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Plot Summary:
Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, independent film
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The Guy from Harlem (1977)
Plot Summary:
Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, cult film
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Hardcase and Fist (1989)
Plot Summary:
When Bud McCall is framed for a drugs charge he ends up in prison and he must prove his innocence by testifying against his former police partner to put him and his gang behind bars for good.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Talons of the Eagle (1992)
Plot Summary:
After 3 DEA agents are killed by crime boss Mr. Li (Hong), the DEA reluctantly calls in New York cop and martial arts expert Tyler Wilson (Blanks) and sends him undercover on assignment to Toronto to team up with Canadian vice cop Michael Reeds (Merhi). Wilson and Reeds must infiltrate Li's gang, so enter a martial arts tournament that Mr Li is known to attend to recruit talent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Reflex Action (2002)
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Emotionally scarred after serving in the Gulf War, soldier Quinn Taylor returns to his Arizona home, only to learn that his father plans to sell their land to a drug lord. Determined to interrupt the sale, Taylor goes to war with a powerful cartel.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Rampage (1986)
Plot Summary:
A Turkish commando must infiltrate and capture a group of terrorists living in the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Turkey
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Rapid Fire (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mike Thompson is a former U.S. government agent whom is called on by his no-nonsense ex-employer Hanson to stop a terrorist named Mustapha who breaks out of a maximum security military prison aboard a battleship with the help from his aide Eddy Williams a former agent-turned-mercenary armed with an unstoppable rapid-firing, multi-use machine gun whom the U.S. government wants back at any cost. Mike is forced to rely on his former partner-in-crime Pappy, and a CIA agent named Corle, to help him try to track down Eddy hoping to lead him to Mustapha before they can plan their next terrorist strike.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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TNT Jackson (1974)
Plot Summary:
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: funny, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, fast, campy, cult film
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Indio (1989)
Plot Summary:
A half-breed Marine takes on greedy industrialists in the Amazonian rain forests. Marvelous Marvin proves his ability as a fighter!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
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Way of the Black Dragon (1978)
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Allison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving white slavery and prostitution. Interpol agent Bill Eaton, honest worker Chen, and Allison's brother join forces to take out the nefarious crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
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Rio 70 (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: West Germany, Spain, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, psychotronic, eurospy, cult film
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Savage Beach (1989)
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Donna and Taryn are federal drug enforcement agents based in the Hawaiian isles. Upon the success of a drug bust, they receive a call from Shane Aviation to fly an emergency package of vaccine from Molokai to Knox Island. Unbeknownst to them, Philippine representative Martinez has convinced Captain Andreas to use a reconnaissance satellite to locate a sunken ship laden with gold that the Japanese had pilfered during World War II. Meanwhile, a storm forces Donna and Taryn to land their plane on a remote island which harbors the gold. The hijinks ensue when they are joined by a host of nefarious types who have learned of the gold’s location.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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Chicano Blood (2008)
Plot Summary:
A former gang member is pulled back into his former violent world after a Russian gang vying for control of the local drug trade kills his wife. Taking a solemn pledge to seek vengeance for his wife's murder, he plunges deeply into the arena of kidnapping and murder. Written by Larry B.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Young Rebels (1989)
Plot Summary:
From Amir Shervan, the director of SAMURAI COP, comes another great 90's action classic. One man (Johnny Greene) teams up with another (Tadashi Yamashita) to take down the cartel run and its evil leader (Robert Z'Dar).
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Black Six (1973)
Plot Summary:
A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: absurd, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
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Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, brutal, bloody, entertaining, cynical, saga, action packed, idiotic
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Tainos (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sara, a young archaeology student, organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave. Guided by Yabey, Sara and her four friends, discover a hidden Taíno tribe, believed to be extinguished 500 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Never Too Young to Die (1986)
Plot Summary:
Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, freeze frame
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Hammer (1972)
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Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
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Friday Foster (1975)
Plot Summary:
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bare Knuckles (1977)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter in Los Angeles sets out to track down and stop a masked serial killer who murders women by using kung-fu moves.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, grindhouse
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Shogun Assassin (1980)
Plot Summary:
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: bloody, grindhouse, visual, atmospheric, stylized, psychotronic, retro, educational, manga, exciting
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Latin Dragon (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
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Mercury Plains (2016)
Plot Summary:
A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action adventure, exciting
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Red Scorpion (1988)
Plot Summary:
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, retro, cult classic, action adventure, independent film, rough, bleak, fast
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Mercenaries (2014)
Plot Summary:
A diplomatic official is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite female commandos is assembled to infiltrate a women's prison for a daring rescue.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Commando (1985)
Plot Summary:
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, action packed, serious, cult classic, entertaining, psychological, captivating, sentimental, funny
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The Arena (1974)
Plot Summary:
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: stylized, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, grindhouse, political, sexy, independent film, cult film
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Wake of Death (2004)
Plot Summary:
Action superstar, Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Street Fighter), is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad in this pulse-pounding action thriller.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, South Africa, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action adventure, erotic, crime drama, cult classic, action packed, realistic
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No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, intense, cult classic, independent film, stylized, fast, campy
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American Ninja (1985)
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Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will 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.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, intense, independent film, rough, realistic