The American Ninja

When I was young back then, Action movies were my kind of films and the
American Ninja starred by Michael Dudikoff and his sidekick Steve James
were one of my favorite cheesy action movies of all time. Back then
Ninjas were considered cool and unstoppable especially the one playing
the lead role. Going into this movie, I really enjoyed it very much and
it was very impressively made considering the budget that they had for
this film. The fight scenes were entertaining to watch and Dudikoff's
fine performances was what made the movie great and he really pulled it
off well. I think that the reason why he played the more of quiet
character type in the film was because of the script (where the
director felt that it would be better for the man to let his skills do
the talking for him) and not because of his camera shyness. The late
Steve James along with the other actors also did an impressive job in
making this movie and apart from a simple mindless action ninja butt
kicking story, I don't see anything else that is wrong with this film.
The only complaint that I could come out with here and also in the
sequels 2 and 4 was that Michael (or Joe) looked TOO invincible in this
film and made all the other ninjas (even the main ones) look like
schoolboy amateurs and after a while it tends to bored the audience or
fans like me. Still however, I would recommend this to anyone who just
wants to spend two to three hours of their time watching some mindless
but yet still fun and cool movie to watch. I'd give it an 8 out of 10