American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt is a 1989 American martial arts action film directed by Cedric Sundstrom and starring David Bradley. It is based on a story by Gary Conway.[1] A sequel to American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987), it is the third installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1991).
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| Directed by | Cedric Sundstrom |
| Screenplay by | Cedric Sundstorm[1] |
| Story by | Gary Conway[1] |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers[1] |
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| Cinematography | George Bartels[1] |
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| Music by | George S. Clinton[1] |
Production company | Breton Film Productions Ltd.[1] |
| Distributed by | Cannon International[1] |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $902,152 (US)[2] $654,454 (West Germany) |
The film depicts a cobra-themed terrorist who is experimenting on using viral infections as a method of bioterrorism. When an infected ninja and his allies try to fight against him, they are confronted with a private army consisting of clones.
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A powerful terrorist known as "The Cobra", has infected Sean Davidson, the American Ninja, with a deadly virus. He uses Sean as a test subject in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and his partners Curtis Jackson and Dexter have no choice but to fight The Cobra and his army of genetically-engineered ninja clones led by the female ninja Chan Lee.
Cast edit
- David Bradley as Sean Davidson
- Stephen Webber as Young Sean Davidson
- Steve James as Sergeant Curtis Jackson
- Marjoe Gortner as "The Cobra"
- Michele B. Chan as Chan Lee
- Yehuda Efroni as General Andreas
- Calvin Jung as Izumo
- Evan J. Klisser as Dexter
- Grant Preston as Minister of Interior
- Mike Huff as Dr. Holger
- Alan Swerdlow as Police Captain
- Thapelo Mofokeng as Police Sergeant
- Eckard Rabe as Sean's Father
- John Barrett as Joe Simpson (uncredited)
- Mike Stone as Tournament Arbiter (uncredited)
Production edit
Filming edit
The film, shot in South Africa (not mentioned on the credits), was the first in the American Ninja series to feature a lead actor other than Michael Dudikoff (playing Joe Armstrong in the first two American Ninja movies as well as in American Ninja 4: The Annihilation together with David Bradley's character Sean Davidson); Bradley was cast after Kurt McKinney turned down the offer.
Release edit
Home media edit
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt was released on home video in the United Kingdom by Pathé in September 1989.[citation needed]
Reception edit
Critical response edit
It was received poorly by critics.[3] "Cart." of Variety described the film as a "cheap-looking pic" and "Even for this level of by-the-numbers action filmmaking, Cedric Sundtrom script is incredibly lame and his staging of chop-socky violence is little better."[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Willman, Chris (1989-02-28). "'Ninja 3': Bland Leading the Bland". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ Cart. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1989-1990. Vol. 21. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 1, 1989". ISBN 0-8352-3089-9.
External links edit
- American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt at IMDb
- American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt at AllMovie
- American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt at Rotten Tomatoes
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