Trivia / American Ninja

• Franchise Killer: American Ninja V (or American Dragons, depending on what cable channel you watched it on) is an in-name-only sequel to the American Ninja series known for only three things: 1) being the only film in the series to be rated PG-13, 2) being the first in the series to be an action-"comedy", and 3) killing the American Ninja franchise (despite not having anything to do with the other four movies). It's currently on IMDb's bottom 100 with a score of 2.4/10.
• What Could Have Been: Chuck Norris was originally cast to play the title role. He refused to play a role where his face would be concealed.