American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt

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.

American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCedric Sundstrom
Produced byHarry Alan Towers[1]
Screenplay byCedric Sundstorm[1]
Story byGary Conway[1]
Starring
Music byGeorge S. Clinton[1]
CinematographyGeorge Bartels[1]
Edited by
  • Michael J. Duthie
  • Bernard Weiser[1]
Production
company
Breton Film Productions Ltd.[1]
Distributed byCannon International[1]
Release date
  • February 24, 1989 (1989-02-24) (Los Angeles[1])
Running time
89 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$902,152 (US)[2]
$654,454 (West Germany)

Plot

A powerful terrorist known as "The Cobra" (Marjoe Gortner), has infected Sean Davidson, the American ninja, with a deadly virus as human guinea pigs in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and his partners Curtis Jackson (Steve James) and Dexter (Evan J. Klisser) have no choice but to fight The Cobra and his army of genetically-engineered ninja clones led by the female ninja Chan Lee (Michele B. Chan).

Michael Dudikoff was originally to reprise his role of Joe Armstrong. He got burnt out on martial arts and also the film was made in South Africa while the apartheid movement was still going on and Dudikoff did not want to be around it.

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.[3]

Reception

Critical response

It was received poorly by critics.[4]

References
  1. "American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt at Box Office Mojo
  3. Hayward 1990, p. 142.
  4. Willman, Chris (1989-02-28). "'Ninja 3': Bland Leading the Bland". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
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