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American Ninja
1985 · Film · 95 min
Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
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I remember reading the letters of Cicero about Gaias Julius (Later known as Cesar) how he complains how the he and his gang is acting all amoral and wearing ridiculous scandalous clothes, waring the togas in provocative feminine fashion.
There are accounts from all over history of how "the times were more thoughtful and moral in the good old days" But here we are, thousands of years later, still complaining about the younger members of our species and how they will bring ruin to us all. Perhaps they will, but it all seems so human to complain about that.
I remember the art of the 90s - when my part of the world got access to marvelous pieces like Thunder in Paradise, Barbed Wire, American Ninja, Bay Watch ... at the time it was considered the pinnacle of art by teenagers like me, and despised by my parents. But at the same time we had things like The Matrix, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon ... We remember the good stuff and the forget the fluff.
There are some real gems being created all the time, maybe not always from Hollywood but human creativity soldiers on.
The Good Place, The Expanse, 3 Body Problem, Horizon Zero Dawn, Expedition 33, Project Hail Marry. There is a constant stream of incredible thoughtful stuff being produced - books, games, movies, essays, videos, podcasts - the medium might change but humans always try to find ways to discover, understand and express the world around us in novel ways, one just needs to listen/watch.
I hear ya, understand, and applaud you nonetheless.
Fun anecdote, in the 80s, after watching top films like "American Ninja 1" or "American Ninja 2", we found out 3.5" floppies make for great Shurikens.
As a child of the 80's I just have to say- American Ninja 4: The Annhiliation is positively the worst one. But the first American Ninja is a classic as far as Ninja movies go. It's no Pray For Death that's for sure but it's still up there.
> Today on the show, Sally Herships goes to Iga to discuss the city's plan to use ninjas to fight depopulation.
Ninjas should be well suited for kidnapping children at night and raising them to become ninjas. Maybe they just need a more cutthroat leader.
I would apply, but I'm pretty sure the idea of American Ninja was killed off after the movie of the same name was released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clA5lOsa6O4