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Plot Summary:
Choi Ik-Ho (Lee Jung-Jae) is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace (Shin Ha-Kyun) is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother. -asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating
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Kundschafter des Friedens (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four very retired, ex-GDR spies, or "Kundschafter des Friedens" as they were officially named, led by the once legendary Jochen Falk, are called on by the German government. Their mission is to rescue the interim president of the divided Republic of Katschekistan, who has been kidnapped by separatists, along with Berlin's official man on the ground, Franz Kern. To keep Jochen and his maybe no longer so crack team under control, all of whom are determined to prove they were treated unfairly by history, they are put under the command of the young and enthusiastic BND agent Paula Kern.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense
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The Last Mercenary (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious former secret service agent must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an overzealous bureaucrat and a mafia operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, action comedy, cult classic, mysterious
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Shaolin vs. Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2007)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to Shaolin vs. Evil Dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, weird
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Raja the Great (2017)
Plot Summary:
Raja is a blind man who's trained by his head constable mother to use his disability to his advantage. Lucky is the pampered daughter of a police officer and they're each other's whole world. What happens when Lucky's world is shaken by a goon Deva? How does Raja fit into this picture?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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Spin Kick (2004)
Plot Summary:
A school director is forced to train the 'worst' students of his school to master Taekwondo as the old coach, taking along the best of his athletes, left the school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Slate (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yeon-hee always had dreams of becoming a heroine. Now in her late 20s, she is transported from a movie set to a parallel world where she gets the chance to live her dream.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Throwaways (2015)
Plot Summary:
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can form his own team, he puts together a group of "throwaways" - the people deemed expendable and seemingly the worst in the organization.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Street Fighter - Round One - FIGHT! (2009)
Plot Summary:
In Round One - FIGHT!: Ryu and Ken find themselves setting out to investigate the murder of their martial arts master. Their search for answers takes them to Japan where M. Bison and his assorted minions including Cammy, Vega, and Sagat keep a close eye on Ryu for reasons unknown.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating
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Larceny (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being busted for a heist, a former CIA contractor is sent to a Mexican prison. His former CIA boss offers him freedom if he can break into the prison vault and steal $50 Million.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Dynamite Warrior (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in 1890s Siam. Siang is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, humorous, captivating
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Rumble (2017)
Plot Summary:
An aging and injured former MMA champ is forced back into a deadly Mexican underground fight circuit to save is girlfriend who is kidnapped by a mysterious cartel leader and criminal mastermind.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Golden Slumber (2018)
Plot Summary:
A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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Who Am I (2015)
Plot Summary:
Finding himself at a murder scene, bike courier Li Ziwei tries to escape, but the culprits force him off a bridge. The amnesia from his head injuries means he can't recognize the faces of his enemies, who have framed him for the crime. Now, carrying the parcel that's his only clue, and with the help of sassy hitchhiker Tong Xin, Li Ziwei must outrun killers and cops while racing to clear his name of the mysterious murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future (2015)
Plot Summary:
The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Scent (2012)
Plot Summary:
A detective Seon-woo, who moonlights as a private investigator, has a beautiful new client Soo-Jin. The woman asks the detective to take photos of her husband in the midst of having an affair with another woman. When the detective goes to take pictures he discovers that the woman's husband is already dead. Now the detective becomes a suspect. The detective is chased by another detective Gil-ro. He must now set out for the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy, twisted, suspenseful, semi serious
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Warriors of the Nation (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Chino-Japanese War, a top military officer, Zhang Zhidong, is kidnapped in the middle of the night by a militant organisation called the White Lotus Society. When he overhears a sinister plot to overthrow the central government by China s own military officials, Wong Fei Hung knows he must rescue Zhang to protect China and prevent another war from happening.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Running Man (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jong-Woo (played by Sin Ha-gyoon) is a poor, beleagured taxi driver with a bad attitude, understandable given the kind of clients he has to deal with. So when one night, a polite, well-dressed man offers an outrageous sum of money to rent the taxi for an extended period, Jong Woo doesn't ask any questions, though he does make rather cheerful and inappropriate conversation with his uninterested charge. It's difficult to blame Jong-Woo for this, given that it takes him some time to realize that he is not the protagonist of a low-brow comedy, but of an action-packed thriller.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, twisted, realistic, semi serious
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The Legend of Black Snake (2019)
Plot Summary:
After years spent in Paris, Clotaire Sangala returns to his native country, Africa. Raised by a Chinese martial arts grandfather, convinced to have been found in a garbage can, Clotaire knows nothing of the glorious past of his parents. He will become "Black Snake", the masked and ultra-sapped superhero, liberator of the people against the dictator Hezekiah.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, tense, light, captivating, entertaining
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Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP (2020)
Plot Summary:
Top National Security agent and zoophobe Tae-ju suddenly receives an ability to talk to the animals after a freak accident?!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Wu Dang (2012)
Plot Summary:
In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of expectation, a disciple represented Wudang to compete with other martial arts masters for the championship. During the competition, resentment incurred against different parties, the relationship became complicated, a Korean female Tai Chi descendant fell in love with the American conspirator and the secret of the treasure had been revealed. The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it's stolen, Wudang would be devastated. To protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied around to defeat grant masters. It's the time the long-lost Wudang martial arts returned.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Die Fighting (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a team of Shaolin-trained kung fu actors is about to get their break in Hollywood, a mysterious and sadistic Director forces them to run a gauntlet through Los Angeles. The Director films their every move as they prove their prowess by provoking a rogues' gallery of underworld thugs and martial artists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, twisted
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No Mercy for the Rude (2006)
Plot Summary:
His name is Killa. Growing up as an orphan, he had been teased so much for being a lisper that he decided not to talk at all until getting a surgery that would make him talk clearly. Living all by himself, he spends his time doing only two things; watching bullfights on TV and eating seafood. He sometimes writes poetry and spends most of his time daydreaming about becoming a matador to fight face to face with a bull. In order to earn money for the surgery, he chose to become a killer. However, he has his own rule; kill only those with scary faces or with bad manners. Everything seems fine until his boss shows him a picture. The last prey he has to kill is the one who he has never expected to kill. And there is another secret hidden behind the mysterious client of this whack jo.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: semi serious, tense, captivating, exciting, humorous, realistic
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Fabricated City (2017)
Plot Summary:
In real life, Kwon Yoo is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-Wool, he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder case.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Princess and Seven Kung Fu Masters (2013)
Plot Summary:
During the early years of the Republic era, in the North-East region of China, the people are suffering from the power struggle among the local Warlords, bandits, and Japanese invaders. Warlord Lam (Sammo Hung), is not a leader of great vision, but stands firm in his own beliefs. The only paradise within the region is 'Lucky Town', the one place where no one dared to attack as it was protected by the seven kung fu masters who have resided there. When young patriots, Yan Fang (Rose Chan) who disguised herself as a man, and Howard Luo (Dennis To), infiltrate Tiger's Den at night trying to steal the code book fail in their mission and tries to run, only Yan survives and is rescued by Cheryl. Mistaking Yan as a man, Cheryl falls for Yan. She then brings Yan to Lucky Town and begs the Seven Masters to cure Yan. Cheryl and the Seven Masters are then told of the secret plan by the Japanese, and together, they resolve to fight against Tiger Den and save Warlord Lam.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Kung Fu League (2018)
Plot Summary:
A poor comic book artist summons four legendary Kung Fu masters to learn the highest level of martial arts and help him get his girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, captivating, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Decommissioned (2016)
Plot Summary:
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to discover they are being held hostage and won't be released unless he carries out a mission to assassinate the President. He must use his advanced skills to outwit the men holding his family and prevent the assassination from going ahead before the clock runs out for his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, stylized, exciting, semi serious, epic, fast
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Gallants (2010)
Plot Summary:
Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, light, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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Drunken Monkey (2003)
Plot Summary:
China, the early 1930's: martial arts master Wen Biao discovers that his brother has been using their security company for illegal activities. A confrontation between the brothers leaves Web Biao missing and presumed dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating
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Healer (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae Young Shin, a second rate tabloid writer, and Healer, a mysterious internet-based journalist. With his career and his safety on the line, who can Moon Ho trust in a world full of unreliable sources?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, dorama, romantic, touching, humorous, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic drama, suspense