American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
- Steve James
- Michele Chan
- Calvin Jung
- Marjoe Gortner
- David Bradley
- Michael J. Duthie
- Bernard Weiser[1]
company
- February 24, 1989 (1989-02-24) (Los Angeles[1])
$654,454 (West Germany)
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).
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.
Plot
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
- 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
Filming
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
Home media
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt was released on home video in the United Kingdom by Pathé in September 1989.[citation needed]
Reception
Critical response
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
- ^ 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
- 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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