The silver screen's favourite bromance returns, in the form of Joe and Jackson. So, basically... exactly the same plot as the first movie, only more ninjas, more bad dialogue, more fighting, more crappy edits, more poor dubs and more hilarity. Oh, and did I mention more ninjas?

The half star is for the extraordinary amount of goofy faces I saw in this film!

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation features two instances, in the last fifteen minutes of the film, where characters pull weapons from behind their backs, when there is no possible way the could have these weapons behind their backs. There is no possible way, because their backs are to the cameras multiple times before they magically produce weapons from some hidden rear pants pocket. We're no talking small weapons either, the first instance features Steve James magically conjuring up two of the biggest knives I have ever seen, and the second instance has the baddie pulling a shotgun out of thin air. This weaponry voodoo is in no way a bad thing, and actually made me like the film a whole lot more.

I think this one's a bit better than the first. There's more action, more comedy, more Steve James, and the first act kinda reminded me of a Van Halen video.

Side note: people always say my brother-in-law looks like Ryan Gosling, but it occurred to me he looks a lot like Michael Dudikoff. So that got me to thinking that someone needs to convince Gosling to reboot this series, probably with Nicolas Winding Refn. So let's get on that.

One of the most entertaining films I've ever seen

The American Ninja series largely fails to deliver on all the expected ninja action. Dudikoff returns as the spiky-haired Army sergeant who’s secretly a ninja and uncovers some kind of genetic engineering plot on a tropical island. There are a few good fights, but Dudikoff lacks screen presence.

First watch

The silver screen's favourite bromance returns, in the form of Joe and Jackson. So, basically... exactly the same plot as the first movie, only more ninjas, more bad dialogue, more fighting, more crappy edits, more poor dubs and more hilarity. Oh, and did I mention more ninjas?

The half star is for the extraordinary amount of goofy faces I saw in this film!

I think this one's a bit better than the first. There's more action, more comedy, more Steve James, and the first act kinda reminded me of a Van Halen video.

Side note: people always say my brother-in-law looks like Ryan Gosling, but it occurred to me he looks a lot like Michael Dudikoff. So that got me to thinking that someone needs to convince Gosling to reboot this series, probably with Nicolas Winding Refn. So let's get on that.

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation features two instances, in the last fifteen minutes of the film, where characters pull weapons from behind their backs, when there is no possible way the could have these weapons behind their backs. There is no possible way, because their backs are to the cameras multiple times before they magically produce weapons from some hidden rear pants pocket. We're no talking small weapons either, the first instance features Steve James magically conjuring up two of the biggest knives I have ever seen, and the second instance has the baddie pulling a shotgun out of thin air. This weaponry voodoo is in no way a bad thing, and actually made me like the film a whole lot more.

Cheesy action flick.

In a way, the underacting Michael Dudikoff and the overacting Steve James make them the perfect action movie couple and it's really a shame they didn't make more films together.

Returning to battle Ninja's once more, Dudikoff and James, now Sergeants, help out a bunch of Hawaiian shirt- wearing Marines who are being kidnapped and used as training fodder for a Ninja Academy. Sure the plot is flimsy, but the action scenes are so drawn out that you hardly notice it, and because it's set on a tropical island of some sort, there are plenty of girls in bikini's and men wearing pink crop-tops wandering around to keep you entertained for what feels like hours and hours... and hours. Still, it's much better than Jackie Chan's The Tuxedo.

One of the most entertaining films I've ever seen

What can I say? He worked with Luke Skywalker early in his career. Dudikoff does what he's paid to do, and I had fun.

The American Ninja series largely fails to deliver on all the expected ninja action. Dudikoff returns as the spiky-haired Army sergeant who’s secretly a ninja and uncovers some kind of genetic engineering plot on a tropical island. There are a few good fights, but Dudikoff lacks screen presence.

First watch