American Fighter (1985)

American Fighter: Directed by Sam Firstenberg. With Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock. American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.

“When asked at school u0026quot;What do you want to be when you grow up?u0026quot; most kids answer fireman or astronaut. To hell with that, I wanted to be the American Ninja. As far back as I can remember I wanted to be the American Ninja. So, I finally picked it up on DVD the other day and let me say this is one of the corniest action movies out there, but I still love it. Itu0026#39;s one of my fondest childhood dreams. As unrealistic as it may seem, Michael Dudikoff stills kicks ass, as does the late, great Steve James. Dudikoff single handedly takes out an entire private army of ninjas. Itu0026#39;s better than Commando. Itu0026#39;s definitely not for the serious action audience. But hereu0026#39;s the real kicker, the villain who is hijacking military equipment to sell to the highest bidder is only making 4 million dollars. Thatu0026#39;s really not that much money for all of the trouble heu0026#39;s going through. Did he only go to one bidder or what? Oh well, itu0026#39;s all about fun, right? My friend came up with the suggestion that we should get all of the eighties martial arts stars and have a huge battle royal. To which I replied: u0026quot;Well, Dudikoff and Steve James would team up with Ralph Macchio to win the thing.u0026quot; Check out jedibolgeru0026#39;s comments for a hearty laugh.”