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The fourth (and final!) entry in this kick-boxing series, sees the return of Michael Dudikoff as the leading foot flinger. Here a scheming sheik trains a bevy of ninja marauders that he's hoping can h... read more read more...elp him in his plan to hold the world ransom by holding hostage none other than the city of New York. ~ Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Cedric Sundstrom

Release Date: March 8, 1991

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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005

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  • December 28, 2009
    Michael Dudikoff might be a great actor but I cannt remember ever watched any of movies with him to end.
  • March 22, 2007
    More exciting action and great team-ups of two American martial arts experts, Michael Dudikoff and David Bradley, come to rescue a group of Americans held captive by a mad Arab.
  • February 11, 2009
    After the disappointment of part 3, I was a little weary of this one. Fortunately, this one surpassed my expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. American Ninja 4 is EVERYTHING you'd want in an American Ninja movie: explosions, cheesy action set pieces, ninjas, exotic island ... read morelocales, and finally- da man himself, Michael Dudikoff. I almost thought this was two separate films, with the first 40 minutes being a David Bradley AN movie, and the last 40 being ALL OUT Dudikoff. Nonetheless, I liked this one a lot. Joe Armstrong comes out of retirement as a teacher for the Peace Corps to save the lame American Ninja (Bradley), who got himself captured- but not before annoying us American Ninja purists for 30 minutes beforehand with dumb one-liners and awful facial expressions. When Dudikoff shows up on screen, you'll be jumping to your feet and cheering (at least, I was). Armstrong teams up with a bunch of rejects from Mad Max 2 and take out a couple of British and Islamic terrorist stereotypes. This is pure Golan-Globus velveeta, and I love it! The complaints are few: David Bradley isn't too annoying, because he's captured after awhile; no Steve James, and no Michael Dudikoff until about 40 minutes in. Thank the heavens that when he finally does show up, it's pure cheesy ninja goodness at its finest.
  • June 9, 2007
    huge american ninja fan when i was a kid...i know i loved the first 3 or so, thought they got a little worse after that...but, i prolly still like it
  • June 8, 2007
    Dudikoff-tastic! But missing the late, great Steve James. The greatest bad-ass black man, this side of Carl Weathers.

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