American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990)

Director:

Cedric Sundstrom

Writer:

David Geeves (writer)

Release Date:

8 March 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | American Ninja | Prison Camp | Blood | Male Rear Nudity

Cast

Michael Dudikoff	...	Joe Armstrong
David Bradley	...	Sean Davidson
James Booth	...	Mulgrew
Dwayne Alexandre	...	Brackston
Ken Gampu	...	Dr. Tamba
Robin Stille	...	Sarah
Franz Dobrowsky	...	O'Reilly
Ron Smerczak	...	Maksood
Kely McClung	...	Super Ninja / Delta Force Team
Jody Abrahams	...	Pango
Anthony Fridjohn	...	Freddie / Treddle
David Sherwood	...	Gavin
Sean Kelly	...	Norris
Jamie Bartlett	...	Segal
Deon Stewardson	...	Delta Force Team

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R (Certificate #31545) | Finland:K-16 (1991) | Finland:K-18 (2008) | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Lesotho

Company:

Cannon Group

Trivia:

Kely McClung, who plays the masked lead antagonist SuperNinja, also cameos as the first member of the Delta force to be killed by the ninjas in the opening scene.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double used for Dudikoff in most of his wide shots during his fight with the Super Ninja.

Quotes:

Sean Davidson: This isn't a game, Gavin, those were ninja!

Movie Connections:

Follows American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

Soundtrack:

Fight Fire with Fire

Dudikoff and Bradley: A collision of woodenness

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

When a group of CIA men are kidnapped by a sadistic British ex soldier and a defected Arab, they send in two men, one of whom is played by David Bradley. When he gets too wooden, half-way through the film him and his mate are captured, and they send in the resourceful Joe Armstrong (Dudikoff) to save them and stop a killer device going off in New York City.

The interminably wooden Bradley takes care of proceedings for the first half of the film, before being replaced half way through by the only marginally more thesped Dudikoff. The usual martial arts mayhem and antics go off in this rather unnecessary but distracting enough and inoffensive slice of no brainer hokum. **