American Ninja 2: The Confrontation/American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
by Cedric Sundstrom, Sam Firstenberg
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Actor: David Bradley, Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Michael Dudikoff, Steve JamesDirector: Cedric Sundstrom, Sam Firstenberg
Brand: Sony
Writer: Gary Conway
Producer: Avi Lerner
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Writer: Avi Kleinberger
Writer: Gideon Amir
Writer: James Booth
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 179 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of American Ninja 2: The Confrontation/American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
DVD Review: American Ninja 2-Has Dudikoff, great.
Summary: 4 Stars
Two action movies on one dvd is always good. American Ninja 2 alone is worth the price alone, so I think American Ninja 3 is like a bonus because alone, it is not a must-buy. So let me talk about American Ninja 2 first and give it a stand-alone review.
Michael Dudikoff and Steve James return in American Ninja 2, they were great in the first movie because they kicked a** and had great chemistry since they were good friends in real life, so more of that is in this one.One thing I like about these two, is there total opposite personalities. Joe Armstrong played by Dudikoff is quiet and calm, and only fights when he has to. Curtis Jackson played by Steve James is more talkative and funny and is always ready to go kick some a**, he even says so.
I'd like to say the storyline is kind of terrible, the story in part one was much better, but if you buy this, like me, it's for the action. But basically the Lion which is the main villian's name is having marines captured on an island and being trained by a real ninja after scientific enhancements to fight. Too bad the head ninja played by karate master Mike Stone(the only Asian ninja in this one)can't train his ninja to not be bumbling idiots. He's the only ninja that actually fights like a real ninja and can give Dudikoff a challenge. In the first movie, Dudikoff was the only one who could take on the ninja, of course all of the ninja in that one were Japanese, since this one has marines captured to become ninja, they aren't going to be nearly as good, so Steve James in this one kicks some ninja a**. He shows a little of his martial arts skill to the ninja as well. Plus he's buff as always.
In this one, there's lots of great combat. Dudikoff once again pulls off the martial arts very well, including some great throws outside the bar when a big fat man keeps pushing him until Dudikoff has enough and whoops some punk-a**. This is my favorite part. But some of the ninja are so slow it's funny and they don't pose a challenge for the Dude Meister either. Some are a little clumsy as well. I guess the American ninja is so good, he makes them look like greenhorns. So basically, the leader ninja is the only one who is fast, he shows it when he easily takes apart a civilian in a bar and later many of his own ninja at his demonstration. He also has one of the most corny but funny lines in an action movie of all time. "That damn American ninja. He fights like a tiger." I also would like to know why in part of the movie when Joe Armstrong is driving and a ninja latches on to his truck, and it's like he's the super ninja because he's dragging this ninja all over the place until he leaps out of the truck and it explodes. He could have just stopped the truck, got out, and easily kicked the ninja's a** like he'd done to all the others. I guess the director just wanted a driving chase type scene. Even if it's pointless, it's essential for an action movie.
As far as acting, there's plenty of b-movie bad acting. Dudikoff, James, and Larry Poindexter are the best actors here in this movie. I think Dudikoff and James are just being themselves as usual. Poindexter is a comic relief and doesn't fight that good in the bar fight scene. There's also a girl to save as well, she's pretty and of course Dudikoff saves her when she is captured as bait. James hooks up with a pretty woman as well in the movie. Anyways, the final confrontation is good as well and the super ninja tries to cheat too. And where the heck did he pull that shotgun out from? Anyways, the only real extra is a theatrical trailer, but the action in this movie, and Armstrong and Jackson are too likable not to enjoy this movie. Bad storyline, great action, funny lines, not enough extras, 4 stars.
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