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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt

  • 19891989
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  • 1h 29m
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3.6/10
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David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.
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A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.A man newly trained in the martial arts must save his trainer from experimentation.
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
5.5K
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POPULARITY
24,666
2,562
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    • Director
      • Cedric Sundstrom
    • Writers
      • Avi Kleinberger(characters)
      • Gideon Amir(characters)
      • Gary Conway
    • Stars
      • David Bradley
      • Steve James
      • Marjoe Gortner
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Cedric Sundstrom
    • Writers
      • Avi Kleinberger(characters)
      • Gideon Amir(characters)
      • Gary Conway
    • Stars
      • David Bradley
      • Steve James
      • Marjoe Gortner
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 45User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews

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    David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, and Steve James in American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
    David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    David Bradley in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    David Bradley and Steve James in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    David Bradley, Steve James, and Evan J. Klisser in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
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    Marjoe Gortner in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
    Michele B. Chan in American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

    Top cast

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    David Bradley
    David Bradley
    • Sean Davidson - 'The American Ninja'
    Steve James
    Steve James
    • Curtis Jackson
    Marjoe Gortner
    Marjoe Gortner
    • The Cobra
    Michele B. Chan
    Michele B. Chan
    • Chan Lee
    • (as Michele Chan)
    Yehuda Efroni
    Yehuda Efroni
    • Gen. Andreas
    Calvin Jung
    • Izumo
    Adrienne Pearce
    • Minister's Secretary
    Evan J. Klisser
    • Dexter
    • (as Ivan J. Klisser)
    Grant Preston
    • Minister of Interior
    Mike Huff
    • Dr. Holger
    Alan Swerdlow
    • Police Captain
    Thapelo Mofokeng
    • Police Sergeant
    Eckard Rabe
    • Sean's Father
    Stephen Webber
    • Young Sean
    Kevin Friedlander
    • Martial Artist
    George Wong
    • Martial Artist
    Ian Duncan
    • Martial Artist
    Leonardo Donofri
    • Martial Artist
    • Director
      • Cedric Sundstrom
    • Writers
      • Avi Kleinberger(characters)
      • Gideon Amir(characters)
      • Gary Conway
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Michael Dudikoff turned down the lead role in this film for several reasons, among them being the fact that he didn't want to get burned out on martial-arts movies and didn't want to go back to South Africa--where American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) was made--as he was firmly against the apartheid movement and government in that country. He returned for the fourth "American Ninja" entry because it was to be filmed in the nearby African country of Lesotho.
    • Goofs
      The entire plot of the movie relies on the villains kidnapping Sam and injecting him with a virus. They picked Sam due to his combative abilities early in the film. There is no reason to go through all the trouble they went through to get Sam, the tricks with disguising as his master, sending ninjas to attack him, when they could have just stuck upon him unawares, especially when all it took was to shock him with their weapon to paralyze him. They could have snuck upon him when he was sleeping, or at anytime during the fights with this weapon to incapacitate him. This would have been especially useful when his friends had no idea where he was during the initial chase scene at the warehouse.
    • Quotes

      Curtis Jackson: It's time for action. Let's go!

    • Alternate versions
      The U.K. video version was pre-cut by 1 minute and 4 seconds by the distributors to remove all footage of nunchakus.
    • Connections
      Featured in Movie Nights: American Ninja 2 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      The Cobra Strikes
      Written by George S. Clinton

      Performed by George S. Clinton and Lisa Kauppi

    User reviews45

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    4/10
    Not the same without Dudikoff...
    This was my first, and most likely also the last, time to watch "American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt". It just wasn't an "American Ninja" movie without Michael Dudikoff. This third movie was more of a mutation between "Karate Kid" and "American Ninja", but it just never took hold on either account.

    Sean, a boy who was orphaned and taken in by a Japanese and trained to be a ninja, is participating in a martial arts competition. But when he sees his sensei kidnapped, the martial arts competition become of no interest, and Sean sets out to find his kidnapped sensei and fight all the ninjas in his way.

    Right... Seriously? Couldn't they have come up with something just a bit more original? Why boil soup on a formula already exhausted? The acting in this third installment to the "American Ninja" series was up to par with the previous movies, adequate but not particularly memorable.

    As with the previous movies, you know exactly how the movie will unfold, as they used the same recipe three times by now.

    And to top the icing on the cake, "American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt" had an overly annoying piano score playing throughout a large part of the movie. I am sure it was intended to compliment the movie, but it just added a level of idiotic spoof to the atmosphere of the movie.

    And it was especially entertaining to see Sean throw to arrows, yes throw, and killing two ninjas with them.

    Despite lacking originality and the original "American Ninja" star then this third movie is adequate, albeit slightly less mediocre, in entertainment value.
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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1989 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • South Africa
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • American Fighter III
    • Filming locations
      • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Production companies
      • Breton Film Productions
      • The Cannon Group
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $902,152
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $222,252
      • Feb 26, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $902,152
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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