Boring, long, and too preachy.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Blistering performances.

This 1987 sequel to the 1985 "American Ninja" movie is essentially the same as the first movie, just with a different villain and location. But the rest of the story and movie was pretty much the same.So is that a good thing or a bad thing? Well, that depends on if you liked the first movie or not. If you did like it, then you will like part two as well. And if you didn't like part one, then you will not like part two either.Again, you got all the campy ingredients; cheesy storyline, generic characters, stereotypical villain, worthless henchmen, wonderful dialogue (you see the irony here, right?), action, martial arts, explosions and, of course, ninjas! Lots and lots of ninjas.The acting was every bit as strained and wooden as in part one, but isn't that just part of the charm of these movies? One of my favorite things in "American Ninja 2: The Confrontation" was this particular piece of dialogue delivered by the commanding officer who requested the help of the US rangers: "I don't know who you are, what you are, or why you are here". Wait, what? Didn't he himself request the help?Story-wise, well with little deviation from part one, it is about American ninja Joe Armstrong who is on a Caribbean island to solve the mysterious disappearances of US marine personnel, when he is confronted by a ninja syndicate.While not a masterpiece, "American Ninja 2: The Confrontation" is as enjoyable as the previous movie. Equally campy, cheesy and requires little brain activity from the audience.

This film is worthy of all the hopes you have. I really wanted to like this film. Ain't no such thing as too much Michael Dudikoff, baby! The real centerpiece of the film is its acting, mainly that of Dudikoff. This is a story about a place most people might not be able to conceive. All the characters struggle against a system that has perpetuated falsehoods. Against this backdrop, our ninja hero must fight on in a sequel that is on par with the original. Great performances help to enhance this amazing story of ninja warfare and violence. I give it a rating of 7 out of 10 because it's flawed but good.

After watching the first American Ninja, I had high hopes for the second one and in the end, I got exactly what I wanted from this film. It had everything (well almost everything) that I expected, more ninjas, more action, more silliness and more Michael Dudikoff kicking some ninja butt compared to the first oneMichael is as cool as ever, had more lines in this movie compared to the first one (although still not that much) and as usual likes to let his hands do the talking most of the time for him. However, minor complains that I would come up with again would have to be Joe's (Michael) indestructible character. I thought that he would have been given a more challenging situation in this film seeing that the organization that he fighting up against are producing super ninja soldiers but once again he made look like he was just going up against a bunch of kindergarden ninjas who weren't even worthy of challenging him at all. Even the main head ninja in the end was also just out of Dudikoff's league and how he managed to stuff a shotgun under his ninja gear, I have no ideaI didn't really like Steve Jame's character much in this second film since I felt like he was too cocky in when he fights (especially the part where he, Dudikoff and one of their marine friends had that brawl at the bar) but he still does a solid job in this one I still like the part where he finished last ninja just simply shouting 'STAY DOWN' at himHowever, these are just minor complaints that I could come out with since overall, the movie was still mindlessly fun to watch for two hours. I would recommend this to anyone out there who would love to get spend two or three hours of their time watching some mindless but yet still fun ninja buttkicking action film

Plotwise, this film hasn't really got much going for it. Dudikoff and James become involved with some problems when a few marines in Bermuda shorts get kidnapped by......ninjas.Someones dad has been kidnapped too, because the bad guy in the white suit wants to create the perfect specimen. And he must be dangerous, because one of his henchmen has a lazy eye, and kills other ninjas for a laugh.The guy with the lazy eye is the toughest ninja because on the beach, he stands on a rock and makes threatening hand gestures to Dudikoff.The second installment of the series isn't very good, but is made watchable thanks tho Steve James. Besides from his awesome hair, he spouts out one-liners and is the person in the film who can do that thing where lots of people jumps on him and he can throw them all off at once and get them to sound like someone has just got a strike bowling.Dudikoff doesn't fare as well though. he spends the majority of the film pouting, but you know he is the American ninja because he gently slides a sword across a bad guy and they die.It's typical 80's fodder from Cannon, so you know what to expect.Light on plotSilly fight scenessillier bad guyand even sillier music which plays when ever there is an impending fight scene.It's forgettable stuff, but worth watching if your a fan of the franchise.