American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

Director:

Cedric Sundstrom

Writers (WGA):

Avi Kleinberger (characters) &
Gideon Amir (characters) ...

Release Date:

24 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra"...

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Sequel | Martial Arts | Third Part | American Ninja

Cast

David Bradley	...	Sean Davidson 'The American Ninja'
Steve James	...	Curtis Jackson
Marjoe Gortner	...	The Cobra
Michele B. Chan	...	Chan Lee (as Michele Chan)
Yehuda Efroni	...	General Andreas
Calvin Jung	...	Izumo
Adrienne Pierce	...	Minister's Secretary (as Adrienne Pearce)
Evan J. Klisser	...	Dexter
Grant Preston	...	Minister of Interior
Mike Huff	...	Dr. Holger
Alan Swerdlow	...	Police Captain
Thapelo Mofokeng	...	Police Sergeant
Ekard Rabi	...	Sean's Father
Stephen Webber	...	Young Sean
Kevin Friedlander	...	Martial Artist

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18 (original rating) (1989-2006) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (Certificate #29489) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1989) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2005) | Norway:18 (video premiere) | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Breton Film Productions

Trivia:

The U.S. theatrical trailer refers to the character Sean Davidson as Sean Cunningham.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: General 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:

The Cobra: But I am glad that I can tell you that there will be no more inefficient hijackings, no more bungled kidnappings or mistimed bombings, because you see now terrorism can be scientifically focused to be totally effective!

Movie Connections:

Follows American Ninja (1985)

Soundtrack:

The Cobra Strikes

Give this one a pass and rent American Ninja II. D.Cedric Sundstorm

Awful follow up to the popular series has the "American Ninja" Bradley replacing Dudikoff in this abomination of a film that makes most B.Movies look good comparison. And Bradley is a pretty bad actor and makes Dudikoff seem oscar worthy (least Dudikoff didn't talk much) Steve James is the only thing that makes AN3 rise above the No Stars Category. The first American Ninja movies offered at least some good action scenes but American Ninja III offers little but inept fights that are strictly onesided and the acting is something else with only Steve James as the only decent actor here. David Bradley is about as expressive as wood and is a copy of Dolph Lundgren except the fact that Dolph has more charisma in his finger than Bradley has in his whole body and in the action scenes the camera angles are terrible and the directing stumbles from one pointless point to another. Steve James is the only redeeming thing in this awful sequal. Give this one a pass and rent American Ninja II. D.Cedric Sundstorm