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Summary: Hilarious start to finish
Review: American Ninja 2 has to be the one film i can watch endlessly and constantly crack up in hysterics every time.
Unintentionally funny, the "storyline" has a drug baron running some sort of "Super Ninja" program (yes they are actually called Super Ninja)off an island(called Blackbeard Island lol). The two heroes, Dudikoff and Steve James, get into all sorts of unnessecary fights along the way to stopping the baron.
There is at least one giggle in every scene, and so many times i end up laughing out loud, tears streaming.
The acting is woeful from everyone, the dialouge pathetic, and the fight scenes are just amazingly bad. The music just adds to the goofiness of this film.
Its BRILLIANT!!
So many scenes like i said to look out for, but here are my personal favs that i can remember:
1. The fight scenes near the start at the island on some rocks is awfully cherographed. One ninja gets killed having a stick thrown at his chest!
2.Practically all the dialouge is cheesey and goofy.
3.A scene in a bar where a mass brawl erupts. Much hilarity.
4. Every character is brilliantly woeful.
Amercian Ninja 3 is even worse! This one replaced Dudikoff with some muppet called David Bradley who looks like a football player named Gianfranco Zola, a midget italian who used to play for Chelsea.
One classic scene near the end has him doing an almost Incredible Hulk changeover where he gains inner strength, and yes it is meant to be serious.
This Bradley guy is awful, and it makes the film even more funnier.
Plotwise, its a repeat of the second film, but with acting and dialouge like this, you dont need plot.
If you like having a laugh over bad films, you will be hard pushed to find anything more hysterical then American Ninja 2 and 3.
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Summary: one of the best presents for american ninja fans
Review: american ninja 2 is good in all, and has good fightscenes.
the music is good. the (most) comedy in this film is bad.
american ninja 3 isn't so good in all, the fightscenes arn't so good too, but this movie is darker that the previos.
the details in combination with the music are better than the details in the previos.
some examples: the car at begin, training in the garden, search izumo, infiltrate cobras complex, the all chapter with meditation.
it was very good to hear this film in english.p.s.
when I was 12 the american ninja films 1-4 became cultfilms.
I wish that mgm press american ninja 4 in full screen on dvd!
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Summary: Dudikoff is Back!
Review: Forget "American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt." That's pure trash and it doesn't star Michael Dudikoff. However, "American Ninja 2: The Confrontation," has Armstrong and Jackson teaming up once again to fight ninjas in a bar, on some rocks on a deserted island, in an office building and in an arena! These ninjas are like robots, but they keep getting re-adjustments from the American heroes. Listen to the funny music. Almost immortal.
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Summary: American Ninja 2
Review: I like part 2. I'm not a fan at all of cussing and that sort of thing, but the martial arts was great. The thing that I like the most is the fact that the former undefeated world karate champion, Mike Stone, was not only the fight coordinator, but the "head" bad guy ninja. Mike is the best karate fighter in history due to his pro career with no losses. He beat Chuck Norris, Allen Steen, and many other greats of the 60's and 70's karate era. It's good to see a former champion doing fight scenes like these. The fight scenes were more realistic that what you see in most movies like Van Damme's flicks. I think Stone did a good job as a coordinator. Watch the way mike fights, he's very technical and good at what he does.
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Summary: Perhaps the best deal in DVD history
Review: Putting the second and third installments of the "American Ninja" series on one specially-priced DVD just may have been the best idea that humanity has had since the wheel. These two movies, along with the original "American Ninja" film, represent everything that bad, low-budget action movies should be: negligible plotting, lame dialogue, wooding acting, and plenty of semi-believable martial-arts action. Here, in one sentence, is the plot of both movies: an American martial-arts whiz (played by Michael Dudikoff in the first two movies, and some other guy in the third one), with help from his well-muscled friend Jackson, takes on a sinister tycoon's private army of ninjas. Not that plot really matters, since it's interrupted about every five minutes for a fight scene. Dudikoff and the other guy can't really act, but they can fight, and that's all that really matters. No self-respecting fan of bad action should be without this DVD.
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Summary: Perhaps the best deal in DVD history
Review: Putting the second and third installments of the "American Ninja" series on one specially-priced DVD just may have been the best idea that humanity has had since the wheel. These two movies, along with the original "American Ninja" film, represent everything that bad, low-budget action movies should be: negligible plotting, lame dialogue, wooding acting, and plenty of semi-believable martial-arts action. Here, in one sentence, is the plot of both movies: an American martial-arts whiz (played by Michael Dudikoff in the first two movies, and some other guy in the third one), with help from his well-muscled friend Jackson, takes on a sinister tycoon's private army of ninjas. Not that plot really matters, since it's interrupted about every five minutes for a fight scene. Dudikoff and the other guy can't really act, but they can fight, and that's all that really matters. No self-respecting fan of bad action should be without this DVD.
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Summary: Ninjas, ninjas, and then......more ninjas!!
Review: This DVD is one of the best buys in town. 2 classic movies for the price of one? Unheard of! I picked this one up as soon as it was released and I was not disappointed. American Ninja 2 was one of my childhood favorites, and watching it in DVD format brought tears to my eyes. Dudikoff is the quiet hero, accompanied by Jackson, his muscle bound friend who says awesome one liners that bring a dash of comedy into the mix. Together they battle an army of super ninjas led by an evil ninja master, who in turn is commanded by a rich drug dealer. Same plot as the first film, and just as enjoyable. American Ninja 3 doesn't have Dudikoff, but is still a great B action flick. The plot is exactly the same as the previous two films, but the action choreography is a little better than its predecessors. Steve James is even more brilliant as Jackson in this film because he gets more of the spotlight than he did in the first two films, and he makes the most of it. The only thing that puzzled me is Jackson's martial arts knowledge...when did he learn to wield double swords? Both films have predictable plots, corny dialogue, sub-par acting and fighting, but none of that matters with films like this. These elements just make it that much better. These films are meant to be devoid of intellect. It's just purely entertainment, nothing more. Perhaps it's just nostalgia that is clouding my judgement, but show these films to your kids and they will be ninja kicking you every day for a month. What can beat that?
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Summary: Unintentionally Hilarious
Review: This DVD is unintentionally hilarious! Only buy this DVD if you are a fan of bad ninja movies, like me and my friends. This is the perfect DVD to buy and laugh at. American Ninja 2 was pretty funny and put us to tears at one point, but American Ninja 3 was hilarious all the way through. Take note of the bad voice-overs of the children at the beginning of American Ninja 3 obviously done by adults (it's hilarious). This DVD was great. There were severals scenes we rewinded several times because they were so hilarious, and each time they made us laugh hysterically.
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Summary: 4 stars for part 2 ONLY! PART 3===ZERO!
Review: why a double feature? i am happy AM 2 is finally coming out on dvd. it is goofy fun from start to finish. i have to admit this is michael dudikoff's best film and AM 2 is definitely the best in the series. the martial arts here is really good and funny at the same time; check out the choreography in one scene at the bad guy's arena-it really looks out of sync. it is also nicely shot on that island where the marines work in their loud shirts, hang out with the sexy gals on the beach + soak up the sun. as for AM 3 well david bradley? a telephone pole can do a better acting job than he can. ditto for AM 4 & 5! part 2 is the one for me! P.S. in AM2, look carefully at an early scene, about 12 minutes into the film, where dudikoff and steve james leave a colonel's office after being briefed about missing marines on the island. when the 2 leave YOU SEE MICHAEL DUDIKOFF'S STUNT DOUBLE THAT BEARS ZERO RESEMBLANCE TO MIKE!!! there is no fight scene! it is just this skinnier faced double walking out and when they're out the door, it's dudikoff again. what happened there? it is the most bizarre sequence i've ever seen. AM2 is still a good flick but that scene took me by surprise. i've seen this film many times over the years and last night, august 26, 2003 was the 1st time i saw that blooper! ouch!
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