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From the B-Movie Vault Issue #13: American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt and American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
Ninja New Year!
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the latest From the B-Movie Vault. I’m Bryan Kristopowitz.
It’s the New Year, and that means it’s once again time for me to celebrate ninja movies on the internets. Last year, I posted old reviews of the first two movies in the classic American Ninja franchise, 1985’s American Ninja and 1987’s American Ninja 2: The Confrontation. For 2025, I’m going to post the old reviews that no longer exist on the internets for the next two movies in the American Ninja franchise, American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, which came out in 1989, and American Ninja 4: The Annihilation, which came out in 1990. The Blood Hunt review originally appeared in December of 2013 as part of a monthlong celebration of David Bradley, and The Annihilation review appeared in early January 2015 as part of that year’s Ninja New Year.
And so, without any further what have you, let’s celebrate Ninja New Year 2025 with American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt and American Ninja 4: The Annihilation. Enjoy.
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The Gratuitous B-Movie Column Issue #284: American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
It’s a David Bradley December: Week 1
Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the internets movie review column that has never met anyone named Balderdash, The Gratuitous B-Movie Column, and I am your host Bryan Kristopowitz. In this issue, issue number two hundred and eighty four, I take a look at the third movie in the American Ninja franchise, American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, which came out in 1989. The flick stars the focus of this month’s issues, David Bradley, one of the last martial artists turned actors to come out of the “martial artist turned actor” boom of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s. According to imdb.com Bradley hasn’t made a movie in sixteen years, which is a shame because he was quite good back in the day. I think it’s time for Bradley to be rediscovered, and that’s sort of why I’m doing this It’s a David Bradley December thing. David Bradley’s movies need to be seen.
So, with all of that out of the way, on to American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, Bradley’s first movie (unless you count Force of Steel, whatever the hell that is).
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, directed by Cedric Sundstrom, stars the great Steve James as Curtis Jackson, ex-Army and karate badass and sword master, who is in the Caribbean to participate in an international karate tournament. While waiting in line to pass through customs, Jackson meets Sean Davidson (Bradley), the new American karate champion (he is featured on the cover of Inside Karate, which is apparently a very big deal in the world of karate). Davidson is also headed to the same tournament, which he wants to win because that’s just what he does. However, since this is an American Ninja movie, it doesn’t take long for James and Davidson to run into ninjas, who are in town working for the nefarious terrorist businessman known only as The Cobra (Marjoe Gortner). After kicking ass in the opening stage of the tournament, Davidson runs off into the Caribbean slums, thinking that he has to rescue his old karate teacher Izumo (the immortal Calvin Jung) from evil ninjas. However, everything is not as it seems. Davidson has no idea that Izumo is actually The Cobra’s lead henchperson Chan Lee (Michele Chan) in disguise and that the Cobra desperately wants to capture Davidson so he can test out his new germ warfare drug on the karate champion. Davidson, along with Jackson and fellow American karate man Dexter (Evan J. Klisser), don’t make things easy for The Cobra, Chan Lee, or the army of ninjas under their control. Davidson, Jackson, and Dexter fight, fight, and fight some more, taking out any and all bad guy ninja that get in their way. It doesn’t take long for the major karate tournament to turn into an afterthought and for the destruction of The Cobra’s Caribbean business to become the first priority for Davidson and Jackson.
The movie does feature some interesting twists and turns that you may not see coming, especially the whole “Chan Lee in disguise” thing (I know I didn’t). I think you’ll also be surprised at how quickly the karate tournament part of the plot disappears. While the tournament is just an excuse to get Davidson to show up in the Caribbean, you would think that the other fighters participating in it would want to know why they all traveled from around the world to participate in the karate tournament that lasts about one day. Was a champion crowned? Did any of the officials wonder where Davidson, a major draw in the world of karate (he was on the cover of Inside Karate for the love of God), went after the first round? Did anyone try to find out where he and Jackson and Dexter went? And what about the fans in the stands who came to see a series of fights? Didn’t they raise a bit of a ruckus when Davidson failed to show up?
The fight and action scenes are a mixed bag, with the martial arts battles turning out better than the “other” action scenes (which makes sense for a “ninja” movie). The flick’s few gunfights are best described as “a little bit off,” which seems weird considering the first two American Ninja movies did both generally well. The karate and hand-to-hand brawls are smooth looking and sort of brutal when necessary. The Cobra’s lab is a little lame, at least at the beginning of the movie. It looks like The Cobra is holding meetings for terrorists around the world inside a giant TV studio that has a black curtain in the back. The Cobra also has three half-naked musclemen on platforms in the lab, presumably to showcase what his evil germ warfare stuff can do to the human body. You would think, though, that if this new germ warfare stuff was terrible that the musclemen would be crying out in pain or bleeding all over the place. Or, like in the flick’s final fight scene, you would think the musclemen would be The Cobra’s ultimate fighters/super soldiers or something like that. I mean, why are they always just standing there? Shouldn’t they do something other than stare off into the space?
The ninjas are a weird batch of bad guys this time around. They’re essentially just people for Davidson and Jackson to beat up, which becomes weirder and weirder as the movie goes on because, well, they’re ninjas. Shouldn’t they be at least slightly tougher? Shouldn’t the ninjas be able to handle, or go toe-to-toe, with Davidson and Jackson? What the heck did they do all of the training for if they’re just going to get their asses kicked within seconds of jumping out of the shadows?
The military angle that was so prevalent in the first two movies is gone. Jackson is no longer in the U.S. Army, having apparently left it because he wanted to focus on his karate and stay the hell away from ninjas. Davidson has no military background, either. We do see plenty of foreign military bad guys, though, like the dastardly General Andreas (a dubbed Yehuda Efroni, of The Delta Force and Braddock: Missing in Action III fame).
So where the heck is Michael Dudikoff’s Joe Armstrong? He’s obviously alive as he appears in part 4, but he’s nowhere to be seen in part 3. Jackson mentions Joe’s name in the run up to one of the flick’s many ninja fights, but that’s it. I would like to know, though, if replacing Dudikoff was the plan all along, or if Cannon Films had to come up with a new “American Ninja” once Dudikoff turned the movie down. And how the heck did Cannon get Dudikoff to come back for the fourth movie?
Bradley does a great job as Sean Davidson. He has a natural charisma and he always looks convincing in the movie’s many fight scenes. Some of his line readings are a little iffy (there’s a scene on the beach where Bradley and James discuss something and it is cringe worthy) but, for his first movie, Bradley knocks it out of the park. The Cannon people really lucked out in finding Bradley.
James is, as usual, damn good, although he seems to have some trouble moving around in some of the fight scenes (he’s massive in this movie, like a 1980’s pro wrestler). His sword fighting scenes towards the end of the movie are excellent, and he also provides more comic relief than Klisser’s Dexter, who is more often than not annoying (I guess that’s what happens when you’re the smallest guy in the group). This was James’ last American Ninja movie, and, thankfully, he goes out like a badass. I would like to know why Cannon never gave him his own starring vehicle. I bet he could have carried an action movie franchise of his own if he had been given the chance. There was Street Hunter in 1990, but that was with 21st Century Film Corporation, not Cannon (my God that movie needs a DVD release), and there was only one of them.
Marjoe Gortner is excellent as the sleazy bad guy The Cobra. He’s your typical action movie bad guy in that he sees himself as a businessman, but he heaps on an extra dose of sleaze and makes you anxious to see him get his. I would like to know if I’m the only person who thinks, in one scene towards the end, it looks like Gortner shits his pants. I swear the back of his pants change colors and it really looks like he’s fudging back there.
Michele Chan does a good job as Chan Lee, the lead bad guy ninja. And Andrea Pierce is excellent as the island minister’s secretary. I think you’ll be surprised at how much ass she can kick. And Calvin Jung is awesome as Davidson’s ninja karate master Izumo.
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt is a fun action flick, and it’s a fine showcase of then new action movie talent David Bradley. As I said before, Cannon really lucked out in finding him and giving him the keys to the American Ninja franchise. The man is a natural. And Steve James, man, that guy was, and still is, one of the best of all time.
See American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt. See it, see it, see it.
So what do we have here?
Dead bodies: 30+
Explosions: Several. There’s a great exploding car scene that’s insane.
Nudity?: None.
Doobage: A big time late 1970’s karate tournament. A very slow butterfly knife to the gut. Robbery. Hand biting. Full auto handgun hooey. Ninja training in Japan. A montage of one-on-one ninja training. An international terrorist conference. A modern karate tournament. Sudden slow motion kick to the chest. Attempted debauchery. Kidnapping. Multiple ninja brawls. A sort of sleeper hold. A slow motion fall off a roof. An underwater ninja brawl. A weaponized coat. Double nunchuck attack. Sword hooey. A wicked backbreaker. Hanging out at the beach. A second international terrorist conference. Bad dubbing. Combination lock hearing. Hang glider planes. Blue ninjas. Ninja sword training. One very brutal and sloppy neck break. Arm breaking. Table smashing. Slow motion falling down the stairs. Ninjas in an elevator. Taser attack. A massive explosion with jumping car followed by a second explosion. Face removal. “Ninjettes.” A roaming ship lab. A great fist to the top of the head bit. Revenge. Dumbass guards. Knife catching. Gut stabbing. A 4-on-1 sword fight. One sword that suddenly becomes two swords. Arrow catching. Arrow throwing. Arrow through the chest. Light shooting. A vicious neck snap. A lack of an antidote. Red ninja attack. A dry ice explosion. Potentially soiled pants.
Kim Richards?: There’s sort of an attempt at the beginning of the movie, but beyond that, no.
Gratuitous: A dubbed Yehuda Efroni. Badly dubbed children. A karate tournament robbery. David Bradley introduced in the credits as “the new American Ninja.” ninja training, Steve James. Steve James wearing a “Shalom yall” shirt. David Bradley on the cover of Inside Karate. “Kilroy was here” graffiti. Steve James using his own coat as a weapon. A woman in disguise. Three half naked test subjects who just stand around and stare off into space. Steve James wearing a black headband. David Bradley using his soul and mind to overcome a physical challenge. A funny ending. Strange end credits.
Best lines: “In America there’s always some smart ass who thinks he’s a hero.” “Hey! You made the cover of Inside Karate this month!” “Are you a ninja? Yes. That explains a few things.” “Ninja? Not again!” “What a damn day!” “They’re doing something in there they don’t want anybody to know about!” “Are you threatening me, Captain?” “You’re breathing my air.” “It’s time to pay a visit to the East Bay Labs.” “Curiosity is a real dangerous drug, you know.” “I warned you! She’s excessively ambitious!” “Now we’ve got ninjettes!” “Let me get this straight. He’s selling out to a terrorist? Yes. That’s wholesale slaughter!” “Die!” “Okay, Cobra, your turn to die!” “Give me the damn antidote!” “I think you’re finished.”
Rating: 8.0/10.0
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The Gratuitous B-Movie Column Issue #339: American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)
Ninja New Year!: Week 1
Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to the internets movie review column that isn’t interested in finding out what’s behind door number five (although I am curious about door six. Just what the heck is behind that door?), The Gratuitous B-Movie Column, and I am your host Bryan Kristopowitz. In this issue, issue number three hundred and thirty-nine, Ninja New Year begins with American Ninja 4: The Annihilation, which came out in 1990.
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation, directed by Cedric Sundstrom (he also directed American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, which you just read about above), is one of the weirdest action movies ever to be released by the fine folks at Cannon Films. It’s weird because, despite being populated by ninjas, it doesn’t come off as a full on ninja movie. It’s like a mash up of several types of action movies that were popular in the late 1980’s. It doesn’t always work but, in the end, it’s still kind of cool. Personally, I wish there were more movies like it.
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation stars the great David Bradley as Sean Davidson, a more experienced version of the character he played in part 3. Now a full on badass CIA agent, Davidson is tasked with sneaking into an unnamed nation, which may be in Africa (I have no proof for this beyond a feeling I have) to rescue a captured team of Delta Force commandos. The commandos were captured by the supremely evil piece of shit Mulgrew (James Booth, who was the bad guy in the terrific Sho Kosugi ninja flick Pray for Death), a former British cop turned racist terrorist scumbag who has teamed up with a nefarious Middle Eastern terrorist known as Maksood (Ron Smerczak). Maksood, presumably because he’s incredibly wealthy, has an army of ninjas at his disposal and a suitcase nuke bomb that could wipe out New York City. The commandos were sent in to take out Maksood and the bomb, but were no match for Maksood’s ninja army. Davidson only has a few days to rescue the commandos before they’re burned alive.
Now, Davidson isn’t totally confident that he can complete the mission, as he’ll only have Carl Brackston (Dwayne Alexandre) as back up. Carl is Davidson’s buddy, he was set to be the best man at Carl’s wedding, but he doesn’t trust him 100% in the field (this mission will be Carl’s first actual mission in the field). Davidson would much rather have Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff), the original American Ninja, at his side, but Armstrong has retired from the ass kicking business and retreated to the Peace Corps. So Davidson drops into “somewhere maybe in Africa” with Carl and all the hope in the world that the mission will go as planned.
Of course, the mission doesn’t go as planned, and it doesn’t take long for Davidson and Carl to get into trouble with the local army and police as well as Mulgrew and the ninja army. Davidson and Carl do meet up with their local contact Pango (Jody Abrahams) and some of the local rebel forces, but Pango is just a wimpy kid and the rebel forces are disorganized and outgunned. The only rebel of any value mission wise is Sarah (Robin Stille), a Peace Corps doctor who helps Davidson and Carl escape police leader O’Reilly (Franz Dobrowsky). Davidson does get to don a sort of ninja outfit and engage in some ninja action (a bow and arrow attack, some nifty stick fighting, and a nunchuck battle) but even his ninja badassness is no match for Mulgrew and Maksood. So Davidson, Carl, and Sarah are eventually captured and forced to join the captured commandos in certain death.
While in captivity, Davidson tries hard to escape and take out Maksood and Mulgrew. He’s forced to fight off newly trained ninja warriors in a kind of demonstration before Maksood and Mulgrew, but he ends up down and out in the end (he destroys the ninjas, sure, but they have knock out darts and he doesn’t have anything). What the heck is the U.S. government going to do? If the Delta Force and the second American Ninja can’t take out Maksood, who the hell can? Who is left?
The obvious answer is the first American Ninja, Joe Armstrong. They also could have called Steve James’ Curtis Jackson, too, but for whatever reason they don’t do that.
Yes, Armstrong is retired and he doesn’t want to get back into the business, but after he’s tracked down and told by a top CIA agent (I don’t remember the guy’s name) that Davidson has been captured, Armstrong has no choice but to get back into the ninja game and help his friend. Apparently, in between parts 3 and 4, Armstrong and Davidson struck up a friendship (perhaps Steve James’ Curtis Jackson hooked them up with one another?) and it’s a strong enough friendship that Armstrong is willing to quit teaching needy kids to become a ninja again. So after a quick “thinking about it by the lake” montage, Armstrong goes to “somewhere maybe in Africa” with a ninja kit to find his friend and take out Maksood.
When Armstrong arrives and meets up with Pango (the CIA apparently only has one “reliable” contact in the area) he is quickly taken to see the rebel leader Dr. Tamba (Ken Gampu), an old guy who comes off as an extra from a Mad Max movie. In fact, pretty much all of the rebels come off as extras from a Mad Max movie. Armstrong strikes up a quick friendship with the rebels and gets them to agree to help him lay siege to Maksood’s terrorist compound. It won’t be easy, but with Armstrong’s help, the rebels are suddenly ready, willing, and able to take down Maksood and Mulgrew and the ninjas.
Now, why does Maksood have an army of ninjas? I mean, again, he’s wealthy, he has a vast terrorist outfit that wants to destroy New York City and hurt “the great Satan” America, but why ninjas? I sort of understand why the ninja leader, the Super Ninja (Kely McLung), is affiliated with Maksood (money). But why would a devout Muslim team up with a non-Muslim group (I would imagine that the ninjas are Shinto or something like that)? And why the hell would a racist scumbag like Mulgrew get involved with a Muslim terrorist outfit and why would Maksood want to get involved with Mulgrew? Yes, Mulgrew and Maksood are old friends of some sort and they both despise America, but is that really enough to forge an international terrorist team up? I mean, shouldn’t Maksood have a personal interest in the martial arts and be a sort of ninja master himself (you know, know the moves and kick ass with a sword, shit like that)?
And sending ninjas to take out Maksood makes sense. If you have a ninja on your payroll what the hell else are you going to have him do? But Maksood having ninjas makes no sense. It’s cool and I can accept it for the sake of the movie, but in the big scheme of things it makes no sense. Even if they’re just mercenaries it makes no sense.
I’m also confused about what it is Maksood wants to do. He’s in league with bad guys in Beirut (Mulgrew is always calling Beirut to tell them what they’re up to), so is he just a sort of wealthy henchman to some unseen terrorist mastermind? And how the hell is a suitcase nuke going to level New York City? Yes, nukes get smaller and smaller as technology gets more sophisticated, but one suitcase for the entire city? That seems far-fetched even for a late 1980’s/early 1990’s Cannon movie.
The ninja army still bothers me, though. Maksood should have been a martial arts master, or the Super Ninja should have been a more important character. Why isn’t he the Mulgrew character? I could accept a racist scumbag terrorist British guy who is also a ninja master with his own ninja army. Makes total sense to me. That would be America’s greatest enemy hands down.
And why do the rebels resemble extras from a Mad Max movie? Why is there a nuclear wasteland just down the road from Maksood’s ninja compound? The screenwriters should have figured out what country this movie is supposed to take place in.
The movie also tends to meander a bit as there’s just way too much plot going on. The movie is never boring, mind you, but its lack of focus is annoying. And why don’t we see more American Ninja tag team action with Armstrong and Davidson fighting in tandem? There should have been a whole sequence where Armstrong and Davidson do team ninja attacks (like a double flying jump kick, or a double chop to a ninja henchman’s chest that causes the ninja henchman to explode). Perhaps Sundstrom just didn’t have the time or money to do it.? That seems plausible, right?
The ninja action that we do get is pretty decent. Both Bradley and Dudikoff are in fine form taking down bad guys. Bradley looks better than Dudikoff but then that’s to be expected since Bradley is a real martial artist. Dudikoff, though, brings back that mysteriousness that made his performance in the first American Ninja movie so awesome. I just wish we got to see more of them together kicking ninja ass. The scene in the basement where Armstrong “fights” Davidson is weird as Davidson doesn’t look like Davidson. It looks like some other guy. Is it the lighting? Why does Davidson look so dang different?
Robin Stille, of Slumber Party Massacre fame, does a great job as the doctor Sarah. She’s game to get involved and that’s always cool to see. And Dwayne Alexandre does a good job as Carl Brackston, the green CIA agent. His performance is a little too stiff at first, but once he gets into the field he loosens up and he does a good job.
Jody Abrahams is annoying as the CIA contact Pango. He just is. And Gampu is okay as Dr. Tamba. He has a few good moments talking to Dudikoff but beyond that he doesn’t do much. And the Delta Force commandos on display here may be the worst Special Forces unit in the history of action movies. Where the hell did these guys get their training? They clearly didn’t get trained by Major Scott McCoy, the Chuck Norris character, or Colonel Nick Alexander, the Lee Marvin character, from the Cannon flick The Delta Force (1986).
On the villain side, Smerczak is a little too one note as Maksood but he does have more of a personality later on in the movie (his sexual ecstasy at the thought of blowing up with the nuke is a nice scene. It’s hilarious). And Dobrowsky makes O’Reilly kind of goofy, which surprisingly works. I’m going to assume that before the Delta Force guys showed up O’Reilly was a real bastard as I don’t see Mulgrew hiring a non-bastard as his head of police. I think you’ll like how he bites the big one at the end. And James Booth is just freaking insane as Mulgrew. He goes full on psycho at the drop of a hat and is just disgusting. He does have a few funny moments, though, like when he tells Maksood that his devout religiosity is just bullshit. And his anti-Americanism is just hilarious. We have no idea why he hates America, we just know that he does and he’s very vocal about it. And what’s the deal with the whip?
Why didn’t we get a second Armstrong/Davidson team-up in the eventual part 5? And when the heck are we going to get the boutique home video boxed set release of the entire American Ninja franchise, with a full documentary that goes deep into what the heck happened with the franchise? This is something that needs to happen at some point. It really does.
It’s weird as hell, yes, but you should track down and see American Ninja 4: The Annihilation. It’s very worth it.
See American Ninja 4: The Annihilation. See it, see it, see it.
So what do we have here?
Dead bodies: Hundreds.
Explosions: Multiple, big and small.
Nudity?: None.
Doobage: Mountains. Commandos running for their lives. Ninjas. Ninja attack. Kung fu chop to the chest. Knife to the chest. Attempted leg wound repair. Grenade attack with slow motion explosion. Multiple bow and arrow attacks. Hanging. Strangulation. An underwater ninja surprise. A wedding. Torture tapes. Parachuting. A kid with a shotgun. A very beaten down car. A hidden bar. A mega arm bar. Pool table destruction. Attempted pool cue to the head. A full on multi-guy brawl. Bad guy shooting people for no reason. A funny hat disguise. Hiding out in a mortuary. More torture. Gun in the mouth. Shooting apart chair legs and hanging a fat guy. Meditating. A bow and arrow. More strangulation. A ninja stick that becomes nunchucks. A ninja throwing star montage. Ninjas dodging bullets. A ninja training demonstration. A balance beam with broken glass traps on it. Broken glass up through the crotch. Impalement spear to the gut. A ninja demonstration battle. Knockout dart to the back. A wicked bullwhip. A kids’ class about the environment. A ninja car attack. A ninja sword fight. Sword thrown to the gut. A wild flip. A weird posh garden dinner party. A priest disguise. File stealing. Boob fondling. Face slapping. Attempted rape. Ninja climbing spikes. Multiple exploding guard towers. Multiple exploding trucks. A tunnel. A nifty crossbow trick. Neck snap. Serious gut stabbing. People being burned alive. Double smoke bomb ninja trick. Ninja on fire. A full on riot. A slow motion ninja fall. Exploding helicopter. Attempted axe attack. Exploding ninja. A broken table. A pile of dead ninjas.
Kim Richards?: None, but there should have been. Goddamn Pango.
Gratuitous: Ninjas. David Bradley working for the CIA. A beeper. A picture of George H.W. Bush. A movie star argument on a crowded bus. The stench of dead bodies. Multi-colored ninjas. Michael Dudikoff teaching children about the environment. People driving on the wrong side of the road. Michael Dudikoff examining a shotgun. Pressure points. A hilarious speech about God complaining about people being too merciful. A helicopter that’s obviously a model. Michael Dudikoff walking off into the distance.
Best lines: “Who are those guys? Ninjas.” “What about Joe Armstrong?” “Sean? Good luck.” “Hello, Freddy, how is my fat friend today?” “Is this what you do for a living?” “Please, Colonel, I don’t know nothing!” “Yes, it’s almost as if they’re proud to die at my command.” “You American thug, I’m going to teach you a lesson that you will never forget for as long as you live, which I’m happy to say won’t be for very long!” “Lick my shoe!” “What is environment?” “We need you, Joe.” “O’Reilly, hold this.” “Are you serious? There are no bloody priests! I shot them all months ago!” “Mecca is that way, old chap.” “I’m going to bed. Wake me in the morning.” “Damn you!” “Why the hell did you do that, old chap? It fills me with ecstasy to know that I’m just one second away from meeting Allah!” “You bloody Arab prick!” “Sean, you’ll find me at the school.”
Rating: 8.0/10.0
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
David Bradley– Sean Davidson
Steve James– Curtis Jackson
Marjoe Gortner– The Cobra
Michele Chan– Chan Lee
Yehuda Efroni– General Andreas
Calvin Jung– Izumo
Adrienne Pierce– Minister’s Secretary
Evan J. Klisser– Dexter
Grant Preston– Minister of Interior
Directed by Cedric Sundstrom
Screenplay by Gary Conway, based on characters created by Avi Kleinberger and Gideon Amir
Distributed by Cannon Film Distribution, Cannon Video, Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, and Olive Films.
Rated R for violence and language
Runtime– 89 minutes
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American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
Michael Dudikoff– Joe Armstrong
David Bradley– Sean Davidson
James Booth– Mulgrew
Dwayne Alexandre– Carl Brackston
Ken Gampu– Dr. Tamba
Robin Stille– Sarah
Franz Dobrowsky– O’Reilly
Ron Smerczak– Maksood
Kely McClung– Super Ninja/Delta Force operator
Jody Abrahams– Pango
Directed by Cedric Sundstrom
Screenplay by David Geeves, based on characters created by Gideon Amir and Avi Kleinberger
Distributed by Cannon Film Distributors, Cannon Home Video, Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, and Olive Films.
Rated R for violence and language
Runtime– 99 minutes
