American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writers:

Gary Conway (story)
Gary Conway (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors. |

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Sequel | Martial Arts | American Ninja | Second Part

Cast

Michael Dudikoff	...	Sgt. Joe Armstrong
Steve James	...	Sgt. Curtis Jackson
Larry Poindexter	...	Sgt. Charlie McDonald
Gary Conway	...	Leo 'The Lion' Burke
Jeff Celentano	...	Capt. 'Wild Bill' Woodward (as Jeff Weston)
Michelle Botes	...	Alicia Sanborn
Mike Stone	...	Tojo Ken
Len Sparrowhawk	...	Pat McCarthy
Jonathan Pienaar	...	Tommy Taylor
Bill Curry	...	Inspector Singh
Dennis Folbigge	...	Sir Cloudsly Smith
Elmo Fillis	...	Toto
Ralph Draper	...	Professor Sanborne
John Pasternack	...	Vesuvius (as John Pasternak)
Gary Ford	...	Ambassador Scruggs

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | West Germany:16 | USA:R (Certificate #28530) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Cannon Group

Trivia:

The last movie Michael Dudikoff made with Menahem Golan & Yorman Globus. But not the last movie made with Cannon. That would be Chain Of Command (1994)

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Joe finishes off the ninja who trips him outside of Alicia's door, he does so by bending his leg in the opposing direction that was meant to be bent in, with sounds effects indicating the knee has been broken. However, it is clearly obvious that Joe actually bends it in a painless manner, but has turned the leg over to create the opposite image.

Quotes:

Wild Bill Woodward: Ninja? What the hell are ninja?
Curtis Jackson: They're a secret Japanese society expert in the art of assassination.
Wild Bill Woodward: Tell me, what would Japanese assassins be doing in this part of the world, taking a vacation?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Colors (1988)

Soundtrack:

Slippin' Sands

worth watching

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation was a fairly good B film. The action was non-stop but far-fetched and the choreography was sometimes quite unrealistic. Michael Dudkioff and Steve James played pretty good roles and their acting was substantial. One cool aspect of the film was where the fightings took place,for example, at the beach and in the bar. The ring scene was also interesting but the choreography somewhat ruined these scenes. The choreography was only good in about the first-half of the film. The plot was also very plain which also brings the film status down a little bit. Basically the fight scenes were unrealistic for the fact that the Ninjas were just plain stupid. Also in the bar scene,Steve James has about twelve or thirteen guys on top of him and he throws them all off with one single burst of power. In my opinion this movie is worth watching even though some of it was a little phony. The acting was fair and the fight scenes for the most part were pretty good. On a scale of 1-10 I would rank this film about a 5 just for the effort. As for my advice I would rent this film whenever you get the chance because you just might enjoy it. Thank you.