Strange things about the series


In American Ninja 3, David Bradley is specifically shown training as a kid and an adult at sword fighting, yet he never picks one up or uses one in this film and 3: Blood Hunt.

David Bradley had the screen presence of a garbage can in "Blood Hunt", {It shold have ended his acting career}, yet here he is second billed.

You know what, he actually had a bit of a screen presence here, as evidenced when he does the splits and puts a bow-and-arrow together in the forest.

Joe fights guy in a David Bradley mask, yet the guy can somehow do the David Bradley cross-eyed thing like he does when he Hulks out in 3.

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http://vintageninja.net/wp-content/uploads/AmericanNinja28.jpg < That's the David Bradley cross-eyed thing. Anyway, he actually was pretty cool in American Ninja 4, so I'm glad he got another shot. Just so disappointing that they never even had Joe and Sean fighting off ninjas together, back to back. They're barely on screen together.

Did you recognize that big guy ("That's a big boast, Mr. Armstrong. The 3 of us?") Joe fights at the Mad Max camp? Same guy Dudikoff fought twice at the Blind Beggar bar from American Ninja 2: The Confrontation.

Same thing with lead baddie ninja from 2, Mike Stone, was used again as a ref during Sean's fight at the superhuman-search karate tournament towards the beginning of 3. Mike Stone is also the fight choreographer on the 4 films.

Did you know that the evil Mulgrew (James Booth of Pray for Death and Avenging Force fame) wrote American Ninja 4 under the name, David Geeves? His birth name. He also co-wrote American Ninja 2; The Confrontation. Nobody played slime like James Booth, so it's really weird to picture him sitting there, typing out American Ninja sequels.

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Very interesting Ninja Joe, I will be watching the American Ninja series tonight in HD, sir :)

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