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Plot Summary:
After being tricked into thinking his best friend, and caretaker is dead, Vietnam Vet, and mentally disabled person has no other choice but to enter The Arena Of Death!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mission for the Dragon (1980)
Plot Summary:
Han Wu-song, an antique collector, gets killed while appraising a bronze horse rider statue which trader Wang Dae-in has stolen from a tomb. Dae-in dies on the scene and Wu-song leaves the killer's name on the cave wall before he dies. Dae-in's son Wang Gak thinks Wu-Song killed his father and fights with his son Jung-pa. Trader Kwan and her daughter Mi-ryung stop the fight. Jung-pa and Mi-ryung's love is disturbed by Ju-yang. Gak and Jung-pa chase him to find Wu-song's body with Ju-yang's name on the wall but Mi-ryung appeals them not to kill... - KMDB.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Death Match (1994)
Plot Summary:
A kickboxing champ and a reporter are searching for a missing man, but they turn up a series of illegal kickboxing matches run by an arms dealer.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Lee has just died, but the BSI is swinging into action to salvage the situation. Aided by the brilliant Professor Lucas, cells from the martial arts master's body are removed and grown into three adult Bruce Lee clones. After undergoing training to bring their skills up to the level of their 'father', the three are sent out to battle crime, with one sent to take on a gold smuggler, and the other two teaming up to shut down an evil mad scientist.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Dragon Fire (1993)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld of the Alley Fights a savage kickboxing match of the future!.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Muscle of the Dragon (1985)
Plot Summary:
Kim Man-sul who is released from prison after serving time for illegally smuggling and manufacturing methamphetamines turns up missing. Police investigator Pak Geo-ryong infiltrates the headquarters of a cult religious group called Baewon-gyo after learning that their general director, Pak Sang-gyu and Kim were associated. Geo-ryong exposes the secrets of Baewon-gyo with the help of Kyung-ah, the daughter of the high priest. He plans to escape and rescue Wu-ryong whose cover is blown as a cop. Geo-ryong and Wu-ryong are captured after trying to stop the Baewon-gyo from taking over the methamphetamine sweat house. But they make a narrow escape and take over the criminals in a mountain villa.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Dragon's Showdown (1980)
Plot Summary:
Lee Lung witnessed the murder of his parents by the ruthless bandit Shek King who in turn abducted Lee's infant sister. Lee wanders the land and learns martial arts from a drunken master. Once his skills are perfected, Lee sets out in search of his long lost sister and the villain Shek King.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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18 Weapons of Kung Fu (1977)
Plot Summary:
Li Tai must endure terrible hardship under his sadistic Kung-fu master in order to perfect his fighting technique. The ambitious young man finally has a chance to prove himself when his old master meets his match and Li has to use the eighteen secrets of kung fu to fight the challenger.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Dragon on Fire (1978)
Plot Summary:
Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult film
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Kung Fu Queen (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fan Kao-to is a worker who had enough of corruption in Shanghai. He tries to crush the organization alone. An attempt has been made before but ended up with the big Axe Gang, several of their brands in the man. The man's sister arrives in Shanghai at the same time as Fan Kao-to go out on one-man war, and she wants to do her in the fight, also, she takes the war personally.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Call Me Dragon (1974)
Plot Summary:
Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan to bring Yum Kung Ho and his evil empire to its knees, but face fierce opposition in the deadly Panther, who has the stolen pearls sought after by Big Dragon and his new ally Mei Ling.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ring of Steel (1994)
Plot Summary:
A champion fencer accidentally kills an opponent in a match. Disgraced, he is blackballed from the fencing community, until a mysterious stranger saves his life one night from a gang of muggers. He soon finds himself caught up in the world of underground illegal swordfights, where combatants fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, action adventure, neo noir, independent film
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Champions (1997)
Plot Summary:
William Rockman, a champion "Terminal Combat" fighter who retired from the sport after accidentally killing a young man while training. Five years after his retirement, Terminal Combat has been banned by the government and has gone underground. The "new" Terminal Combat is just that; one combatant in each match usually does not live to tell about the experience. When Rockman's younger brother is killed in one of the underground matches by his old rival, the King, Rockman enters the tournament to exact revenge on the King, not knowing that the King and his wife, Daria, have been enslaved by Max Brito, the tournament's greedy promoter.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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Kung Fu Executioner (1981)
Plot Summary:
Li, a martial artist, returns home to find out that his father is being harassed by a crime syndicate. Together with an American kung fu champion he vows revenge when the syndicate kills his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse
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The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)
Plot Summary:
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Subterfuge (1996)
Plot Summary:
Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he's now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they're being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Final Impact (1992)
Plot Summary:
A former kick-boxing world champion discovers a young fighter, and believes together they can win back the world crown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Himalayan (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only wants his younger sibling Kao I-Fan to marry Lan so he can gain access to the Tseng family's considerable wealth and power.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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Kung Fu Gold (1974)
Plot Summary:
A massive gold forture is hidden somewhere in the hills surrounding Hong Kong, and 12 kung fu masters are in pursuit of the loot. Through a series of head-to-head confrontations, the pool of treasure hunters dwindles until there's one left.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Martial Club (1981)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung (Gordon Liu) and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist (Wang Lung Wei). In an excellent battle of skill (and choreography), he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 604
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Unrivaled (2010)
Plot Summary:
On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, uplifting, serious, erotic, realistic
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Never Surrender (2009)
Plot Summary:
From the cage to the big screen, the world's greatest Mixed Martial Arts Champions come together for the first time in a major motion picture. When an MMA world champion is lured into the illegal world of underground cage fighting by an elusive promoter, he quickly realizes that the only way out is to kill or to be killed.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
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Money Fight (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets released from prison, his father's garage is going to be shut down. The only way to save it is to fight in the Red Canvas tournament, an MMA event. Amidst preparing for an opponent who can't be defeated, Johnny must deal with the turmoil of his family and answer for mistakes of the past.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Fist of Fury 3 (1979)
Plot Summary:
After avenging the death of his brother, Chen Shen (Bruce Li) returns home from Shanghai. He tells his mother (who went blind from crying over her son's death) that he will no longer fight. However, being a movie with the words "fist" and "fury" in the title, Chen doesn't keep his promise for very long. Japanese occupiers who are aware of Chen's history terrorize his family by, among other things, vandalizing his mother's store and beating up his brother. Later, they frame Chen for a murder. After the Japanese boss arrives in town and causes a ruckus, Chen breaks out of jail for a final confrontation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II (1981)
Plot Summary:
While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese police investigate Jang's house, Han-saeng and Jang take refuge in the home of Wan-ah's uncle. But he sells them out, blinded by his greed for the reward on their heads. They run and hide in kisaeng Ae-hi's home. Ae-hi and her sister Yu-ha desire revenge on the Japanese police who killed their father. But they are killed when Wan-ah's uncle turns them to the Japanese police while Han-saeng is away. When Jang and his wife are killed, Han-saeng takes revenge on the Japanese police.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Cage (1989)
Plot Summary:
A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two open up a bar together, but some local gangsters make things tough for them after they refuse to take part in brutal "cage" matches where fighters battle to the point of serious injury and/or death.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Death Warrior (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gritty MMA fighter is forced into a twisted, underground gambling ring in which he must fight to the death with other MMA fighters in order to save his wife from certain death at the hands of a maniacal crime boss. In a desperate race against time, he is forced into a series of increasingly violent life and death matches while simultaneously piecing together the puzzle which leads him to uncover.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic
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Brawler (2011)
Plot Summary:
Sidelined by an injury incurred while protecting his young brother, underground fighter Charlie Fontaine feels blindsided when he discovers his brother having sex on his couch with his new wife, Kat. Fueled by rage, a determined Charlie makes plans to get back in the ring and take on his brother in a fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
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Damage (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, perverse, cult classic, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Circle of Pain (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated champ, Dalton must enlist the aid of an enigmatic trainer to turn him bck into a warrior so he can stand tall and do battle once again.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, realistic
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Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four fighters different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in heir midst.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational, suspense, erotic, cult classic, teen, visually appealing