American Ninja
1985 · 95 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 17,485 VOTES · DIR. Sam Firstenberg
Overview
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
Dialogue Timeline — 700 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:53 Hey, I'm great at that game.
00:05:04 Freeze.
00:10:22 (screams)
00:15:07 They should be dry pretty soon.
00:17:08 But the truck with the most valuable cargo got away.
00:19:36 You're gonna be court-martialled and I can't help ya.
00:23:19 - Enchanté. - Juliette.
00:27:44 If we can agree on a price, it can be included in the next shipment.
00:30:16 OK. All right, let's do it.
00:33:10 Don't try to cover up for him, Jackson.
00:35:41 Yeah, you don't need money.
00:37:35 - Are you sure? - Do you want her to get the note?
00:41:06 Let me look at him.
00:43:55 And that's gonna be a long time from now.
00:54:15 Hey! Hold it!
00:57:58 - Expensive military equipment. - Stealing military equipment?
01:00:03 Can you do it? Can you kill him?
01:06:51 - Jackson, what is she doing here? - You can't go through with it.
01:09:14 Draw up the papers necessary charging him with manslaughter.
01:12:52 Where's his proof? No, it's too late to back out now.
01:17:17 ...and let the senses grow.
01:19:14 I will be with you in deed and in my heart.
01:22:19 Or maybe you don't like her as much as she thinks you do?
01:29:19 Get in. Go! Go!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed700
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:00:53
Final line01:29:19
Production Record
DirectorSam Firstenberg
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue$10,499,694
IMDb votes17,485