American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1991)
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation is a 1991 American martial arts action film starring Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, and James Booth. A sequel to American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), it is the fourth installment in the American Ninja franchise, followed by American Ninja V and was directed by Cedric Sundstrom. The film marked Michael Dudikoff’s final appearance in the American Ninja franchise.
Plot
A Delta Force unit attempts to escape from a pursuing group of ninja in a foreign country but most are killed and the rest are captured. The secret Ninja Army is headed by Colonel Scarf Mulgrew) an ex-British policeman and anti-American who has joined with Shiekh Ali Maksood, a Muslim militant, who plans to bring a suitcase nuke to New York. Mulgrew threatens to burn the commandos alive and use the nuke unless he is paid a ransom of 50 million dollars. Agents Sean Davidson and Carl Brackston are sent on a covert mission to rescue the prisoners and defeat the terrorists.RELATED:
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Sean and Carl parachute in and meet their contact Pango. While gathering information from a local operative named Freddie, they are confronted by Mulgrew and the corrupt local police headed by O’Reilly. Freddie is killed by Mulgrew but Sean, Carl, and Pango escape. Pango takes them to Dr. Sarah a Peace Corps nurse who hides them from the police. Soon after ninjas attack, capturing Sean, Carl and Sarah alive while Pango escapes, and imprisoning them in an old British fort to be tortured by Mulgrew. Mulgrew assaults Sarah and later it is revealed Mulgrew killed her father.
Cast
- Michael Dudikoffas Agent Joe Armstrong
- David Bradleyas Agent Sean Davidson
- Dwayne Alexandre as Agent Carl Brackston
- Robin Stilleas Dr. Sarah[3]
- Ken Gampuas Dr. Tamba
- James Boothas Colonel Scarf Mulgrew
- Ron Smerczakas Shiekh Ali Maksood
- Frantz Dobrowsky as Captain O’Reilly
- Kely McClung as Super Ninja
- Jody Abrahams as Pango
- Anthony Fridjhon as Freddie / Treddle
- David Sherwood as Gavin
- Sean Kelly as Norris
- Jamie Bartlettas Segal
- John Pasternak as Carlos
- Robin B. Smithas Schultz
- Shane Safi as Little Special School Child