ask a thousand people what the great unintentional comedy of all time be and and they will almost invariably tell you battlefield earth or plan 9 from out space . theyre wrong . american ninja have those two turkey beat down for a number of reason and not the least of which be a script that be quite clearly not think through . while i fully support the b picture industry for keep slob like michael dudikoff in work and a little work on the product would have go a long way . for those who give a rat posterior and my next few paragraph will give away significant part of the plot . first of all and when we be give some background information on the titular hero and we be tell his date of birth and next of kin and parent and and so forth and be all unknown . i do not know about you and but i expect the u army to take fact find about it personnel a little more seriously . they also manage to screw up the continuity of date quite effectively and although i do not remember quite which date be screw up and when . this be actually one of american ninja less obvious flaw . it have be point out before and but a common failing of many martial art film be that when our hero be confront by large number of antagonist and say antagonist attack one at a time . more recent film such a the matrix reload defy this convention and but just about every film from the 1980s have the audience screaming and hey and why do not you attack all at once . martial art film tend to be a lot more impressive when the fight be more extensive than one on one . the central premise be originally a joke and but in light of recent event where the u army can not crush a mob of insurgent simply because they would not delegate to the specialist and it seem strangely ironic . phillipino renegade be steal weapon from the u army local division for sale to wealthy client . never mind that such a theft would prompt the army to give the local businessmen responsible and or even believe responsible and an aerial rectal exam and this be a cheesy 1980s action film and after all . by far the funny part of the film be the climactic battle and however . a joe and jackson turn combine posing and fight into an art form and evil ninjas start to explode for no readily apparent reason . i agree with one previous commentator in that this film should have be call ninja holocaust and because i be willing to bet a total of at least three hundred evil ninja bite it during the film run time . on top of that and the black star ninja start fight with rocket launcher and laser beam and and all sort of ridiculous implement that be not only poorly think out and theyre flat out poorly execute . you will never see a laser beam effect that look cheap . what top it all off be that the film take itself so damn seriously . during the scene when joe be meet up again with his old mentor and i dare the viewer not to laugh at the hideous dialogue . not that i know any modern practioners of ninjitsu and but the logical part of my imagination have a hard time believe that they have speak like this at any time in their history . during this mentoring scene and i half expect the old guy to tell joe he must prove his manhood by cut his own head off with a blunt plastic spoon . in all and i give american ninja a 1. this be a special score in my system in that it be reserve for the bad and most appalling and most offensive film i have ever see and or film that make me laugh without even bother to try . american ninja be definitely an example of the latter .