People say American Ninja V is bad? That is 100% correct, but it's not as bad as this sequel is, I promise you. This movie takes itself completely serious, and suffers immensely for it; Cannon films have always been a hit and miss, but I've enjoyed a few of there films, mainly because they know how to incorporate humor into there movies. This sequel has none of that, and as a result, I had an experiencing that was very numbing. It doesn't help that the movie is very unexciting, with redundant fight scenes that fail to enliven the viewer. It's strange, because Dudikoff and Bradley do plenty of fighting, but none of it is that gratifying, other than a decent fight sequence in a bar, which is sadly too short. I will give credit to some brutal training sequences from the Ninja. We get an obstacle scene where the Ninjas have to walk over shards of glass, and avoid falling off into a pit of spikes, among other things. Watching a few of the guys fall on the glass shards made me cringe. The creativity was there to be used, but that was neglected for the most part. Michael Dudikoff phones it in. He appears around 45 minutes in, and doesn't have much dialog. He sleepwalks through everything, and does his thing with the fight scenes. It had potential for a decent team up between Dudikoff & Bradley, but they failed. Dudikoff says one word to Bradley in the entire movie and it was this. Armstrong (Dudikoff): Sean. You can find me at the school. David Bradley says in the movie that Dudikoff's character isn't much for words. No kidding! David Bradley is wooden as usual. His character gives way to Dudikoff for the most part in the second half, while Bradley is kidnapped. He is a great martial artist, I'll give him that. Jody Abrahams (Pango) is akin to Short Round from Temple of Doom, and that's not a compliment. Booth is actually a great baddie Final Thoughts: I hated this sequel. I'd rather watch American Ninja V three more times in lieu of go through this drivel again. The title is American Ninja 4: The Annihilation. Too bad it couldn't annihilate my boredom!2/10

Part 4 was a decent film...sorely missed Powerhouse Jackson Rest in peace. The kid in this movie is similar to the kid from part 2. Sean is a pretty decent martial artist, definitely better than Joe but Sean is an ugly guy & doesn't capture the screen as much as Joe. Part 4 was pretty predictable & offers nothing new. However I stilled enjoyed these B-movies because when I was a kid these movies were awesome visually. Red ninjas, yellow ninjas, blue ninjas...loved it. In part 3 Sean was just a martial artist & there was no mention of him being in the Central intelligence agency as is revealed in part 4. What is the deal with that? Someone please answer this for me.

Now this part (personaly my favorite) takes itself more seriously. The enemies looks really dangerous this time not like in the third part where ninjas appeared so weak that anybody could handle them five in one time. This part is more violent than the first three so it's kinda raises an intensity. Maybe it gets sometimes boring but only for a short time. The fighting scenes are much better (especially David Bradley fighting scenes) and the plot is good enough. This time the movie has much more colorful characters so it makes the movie even better. David Bradleys acting skills apparently get much better in this film and i disagree with those who says he can't act. This movie is truly a gift for ninja fans.

This film is in my top ten of complete and utter crap I might make it my life quest to obliterate its presence from the face of the earth.People who watch this film will emerge from the experience stupider and more confused than before Was this the film with ninjas on rollerskates? Or was that American Ninja 5 ? (Yeeeeccchh!!!!)