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Plot Summary:
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, black comedy, cult classic, action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Hot Potato (1976)
Plot Summary:
Martial-arts expert tries to rescue an ambassador's daughter who was kidnapped in Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cult film
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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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Black Samurai (1976)
Plot Summary:
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film, weird, cult film
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Plot Summary:
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her friends' disappearance has to do with The Dragon Lady, a much-feared blonde "lipstick lesbian" who runs a Macao casino and controls a major chunk of the local drug trade.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, cult film
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Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, which belongs to the ruthless Japanese Yakuza who will stop at nothing to get it back. It's up to Max to stop the Yakuza, save the sisters and restore order to the peaceful island.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, independent film, fast
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sport
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, cult classic, rough, fast, independent film, cult film
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Plot Summary:
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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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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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, bloody, mockbuster, independent film, exciting, fast
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Out for Blood (1992)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Plot Summary:
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, independent film, realistic, suspenseful, detective, cult film
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Plot Summary:
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, independent film, fast, cult film
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Kung Fu Killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 853
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min
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