007I was fine wit this at first..good beginning..not too unbeliavable action..then.."Blackstar Ninja appeared in a locked cell in a puff od smoke...it was all down hill from there, including a cheesy Star Wars rip-off.
Critic Reviews
September 18, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole
July 26, 2002
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
I hate it now. I loved it when I was 14. Does that count?
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Title tells you all you need to know ... except for all the badness.
September 23, 2005
Michael Szymanski, Zap2it.com
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September 4, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
No review available.
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