American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Cannon Film Distributors | Release Date: May 1, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
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
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (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
50
Washington PostRichard 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
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Los Angeles TimesMichael 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
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Chicago TribuneJohanna 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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