Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, James Booth

When four Delta Force commandos are captured by an elite Ninja force in an African forest, two top secret operatives (David Bradley and Dwayne Alexandre) are sent to free them. After taking refuge wit...( read more  read more... )h an American Peace Corps nurse (Robin Stille), all are captured. Rescue lies in the hands of a retired ex-operative (Michael Dudikoff) who needs some persuasion - until the sinister enemy's ultimate scheme of nuclear terrorism against an American target comes to light. It will take everything he's got when a feared, indestructible Super Ninja is unleashed for an ultimate showdown. With its nonstop thrills, this action blast will wipe you out!

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R, 99 min.

Directed by: Cedric Sundstrom

Release Date: March 8, 1991

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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005

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  • November 24, 2009
    A good half arsed excuse to get Joe and the rest back into action as one half get captured and Joe becomes the rescue team. Laugh out loud entertainment.
  • March 23, 2009
    Michael Dudikoff is back. Is better this way than with that anonimous actor from the sequel. :)
  • February 14, 2009
    Michael Dudikoff is the only reason that I like to watch him in American Ninja franchise but not with David Bradley.

    American Ninjas named Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) is truly ninja unlikely CIA agent Sean Davidson (David Bradley) is captured by a group of ninjas led by an...( read more) ex-soldier named Mulgrew (James Booth).
  • 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 more)locales, 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.
  • February 3, 2009
    Commandos getting captured?
    Michael Dudikoff Ninja, soldier and now schoolteacher? Dudikoff rescuing soldiers, catching an arrow in his teeth, scaling a wall with weird ninja claw things on his gloves, dressing as a yellow power ranger tribute act?
    Yup! Its an 80s (I know it was ...( read more)1991) Yoram-Globus movie!
    What a heap of shite! lmao
  • January 21, 2009
    The weakest of the American Ninja films. Even Michael Dudikoff returning can't save it.
  • July 10, 2008
    this is a really good movie!
  • June 9, 2008
    Ahhhh, ninja nostalgia á la Dudikoff! Instructions for watching: Make yourself a big bowl of popcorn, get comfortable, put your higher brain functions on stand-by and enjoy.
    Instructions apply to virtually all movies of this type.
    Side effects include: sudden urges to roundhous...( read more)e-kick your grandma's favorite potted plant off of its pedestal, using wooden ladles for nunchuck practice while cooking, and drooling at the sight of ridiculously straight-legged guys who look like walking jeans-commercials, etc. LOL!
  • March 11, 2008
    the first one was good enough

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