Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

American Ninja

Play trailer Poster for American Ninja R Released Aug 30, 1985 1h 35m Adventure Action Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
0% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
A GI (Michael Dudikoff) rescues a colonel's daughter (Judie Aronson) and fights an arms dealer's ninjas in the Philippines.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

American Ninja

Critics Reviews

View All (8) Critics Reviews
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk it has persisted because it so perfectly encapsulates in a single film the beloved cheesiness of a bygone era, when low-budget action fare still had a theatrical presence and ninjas still had an air of mystery Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Hilarious, if true, that Chuck Norris balked at what amounts to maybe 10 minutes of director Sam Firstenberg’s 1985 film — C-grade Cannon fodder if there ever was, which is saying something. Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 30, 2023 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...the arms-length atmosphere [is] compounded by seriously low-rent visuals and Dudikoff's wooden (and far from athletic) turn as the bland central character. Rated: 2/4 Aug 27, 2020 Full Review Tom Long Santa Cruz Sentinel American Ninja was still a compltely awful movie. But educational in its own awful way. Now when I see my next ninja movie I'll have something to compare it to. Jan 30, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 4, 2005 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole So this is what happens to the support cast of "Grease"? Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (424) audience reviews
thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e mais relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review baba y great action vintage Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/24 Full Review Marcos V I grew up watching the film and I love watching American Ninja 🥷 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/15/24 Full Review Kevin T So much cheese it's good. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/10/24 Full Review Mela F Great 80's movie. Good action movie that I don't get tired of watching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review William D I love this movie. It is one of my favorite 80's B movies. If you are a fan of B movies you should watch this. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
American Ninja

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW
The Delta Force 15% 50% The Delta Force Watchlist Rambo: First Blood Part II 33% 60% Rambo: First Blood Part II Watchlist TRAILER for Rambo: First Blood Part II First Blood 86% 86% First Blood Watchlist TRAILER for First Blood Rambo III 41% 45% Rambo III Watchlist TRAILER for Rambo III Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 93% 86% Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis A GI (Michael Dudikoff) rescues a colonel's daughter (Judie Aronson) and fights an arms dealer's ninjas in the Philippines.
Director
Sam Firstenberg
Producer
Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Screenwriter
Paul De Mielche
Production Co
Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Adventure, Action, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 30, 1985, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.7M
Runtime
1h 35m
Most Popular at Home Now