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3.7/10
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A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.
Michele B. Chan
- Chan Lee
- (as Michele Chan)
Evan J. Klisser
- Dexter
- (as Ivan J. Klisser)
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- TriviaMichael Dudikoff turned down the lead role in this film for several reasons, among them being the fact that he didn't want to get burned out on martial-arts movies and didn't want to go back to South Africa--where American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) was made--as he was firmly against the apartheid movement and government in that country. He returned for the fourth "American Ninja" entry because it was to be filmed in the nearby African country of Lesotho.
- GoofsGeneral Andreas is obviously dubbed by another actor, and there is glaring lip-flap between his mouth and the voice dubbing him when he speaks.
- Quotes
Curtis Jackson: It's time for action. Let's go!
- Alternate versionsThe U.K. video version was pre-cut by 1 minute and 4 seconds by the distributors to remove all footage of nunchakus.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Movie Nights: American Ninja 2 (2011)
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Rushed and disjointed
Welcome back to another edition of Adam's Reviews!! **queue in intro music**
Today's movie review is American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), where we have Sean as the new American Ninja played by David Bradley. From the original flicks, Steve James returns as Jackson, the charming ex-military guy who loves his knives and head snaps. Now remember, this is a B-Grade Martial Arts flick, so don't have any expectations. Sloppy story line and poor choice in character development in particular the main bad guy. That what this film lacked -a true villain. In the first two flicks you knew who the baddies were and what they were capable of. In this one, you have no clue or have no real interest. Bradley does well for his take on the Sean character but his performance is smashed by his lack of story which makes him out of place. James does well to make the film entertaining with his comedic turns as he has in the first two films but in the end the film failed to impress me due to the fact that the title itself didn't really connect to the film. Where is the blood hunt? Its cool how the story has a unique connection to current global affairs around a man made virus but failed to capitalise on this. Yeh like the other films there are campy acting but to me this film lacked creativity. The sword fighting and the karate championship were cool snippets of this film but overall it felt rushed 4/10
Today's movie review is American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), where we have Sean as the new American Ninja played by David Bradley. From the original flicks, Steve James returns as Jackson, the charming ex-military guy who loves his knives and head snaps. Now remember, this is a B-Grade Martial Arts flick, so don't have any expectations. Sloppy story line and poor choice in character development in particular the main bad guy. That what this film lacked -a true villain. In the first two flicks you knew who the baddies were and what they were capable of. In this one, you have no clue or have no real interest. Bradley does well for his take on the Sean character but his performance is smashed by his lack of story which makes him out of place. James does well to make the film entertaining with his comedic turns as he has in the first two films but in the end the film failed to impress me due to the fact that the title itself didn't really connect to the film. Where is the blood hunt? Its cool how the story has a unique connection to current global affairs around a man made virus but failed to capitalise on this. Yeh like the other films there are campy acting but to me this film lacked creativity. The sword fighting and the karate championship were cool snippets of this film but overall it felt rushed 4/10
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- Also known as
- American Fighter III
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- Gross US & Canada
- $902,152
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $222,252
- Feb 26, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $902,152
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989) officially released in India in English?
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