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American Ninja

American Ninja

1985 · Movie · 1h 35m · R

Fourth of the four American Ninja films by score. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation leads at 48, ahead of American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (44). Streaming on Tubi.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb5.5/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes0%21%
Metacritic20/10021%
TMDB6.0/10510 votes16%
Balasaur Score37100%

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