American Ninja [12500] Released: 1985-08-30 Revenue: $10,499,694 Budget: $1,000,000 Profit: $9,499,694 Runtime: 95 mins Popularity: 1.8586 Vote Average: 5.945 Vote Count: 446 Overview: Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter. Cast [13] Michael DudikoffPvt. Joe Armstro Steve JamesCpl. Curtis Jack Judie AronsonPatricia Hickock Guich KoockCol. William T. John FujiokaShinyuki Don StewartVictor Ortega John LaMottaMSgt. Rinaldo Tadashi YamashitaBlack Star Ninja Phillip BrockPvt. Charley Mad Tony CarreonOlder Colombian Roi VinzonYounger Colombia Richard NortonMP Henry StrzalkowskiBit Part Trailers American Ninja (1985) Original Trailer [HD]