Scene of the Week: Attack of the Black Star Ninja
By the third act of American Ninja, not only has the viewer discovered that Pvt. Joe Armstrong (played by ninja icon Michael Dudikoff) is a real badass who can kick an immense amount of ninja ass,...
American Ninja
An Interview with Sam Firstenberg
When I first began writing for Bulletproof Action, interviewing director Sam Firstenberg was only a dream. But now that dream has become reality. One of Sam Firstenberg’s most famous films is the 1984 cult classic, Breakin’...
Hall of Fame: Joe Armstrong and Curtis Jackson
Take a minute and think of the most iconic duos in action movie history… I’ll wait. For most, you may not land on Armstrong and Jackson without a little help, but for The Brain and myself,...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About American Ninja
I first became aware of Olive Films when they released two classic Charles Bronson films on Blu-Ray, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Messenger of Death. Among the other classic action flicks Olive has released in beautiful Blu-ray...
The Essentials: Michael Dudikoff at his best
I took it upon myself to write this post about my favorite Dudikoff films to date. It seemed like it would be an easy thing to do. I adored the hell out of several of his...
Movie Kumite: American Ninja vs. Enter the Ninja
Popularizing the ninja genre is one of the many things Cannon Films is famous for. In this edition of Movie Kumite we pit two of Cannon Films’ ninja movies against one another. On one side, the...
Bullet Points: American Samurai
It seems fitting on Throwback Thursday, to take a look at the first major film role for Mark Dacascos… American Samurai. Dacascos plays opposite David Bradley in a movie that combines elements of Cannon’s American Ninja...
Know Your Role: John Fujioka
John Fujioka was pretty much a surrogate father for me as a kid. I watched the crap out of American Ninja and I feel like I’m pretty much a ninja just from soaking in all of...
Bullet Points: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Cannon Films gave the world plenty of movies with ninjas. Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination… but they also gave us the American Ninja, Michael Dudikoff! The original American Ninja launched...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Avenging Force
I recently had the pleasure of watching the new Blu-ray release of the Michael Dudikoff film, Avenging Force. Avenging Force was the sequel to Invasion U.S.A. with Dudikoff taking over the role of Matt Hunter from...
