Best Ninja Films

Ninja Assassin is a 2009 American martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay penned by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his former mentor, played by ninja film legend [...]

Ninja Assassin

The Octagon is a 1980 action film with Chuck Norris in the leading role. It was directed by Eric Karson and written by Paul Aaron and Leigh Chapman. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and released on August 14, 1980. It is notable for its inventive use of ‘voice over’ effects to portray the [...]

The Octagon

The Turtles’ latest feature film, titled simply TMNT, was released March 23, 2007. It is the fourth and final installment of the original series. Unlike the previous films, it utilized 100% computer-generated imagery, produced by Imagi Animation Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Weinstein Company. Chronologically, this movie takes place after the [...]

TMNT

The third film in the series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, features Elias Koteas reprising his role as Casey Jones. The plot revolves around the “Sacred Sands of Time”, a mystical scepter which transports the Turtles back in time to feudal Japan, where they become embroiled in a conflict between the Daimyo and a group [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

The first sequel, titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, expands on the Turtles’ origin story while claiming the distinction as Vanilla Ice’s film debut. It is dedicated in memory of puppeteer Jim Henson. It also introduced the Turtles’ human friend Keno (Ernie Reyes, Jr.) and Shredder’s mutant henchmen Tokka and [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 The Secret of the Ooze

The first film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, closely follows the storyline from the Mirage comic books, in addition to some of the more lighthearted elements of the cartoons. This movie presents the origin story of Splinter and the Turtles, their initial encounters with April O’Neil (Judith Hoag) and Casey Jones (Elias Koteas), and their first [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Revenge of the Ninja (1983) is an action movie starring Shô Kosugi as a ninja. It is considered part of a ninja trilogy, starting with Enter the Ninja (1981) and ending with Ninja III: The Domination (1984), but the stories are not directly related. The final battle is considered a battle between good and evil. [...]

Revenge of the Ninja

American Ninja V is a 1993 action/adventure sequel starring David Bradley and Lee Reyes. It was directed by Bobby Jean Leonard and written by John Bryant Hedberg, Greg Latter and George Saunders. The film is set in Los Angeles, Rome and Venezuela. Lee Reyes plays Pat Morita’s grandson, who is the last of the true [...]

American Ninja 5

American Ninja 4: The Annihilation is a 1990 action/martial arts film starring Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, and James Booth. It was the fourth film in the American Ninja series and was directed by Cedric Sundstrom. The film marked Michael Dudikoff’s final appearance in the American Ninja film series. C.I.A. Agent Sean Davidson (David Bradley) is [...]

American Ninja 4

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt is a 1989 martial arts action movie starring David Bradley, written by Gary Conway and directed by Cedric Sundstrom. A powerful terrorist known as “The Cobra” (Marjoe Gortner), has infected Sean Davidson, the American ninja, with a deadly virus as human guinea pigs in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and [...]

American Ninja 3

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 action/adventure sequel starring Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Jeff Weston, Gary Conway, Michelle Botes and Larry Poindexter. It was directed by Sam Firstenberg and written by Gideon Amir, James Booth, Gary Conway and Avi Kleinberger. Now promoted to Army Rangers, Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikofff) and Curtis Jackson (Steve [...]

American Ninja 2

American Ninja is a 1985 ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus’s Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. Domestic box office grosses for the picture totaled $10,499,694 Pvt. Joe [...]

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