American Ninja

"The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American."

Aug 30 1985 R 1h 35m
Action, Adventure, Romance

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

Plot

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap Patricia, the base colonel's daughter, who happens to be along for the ride. Joe rescues Patricia and gets her safely back to the base, but everyone else in the platoon is killed, leading his superiors to conclude that Joe is guilty of cowardice, collaboration or simple incompetence. At the same time, the rebel leader vows revenge against the serviceman who disrupted his plans, and sends an army of ninjas to assassinate him and bring back Patricia. If he wants to survive and save the girl, Joe's going to have to draw on every last ounce of his training.

Written by

Paul De Mielche, Avi Kleinberger, Gideon Amir

Directed by

Sam Firstenberg

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Golan-Globus Productions, Cannon Group

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
17,485
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
20
Popularity
NA