American Ninja 2: The Confrontation

Name: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: May 1, 1987
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Bill Curry, Gary Conway, Jeff Celentano, Jonathan Pienaar, Larry Poindexter

1987

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Cannon Film Distributors | Release Date: May 1, 1987 | R

Starring: Bill Curry, Gary Conway, Jeff Celentano, Jonathan Pienaar, Larry Poindexter, Len Sparrowhawk, Michael Dudikoff, Michelle Botes, Mike Stone, Steve James

Summary: On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

Director: Sam Firstenberg

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Script by actors Gary Conway (who plays the narcotics overlord) and James Booth trades heavily upon the notion of Americans inherent mental and physical superiority to native warriors, who are a dime a dozen, but in such a comic way that the viewer can laugh with it rather than at it. Read full review

Richard Harrington

In the Cannon Films esthetic, the only good Ninja is a dead Ninja, and the bodies certainly fly fast and furious here. Okay, it's silly, but maybe you were expecting Tess of the D'Ubervilles? And from a director named Sam Firstenberg? Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This one is superior in almost every respect to the first, with slam-bang action, many humorous moments, and an excellent performance by Steve James. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

Sam Firstenberg--a decent enough action director who's shepherded along three previous ninja movies--here has a story so preposterous that nothing short of a mutiny could make the movie work. Read full review

Johanna Steinmetz

It has a charming actor named Scott James as Joe's buddy, Curtis Jackson. And it still has smartly produced scenes of black-clad ninja performing sleights of hand, foot, spear, dart, knife, chain and scimitar. What it doesn't have is a shred of originality. [07 May 1987, p.13A]

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PolyWogg

Feb 24, 2019

The Bottom Line
A significant step down from the first movie.
Plot Michael Dudikoff and Steve James are back as Army Ranger buddies sent to an island where some Marines have disappeared. The reason? Witnesses saw guys in black outfits, hoods, and swords carrying them away. What I Liked TheThe Bottom Line
A significant step down from the first movie.

Plot
Michael Dudikoff and Steve James are back as Army Ranger buddies sent to an island where some Marines have disappeared. The reason? Witnesses saw guys in black outfits, hoods, and swords carrying them away.

What I Liked
The movie jumps from fight scene to fight scene so the action rarely slows down. And there is a great scene with Steve James using fairly large knives in an epic battle. Overall, most of the secondary fight scenes are much better done than in the first movie.

What I Didn't Like
The plot is almost non-existent (super soldiers, meh), almost all of the acting is hammy, and the ultimate battle is a let down compared to a big car chase scene doing a bit of a take-off of the first movie's opening scene (person being dragged behind a vehicle).… Expand

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