Couch Potato Theater: American Ninja (1985) & American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) - 1980’s Cannon Films Retrospective

Couch Potato Theater: American Ninja (1985) & American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) - 1980's Cannon Films Retrospective

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Welcome to Couch Potato Theater, where we celebrate our favorite movies on the Fandom Podcast Network! This year we're celebrating 1980's Cannon action films with a retrospective on how important these movies were to our fandom then, and the nostalgic grasp they still have on us today. On this episode we discuss the ultimate martial arts Ninja double feature!

American Ninja (1985) & American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)

American Ninja is a 1985 American martial arts action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role and is the first installment in the American Ninja franchise. It costars Steve James and Judie Aronson. The film is about an American soldier very skilled in martial arts. As an alternative to prison, young American Joe Armstrong is conscripted into the U.S. Army by a judge. Joe ends up fighting off the Black Star Order of ninjas while stationed in the Philippines.

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 American martial arts action film directed by Sam Firstenberg. A sequel to American Ninja (1985), it is the second installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989). It stars Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Jeff Weston, Gary Conway, Michelle Botes and Larry Poindexter. The film is about two U.S. Army Rangers (Dudikoff and James) who are ordered to discover why Marines have been going missing from their posts at the US Embassy.

We will also discuss the films 1980's Cannon Films Famous Producers, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. We also mention the documentary about them, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014).
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