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American Ninja

American Ninja

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 30, 1985

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Action

User Score

59%

Original Title

American Ninja

Production Companies

The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Director

Sam Firstenberg

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$10,499,694

Description

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.