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3.0/10
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When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja (David Bradley), attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
Aharon Ipalé
- Dr. Strobel
- (as Ron Ipale)
Jose Guanchez
- Ninja 1
- (as José Guanchez)
Jose Salvado
- Ninja 3
- (as José Salvado)
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- TriviaThis film was not originally intended to be part of the American Ninja series. Cannon Pictures made it under the title American Dragons (it is even shown on many cable TV stations with this title) but the title was changed to American Ninja V before release. This explains why star David Bradley plays Joe, a different character than the Sean Davidson character he played in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt, and American Ninja 4: The Annihilation.
- GoofsThroughout the film Lisa (Anne Dupont) doesn't wear any jewelery. When she is kidnapped, she is unconscious and carried away by the villain and is clearly wearing a metal watch on her left wrist. However, she was not wearing the watch up to the point where she is snatched by the villain and it's gone by the time she regains consciousness.
- Alternate versionsU.K. video version is cut by 1 minute and 11 seconds to remove all fight scenes featuring nunchakus and throwing stars, and to edit an ear clap and a scene where young Hiro is kicked in the head.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Movie Nights: American Ninja 4 (2011)
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Welcome back to another edition of Adam's Reviews!! **queue in intro music**
Tonight's movie review is American Ninja 5 (1993), the fifth and final instalment of the American Ninja series...what can I say about this ninja kiddie flick?? I actually liked it!! It was goofy, poor directing, poor cinematography and poor lightning but the sloppy acting and stunt was just a laugh. But the real gem of this flick is the master and student or big bro and little bro dynamic between David Bradley who plays Joe Kastle in this flick and Lee Reyes, a youngster who plays Hiro. Now this film doesn't fit in with the continuity of the previous flicks, so let's say this is a standalone film. The story is simple, a business dude wants to force his scientist guy to test a nerve gas he has been cooking on a live subject, which is a cute dog, doctor says no, business man gets his ninja henchmen who are led by a fella who likes to dress in red names Viper to kidnap said scientist's daughter. In a strange coincident, Joe who is the American Ninja in this flick happens to have dinner with said daughter while babysitting a kid named Hiro. Hiro's backstory is later told in the film more deeply and quickly, where he is the last ninja of his clan and soon finds out from his memory (which may have been subconsciously hidden) his father was killed by the Viper fella in red. Funny story right? There are heaps of goofs including the scientist not wearing his glasses then straight away is, interesting fight choreography, the acting is B-grade, heaps of disappearing acts which must include puffs of smoke, great marketing tool involving Sega and the kid using a pushie bike to chase after a moving vehicle...of course that will happen. The dynamic between Joe and the kid does have its comedic turns and honestly if it wasn't for that the movie would've been plain boring. Like even the training is great, Joe teaches Hiro the ways of the ninja within 5 to 10 minutes!!! And the stunt guys pretending to be the kid while driving the car and cycling...like why use grown men who look nothing like the kid?? The previous 2 movies and including this one has made one huge error, which is always having one-dimensional characters including Lisa and her scientist father. Also, Pat Morita is hardly in this flick and feels like he doesn't want to be involved at all. Overall the movie does have comedic tie in and the fight scenes where the American Ninja teams up with the kid are cool including the hallway scene where the kid jumps on the moving table however the fight scenes in general is lousy and not creative, 3.5/10
Tonight's movie review is American Ninja 5 (1993), the fifth and final instalment of the American Ninja series...what can I say about this ninja kiddie flick?? I actually liked it!! It was goofy, poor directing, poor cinematography and poor lightning but the sloppy acting and stunt was just a laugh. But the real gem of this flick is the master and student or big bro and little bro dynamic between David Bradley who plays Joe Kastle in this flick and Lee Reyes, a youngster who plays Hiro. Now this film doesn't fit in with the continuity of the previous flicks, so let's say this is a standalone film. The story is simple, a business dude wants to force his scientist guy to test a nerve gas he has been cooking on a live subject, which is a cute dog, doctor says no, business man gets his ninja henchmen who are led by a fella who likes to dress in red names Viper to kidnap said scientist's daughter. In a strange coincident, Joe who is the American Ninja in this flick happens to have dinner with said daughter while babysitting a kid named Hiro. Hiro's backstory is later told in the film more deeply and quickly, where he is the last ninja of his clan and soon finds out from his memory (which may have been subconsciously hidden) his father was killed by the Viper fella in red. Funny story right? There are heaps of goofs including the scientist not wearing his glasses then straight away is, interesting fight choreography, the acting is B-grade, heaps of disappearing acts which must include puffs of smoke, great marketing tool involving Sega and the kid using a pushie bike to chase after a moving vehicle...of course that will happen. The dynamic between Joe and the kid does have its comedic turns and honestly if it wasn't for that the movie would've been plain boring. Like even the training is great, Joe teaches Hiro the ways of the ninja within 5 to 10 minutes!!! And the stunt guys pretending to be the kid while driving the car and cycling...like why use grown men who look nothing like the kid?? The previous 2 movies and including this one has made one huge error, which is always having one-dimensional characters including Lisa and her scientist father. Also, Pat Morita is hardly in this flick and feels like he doesn't want to be involved at all. Overall the movie does have comedic tie in and the fight scenes where the American Ninja teams up with the kid are cool including the hallway scene where the kid jumps on the moving table however the fight scenes in general is lousy and not creative, 3.5/10
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- Feb 7, 2021
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