American Ninja

About American Ninja

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.

American Ninja is a 1985 action adventure film directed by Sam Firstenberg. The film is filed under daughter, soldier, wilderness, and sword.

Michael Dudikoff stars as Pvt. Joe Armstrong, Steve James as Cpl. Curtis Jackson, Judie Aronson as Patricia Hickock, and Guich Koock as Col. William T. Hickock. It runs 95 minutes and was released in August 1985.

The screenplay is by James R. Silke and Paul De Mielche. Produced by Golan-Globus Productions. American members can watch it on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

The Patriot, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and The Last Samurai make useful companions to American Ninja, all filed under rebel. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 505 votes and it carries a R rating.