American Ninja (1985)

Directed by

Sam Firstenberg

Genre

action film, martial arts film, ninja film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 489 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. soldier with ninja training uses his skills to protect a military convoy from a criminal group. It is a low-budget 80s action movie with martial arts fights and explosions.

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What happens

American Ninja is a 1985 American martial arts action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role and is the first installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987). It had a generally negative reception from critics, and it was a financial success at the box office and on home video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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