ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

disdressed12 this was pretty tedious in my opinion.it wasn't anything special.Michael DudiKoff returns(sort of)as does David Bradley.but Dudikoff and Bradley have very little screen time together together.the plot isn't much different than the third one.the fight sequences didn't really do all that much for me either,except when Dudikoff's character was fighting.he seems to have a natural graceful way of moving in his fighting motions.but mostly though,i was just waiting for it to finish.i wouldn't call it a horrible movie.and believe me,i may say with great certainty i have seen some of the worst movies ever made.and this is not one of those.it just wasn't great.for me,American Ninja 4: The Annihilation is a 5/10

kurciasbezdalas Now this part (personaly my favorite) takes itself more seriously. The enemies looks really dangerous this time not like in the third part where ninjas appeared so weak that anybody could handle them five in one time. This part is more violent than the first three so it's kinda raises an intensity. Maybe it gets sometimes boring but only for a short time. The fighting scenes are much better (especially David Bradley fighting scenes) and the plot is good enough. This time the movie has much more colorful characters so it makes the movie even better. David Bradleys acting skills apparently get much better in this film and i disagree with those who says he can't act. This movie is truly a gift for ninja fans.

Frank Markland Michael Dudikoff returns as Joe Armstrong, the original American Ninja (Who doesn't even show up until half way) who is forced into single handedly rescuing a delta force team as well as the other American Ninja(David Bradley) after the ninjas provide too much even for him. American Ninja 4 walks the fine line between guilty pleasure and just plain bad. There are moments of sheer stupidity that you just can't help but love the antics. For example the movie asks us to believe that an Arab terrorist would have ninjas guarding him. Or that a gang of Mad Maxish rebels couldn't overthrow the Arab terrorist and his minions until the American Ninja (The one played by Dudikoff) arrived plus the bad guy's army actually takes the time to try and arrest what looks to be a thousand rebel soldiers armed with machine guns and axes. The most ridiculous moment arises when Dudikoff catches an arrow in his mouth which he then uses to stab a ninja in the neck with. (Take that James Bond!) American Ninja 4 does have slightly more life in it's fight sequences than American Ninja 3 but really American Ninja 4 is a sub-par effort in all respects as the action sequences while competent are filmed with lack of inspiration and imagination. Still the movie has just way too many unintentionally amusing moments which almost (but not quite) save the day. American Ninja 4 also becomes a laugh riot due to some of the dialog handled with astonishing straight faced seriousness. For example the Arab terrorist and his sidekick James Booth are excited about the nuke that fits in a briefcase, to which the Arab actually activates it and lets it tick down to 1 second which then has the biggest howl of the movie. "It fills me with ecstasy to know that I was one minute from meeting Allah!" However he never elaborates if he means the drug or happiness in general. When Dudikoff finally blitzes the Arab's stranglehold, the Arab runs to the helicopter which leads to another howler of dialog. "Where we headed?" "MECCA!" It was classic moments like this made me enjoy the cheese of this bad ninja movie. Also of note is that Dudikoff and Booth (The best thespians in the movie) give performances of such contempt that is also vaguely amusing. The disinterested performances are still better than any other performance in the film. My wife who is a good sport, sat through this with me and said the funniest remark. "How lame of a ninja do you have to be to wear a bright yellow ninja suit." *1/2 out of 4-(Poor)

sveknu Michael Dudikoff continues in this 4th American Ninja movie. That doesn't mean they kicked out David Bradley, he is still the lead. Maybe they thought bringing the two 'American Ninjas' together would bring an extra dimension to the film, but that didn't happen at all. For that, Dudikoff and Bradley were almost not fighting together at all. I consider that a missed opportunity. What's worse, is that Steve James now is gone from the series. He was a crucial element in these movies. Without him, it's much worse. It really doesn't help that the fighting scenes are worse than ever, either. The definitely should've stopped this series after the third movie. Surprisingly enough, the also made "American Ninja 5". Beats me.