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Plot Summary:
Tells the story of Askal (John Regala) hardened by life in poverty. All grown up, he uses his skills to stop the spreading of 'Askals' (Asong-Kalye, Street Dog; used as a metaphor for street children) and give them a better future. Stopping the root of all crimes and poverty in the process. A modern-day Robin Hood.
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Country: Philippines
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High Explosive (2001)
Plot Summary:
Medical and de-mining personnel for the United Nations must escape from war-torn Angola before revolutionaries kill them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Action
Country: South Africa, UK, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Smugglers (1995)
Plot Summary:
A young man joins a gang of smugglers that looks for someone with clean criminal record.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
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Princess Madam (1989)
Plot Summary:
Moon Lee takes on the part as Mona, the good cop, when she fights with and against her partner Lisa.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Angel On Fire (1995)
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A beautiful supermodel-turned-gangster double crosses her ruthless partners after the gang steals a precious relic from a Manila museum. now an enterprising young Interpol agent, with the help of a comical taxi driver, must stop the vicious gang and return the relic to its rightful owners.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 95 min
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May Sayad (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino action movie directed by Ronnie Ricketts.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Deathfight (1993)
Plot Summary:
When family fortune, beautiful mistresses and control of an international smuggling operation are at stake, family rivalry turns to rage as two brothers meet in one final battle...a deathfight.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
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Blackbelt II (1989)
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Brad Spyder flies to Hawaii to uncover a web of bribery, betrayal and lies and when Spyder finds his partner dead, a cat and mouse game between killer and cop begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
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Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas (1997)
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An Filipino action police film directed by Francis Posadas.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
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Anak ng Kumander (2008)
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
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The Vault (2005)
Plot Summary:
After terrorist take over a museum, a Reformed Jewel Thief must decide if he should help them steal a priceless diamond or if he should save the day.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Spain
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Operation Cobra (1995)
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A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, and their house until the conference is held. Frederik, the main character, wants to stop them and with a little help from his friends, they try.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Action
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min
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Mister Deathman (1983)
Plot Summary:
Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
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Emong Salvacion (1996)
Plot Summary:
A film by Francis Posadas.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Murders Made to Order (1993)
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 75 min
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Rage (1997)
Plot Summary:
Story about young criminals in Belgrade during the 1990s crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
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Red Shield (1991)
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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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The Stabilizer (1986)
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Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. Meanwhile, Rainmaker has kidnapped the famous Professor Protost, and the Stabilizer teams up with his daughter Christina to save the Professor and bring Rainmaker down for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action
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Duration: 87 min
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The Insolent (1973)
Plot Summary:
Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Elmo is an ex-convict who swears on his mother’s remains to live uprightly. After his life in prison, Elmo makes sure to avoid any conflict despite the mistreatment he receives from people. His wife Cathy seems discontent with the meager money her husband makes. Until one time, Cathy finds fancy to Arthur, a rich arrogant brother by their town’s mayor. One day, Elmo catches Arthur abusing his Cathy in their house. He beats up Arthur but the people on the neighborhood stops Elmo from killing him. Arthur escapes from Elmo. However Arthur is murdered by his battered wife Sylvia. Because of Arthur’s brutal death, people wrongly accused Elmo as the killer. Elmo then is sent back to the prison and was sentenced to death. Will Elmo learn to defend himself and fight for justice?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Wala Ka Nang Puwang Sa Mundo (1997)
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After many years of imprisonment, Miguel is finally freed. On the day of his liberation, Miguel promises himself a clean and honest life to win back the family he has lost during his incarceration. However, nobody wants to take in an ex-convict, his steadfast resolution finally breaks, and to find urgent money Miguel joins his former partner Roy in his latest venture. Miguel does not realize, however, that Roy's company actually involves a criminal activity which implicates Miguel in an abduction and ransom crime. Even worse, Roy's gang is competing against Castro's gang, so Miguel's life, and his family's, are put in constant danger. - Artemis-9.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Armed for Action (1992)
Plot Summary:
A cop tracks down the mobster who escaped his custody while being escorted cross-country to stand trial.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo western
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Sticks of Death (1986)
Plot Summary:
A man masters the ancient art of arnis with the help of his grandfather to get revenge on a group of crooks who attempted to beat him to death.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Jungle Assault (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two Vietnam vets with nothing to lose are called back into the bloodiest action of their lives. Their assignment: locate and destroy a terrorist base and bring back a General's daughter alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Crooked (2006)
Plot Summary:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, cult film
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Trained To Kill (1989)
Plot Summary:
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To the Death (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film