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Plot Summary:
Tom Price, an ex-LA mob enforcer, travels to the Philippines to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Charlie. Tom's investigation turns to catastrophe, and he must employ all the tricks of the trade to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Karate Warrior (1987)
Plot Summary:
Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a champion Karate fighter. After embarrassing Quino near a local tournament, Anthony is beaten up and left for dead. An old monk nurses Anthony back to health and teaches him the ways of martial arts so he may go back and fight Quino again.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Action
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Angel On Fire (1995)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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Merchants of War (1989)
Plot Summary:
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas (1997)
Plot Summary:
An Filipino action police film directed by Francis Posadas.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Warpath (2000)
Plot Summary:
Branded a killer and hunted by the police, a half Native American newlywed must return to the ways of his fore-fathers to discover the truth behind the disappearance of his bride.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Deaden (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ex-undercover cop turned biker Rane, witnesses the brutal murder of his pregnant wife by his crew who have learned about his old policemen days. Upon his exit from the hospital, he arms himself to the teeth and goes on an substance fueled, psychotic rampage, in the name of retribution.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Armadong Hudas (1998)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino action movie directed by Augusto Salvador which is a followup from the movie Barumbado(1990).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Hong Kong Bronx (2008)
Plot Summary:
A former triad fresh from a prison term, decides to go straight, but finds himself up against a rival gangster.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: heroic
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Primary Target (1989)
Plot Summary:
Action movie directed by Clark Henderson.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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The Black Cobra 3 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Shipment of American weapons is stolen in the Philippines. An American named Hawkins tries to find the weapons. Hawkins ends up dead. Chicago policeman Bob Malone is called in to investigate. Along with Interpol agent Greg Duncan, Malone travels the streets of Manila, tracking down leads. Criminals always seem to know where Duncan and Malone will be, which leads them to suspect a traitor in their midst.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco, cult film
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Hateman (1987)
Plot Summary:
A woman is gang raped by backwoods locals and a crazed, Vietnam veteran comes to her rescue.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mission Manila (1988)
Plot Summary:
Web is a desperate man with a dangerous mission. His young brother Tony has mysteriously vanished with a million dollars worth of heroin that belongs to the mob. The mob wants the drugs back...and Tony dead. In the back alleys of Manila, his search leads him to three beautiful women, each one hiding a clue to Tony's disappearance, but only one will help him. As a vicious network of thugs closes in, Web battles to unravel the mystery and save his brothers life. But a fortune in drugs with a criminal empire at stake makes Web's life dispensable and the action explodes in MISSION MANILA.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Rolf (1984)
Plot Summary:
Mercenary takes revenge on bad guys. The Last Mercenary, a thrilling story of violence... of a rare man... a man trying to forget his past. The story of a man's buring vengence, an avenger who cannot forgive. Neither threats nor traps can stop The Last Mercenary. Stretched to breaking point both physically and morally, a fight until death follows. His Price is death!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Killpoint (1984)
Plot Summary:
An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Province 77 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Thai Town is a six-block area near Hollywood, Los Angeles, which is home to over 50,000 expatriated Thais. The town is such a gateway for Thais entering America it was dubbed Thailand's 77th Province. The movie follows a Thai family as it struggles to survive in Los Angeles' fast-paced consumerist culture, while still maintaining traditional values. The identity struggle between Thai-ness and the high octane way of life on the west coast of America, defined by hip-hop, drugs, street racing and violence, affects Pat, a good boy tempted by a life of crime, and his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags:
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Afuang Bounty Hunter (1988)
Plot Summary:
An honest to goodness cop who labors to keep the honor of his badge. Fighting ruthless criminals, he has acquired the fury of the syndicates he is fighting. But despite all the threats that are coming his way he does not give up.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Double Agent 73 (1974)
Plot Summary:
Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too close to the truth, but manages to gasp out a clue as to the identity of Toplar: he has a scar. Jane (Agent 73) is called in to find Toplar, and gets a camera implanted in her breast in order to photograph the bad guys she dispatches so headquarters will be able to identify Toplar when she finds him. Meanwhile she begins falling in love with fellow agent Jim.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychotronic, action thriller, erotic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, sexy
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Alley Cat (1984)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young martial arts expert stops a vicious street gang from robbing her grandparents' house. The gang marks her for murder, but her grandparents are killed instead. The girl sets out to take her revenge on the gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: action adventure, independent film
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The Immoral Three (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three attractive sisters have one year to avenge their mother's murder and collect her inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexploitation film
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Deep Gold 3D (2011)
Plot Summary:
Amy Sanchez (Bebe Pham) is a champion free diver who breaks a crucial free diving record. Her boyfriend, Tony dela Cruz (Jack Prinya), an Air Force Pilot, mysteriously disappears along with his plane that carries gold worth millions of dollars that was to be taken to the Central Bank. Determined to unearth the truth, she goes off to find out what has actually happened accompanied by her sister Jess Sanchez (Jaymee Ong). She moves on her adventurous journey not knowing that she herself is going to get entangled into a trap of lies that leads her to a much complex conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Cherry Bomb (2011)
Plot Summary:
An homage to the action films of the early 1980s, Cherry Bomb follows a young dancer and her quest for revenge against the group of men that brutally assaulted her. Seeing no justice coming from within the system Cherry enlists the help of her estranged older brother and some heavy firepower as the two siblings set out on a reckless revenge mission. Things start to spiral out of control when a mysterious hit man named Bull is hired to put an end to Cherry's bloody tirade. She soon realizes that there is more at stake than she ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Gatorbait II: Cajun Justice (1988)
Plot Summary:
A sweet city girl initiated into the rugged ways of the Louisiana swamp by her good-natured Cajun husband "Big T". She ends up putting her newly acquired survival skills to good use when she is kidnapped by Big T's chief rival Leroy and his swarthy, brutish family as part of an ongoing feud.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, sexual, sexploitation film
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Legacy (1998)
Plot Summary:
A photojournalist deported from a war zone in Asia meets up with a woman who is looking for her father. He offers to help her.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Street Soldiers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Warring teenage street gangs provide the fodder for this martial arts actioner. Things really heat up when each gang finds a martial arts experts to train them out to fight.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: splatter, independent film
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Raven (1996)
Plot Summary:
Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could escape... But no one escapes from the Raven Teams ruthless leader Raven. At least not alive. Raven is back with a new team to hunt down and eliminate Grant.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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American Commandos (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chris Mitchum plays Dean Mitchell (I know, quite a stretch), the one gas station attendant you don't wanna mess with. He's a taciturn Vietnam vet who doesn't say very much. When some stupid baddies DO decide to mess with him, they end up in a world of hurt. They try robbing his beloved gas station, and then they go after his family. Big mistake.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Demolition High (1996)
Plot Summary:
When a group of terrorists (led by Luther) take over a high school making the students in it their hostages, it is up to several of the students (led by Lenny) to help prevent disaster while the authorities (Slater and General Wainwright) do their part on the other side.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, nostalgic
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Inferno (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he has... to India. Now, he is in a strange land where nothing is what it seems. Who can he trust? A beautiful counter-operative? An earnest young cop? A reclusive arms dealer? In a country where assassins come cheap, Connors finds himself in a cobra's nest of danger and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic
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Kill Crazy (1989)
Plot Summary:
Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a machine of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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On the Edge (2002)
Plot Summary:
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the family of Rex Stevens by mistake. Frustrated by the incompetent and crooked police, the trio of Smith, Stevens, and their friend Frank Harris then battle the drug dealers for control of the streets. Also the heroes must tangle with Felix, a stealthy and ruthless hitman.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, exciting, neo noir