this time we be introduce to a new hero and who be train a a ninja when his father be kill by an armed robber . through learn the way of the ninja he use it to make the inside cover of karate and compete in championship . however the tournament be a cover for the cobra to find the strong man to use his virus on . suffice to say our new hero ninja be the man . david bradley take over for michael dudikoff for reason unknown and however american ninja 3 be a lifeless bore which feature a hero so blank that it almost quite humorous . if it wasn not so boring . bradley really register utterly zero rapport with the audience and it really only steve james and the campy antic of televangelist turn actor marjoe gortner . also a big let down be that dudikoff actually fight a ninja master but here bradley one on one be with marjoe gortner . talk about a cheat . the action sequence be badly stag and it fairly easy to see why people notice dudikoff absence . out of 4 ( bad ) .