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Plot Summary:
A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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This Man Is Dangerous (1985)
Plot Summary:
Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, both wooing the same girl Ah Tzu, are transferred to the same Action Squad to help crack a number of robberies committed by a notorious robber/killer Ku Lung from Shantung. They inadvertently offend their immediate superior Beast King, and land themselves in a tight spot….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Wilding (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives are out to nail a gang of teenagers who have run wild through the city and brutally raped a woman.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ronde de nuit (1984)
Plot Summary:
With the help of journalist Diane Castelain, Parisian police inspectors Leo Gorce and Gu Arenas are trying to solve the murder of a member of the French Parliament, but some dangerous powerful people try to make sure that doesn't happen.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Saudi Arabia, Aruba, Brazil
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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No Compromise (1988)
Plot Summary:
A cop goes after a husband-and-wife team of criminals who are expecting the birth of their first child.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Hunting List (1994)
Plot Summary:
Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding, and immediately resumes his relationship with old flame May and rejoins his old friend Cramp in a drug operation. But times are different, and their big boss Lui now cares more about business than loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: bloody, heroic
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Red Shield (1991)
Plot Summary:
A pair of detectives are after a smuggling ring, and when they come to the leader, they need back-up by a navy seals team - as the traffickers possess not only drugs, but heavy military equipment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Guns of Dragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvonne Yung Hung), only to find that the criminal (Patrick Lung Kong) that made his life hell in Hong Kong has also come to the States.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Pugoy - Hostage Davao (1993)
Plot Summary:
Pugoy: Davao Hostage Crisis movie based on 1989 crisis starred Ian Veneracion. The story behind the rape joke of mayor duterte.
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Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Philippines
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Danger Has Two Faces (1985)
Plot Summary:
Martial art film standout Liang Chia-jen brings the same animalistic intensity from his early heroic bloodshed films to his Danger Has Two Faces tough, ex-cop character now relegated to becoming a pet store owner. The stern Police Superintendent Liu played by Chu Chiang sets the stage for his later role in John Woo's The Killer while new comer Fei Hsiang must do Serpico-like things to find out which cop is paid for by the mob.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic
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Fury in Red (1991)
Plot Summary:
A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Day of Violence (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Avenge Every Second (2007)
Plot Summary:
Einar and Davy find themselves in a frightening position, when they realize that their employer, Miami Crime boss Ricky want them dead. They both escape hoping nobody will find them. But in four years time a lot can happen!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
Plot Summary:
Like its title, this crazy Toei film from 1976 falls neatly into two parts. The first details the exploits of two bank robbers who specialize in "smash and grab" style heists. Evidently, Japanese banks of the period left huge piles of cash laying around on filing cabinets and end tables. The thieves dream of escaping Japan and going to Brazil. Charismatic lead Tsunehiko Watase gets involved with Miki Sugimoto, a strange girl with a severe mental problem. After a bank robbery goes wrong and his partner is killed, Watase is assaulted by his dead partner's thuggish brother who wants the loot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Bad City (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Tiger On the Beat 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bloody Brotherhood didn't make much of a splash at the HK box office (just reaching that "magic" two-week theatrical run where most HK movies reach the break-even point) and it's gone largely ignored by fans, even though it stars Andy Lau, arguably the biggest star in HK right now. To some point, this is justified. Bloody Brotherhood doesn't really offer up anything new or do it in any sort of spectacular fashion. In fact, many parts of the film are merely adequate, or even sub-par. However, after watching a spate of recent half-ass over-CGIed movies, Bloody Brotherhood brought back memories of a time when even the most average HK crime/action flick was better than anything Hollywood could (or would) churn out.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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The Last Conflict (1988)
Plot Summary:
Interpol officer Dickson Kwan is sent to Hong Kong to investigate in a fake passport forgery case and collaborates with officer Pau Sei and Lau Ting Kin. Due to different approaches on investigating, Dickson and Sei often get into conflicts. Later during an arrest operation, Dickson saves Sei's life and they forget about their bygones. Sei has a daughter Eva, who opposes his father to be a cop. Dickson falls in love with Eva and pursues her, however she does not like Dickson's dangerous profession and although she has feelings for him, she still rejects him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Thunderbolt (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Ninja Empire has been run by an evil master and one member decides to leave the empire. The ex-Ninja wants a Hong Kong detective to track down the new leader and end his reign of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Clash of the Ninjas (1986)
Plot Summary:
An evil corporation it out to harvest organs from live people and smuggle them into the country. It is up to our hero to find out who is behind this illegal operation and put an end to the group once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Project Ninja Daredevils (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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Organized Crime & Triad Bureau (1994)
Plot Summary:
The head of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, Inspector San Lee, will do anything to put triad boss Tung in jail.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: crime drama, detective
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The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
Plot Summary:
In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Rock N' Roll Cop (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong cop is sent to mainland China to find a group of killers. Meanwhile, a cop discovers that his former love is aiding the gang of crooks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic
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Just Heroes (1989)
Plot Summary:
The assassination of a gang lord triggers a power struggle amongst his men. Who will win the game the righteous or the villain?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: heroic, cult classic
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Man Wanted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and to June, his patient girl friend. Also, to save Feng's lover Yung from a life of crime, Hwa gives her his pager number and promises to be there for her. A year later, Feng reappears, asking Hwa's aid with one last task before he returns to the mainland forever. Feeling sentimental, Hwa agrees to help and finds himself set up to take the fall in a drug war. June is in danger, too, and death awaits as Yung realizes it's Hwa she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, poliziottesco
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Long Arm of the Law: Part 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent crimes committed by new arrivals from across the border in China. In agreement with Chinese authorities, three Hong Kong detectives go undercover as illegal immigrants in order to infiltrate the powerful gang that is organizing the crime wave. The action is tough and graphic, reminiscent of The French Connection, Hong Kong style.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, poliziottesco
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Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
Plot Summary:
In at least 6 movies by director Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara played a yakuza thug. This time, he carries a badge but his character hasn't lost his distaste for double-dealing bosses and authority figures who are out to cover their own butts. Detective Kuno is balanced between the law and pragmatism. Cops didn't enforce the law to the point of pushing gangsters over the edge. In return, the gangsters mostly stayed out of the public eye. Some of them even became friends with cops, sharing a mutual desire to keep-down trade unions and leftists. When that balance is upset, Kuno has to decide where his loyalties lie. In this gray world, cops aren't always good and gangsters are thoroughly bad.. although there's no reward for good men who drink from the cup of corruption. "Cops Versus Thugs" has that trademark Fukasaku camera-work.. constantly moving, zooming, and putting you right in the middle of the action, changing loyalties and political maneuvering between cops and criminals.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: crime drama, detective
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The Greatest Battle of Wolves (1989)
Plot Summary:
A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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City on Fire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague.What is more Chow would rather quit the force. He feels guilty about having to betray people who have become his friends, even if they do happen to be killers, drug dealers, loan sharks and protection racketeers: "I do my job, but I betray my friends."To add to his problems, he begins to bond with Fu, a member of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, cult classic, bloody, crime drama, action thriller, tense, rough, serious, captivating
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The Killer (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, atmospheric, bloody, cult classic, harsh, neo noir, serious, suspenseful, emotional