American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt

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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

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  • David Bradley as 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

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Reception

Critical response

It was received poorly by critics.[2] "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."[3]

Sequel

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References

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External links

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