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Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong martial artist joins forces with a U.S. marshal in 2020 to stop the release of a virus that halts the aging process.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Future Force (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the future, a cop protects a reporter from an organization of crooked, renegade cops who thinks she knows too much about them.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, splatter, independent film, neo western
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Death Dimension (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Pig has a plan to eradicate some people with a freeze bomb that instantly freezes people to death. It is up to Detective Ash to stop him and protect the woman with the secret to the ice bomb embedded in a microdot under the skin of her forehead.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mad Mex: The Blackfighter (1980)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam veteran NFL star who falls on hard times, runs up a gambling debt, and is recruited by a bunch of shady, ultra-rich elites who want to enjoy the ultimate thrill -- hunting another human being like an animal.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Future Zone (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to 'Future Force' has John Tucker's son traveling back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, neo western
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Alien Warrior (1985)
Plot Summary:
An alien being is sent to Earth from his home planet with the assignment of stopping Great Evil. Great Evil turns out to be Mr. One, a Black drug dealer with a gang of Hispanic minions, whose hobby is raping White women. The alien, who decides to use the name Buddy on Earth, makes it his personal mission to rescue all the White people he can find, while putting an end to Mr. One's life of crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Space Rage (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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The Bounty Hunter (1989)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter shows up in a small town looking for a man who's jumped bail. However, the real reason he's there is to avenge his old friend, an Indian who lived in the area and was murdered by the local sheriff, who is trying to get the Indians to sell their land cheaply so an oil company can move in and take over the land, which they believe sits on top of large reserves of oil.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Bionic Boy (1977)
Plot Summary:
An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol agent’s badly injured son is fitted with heavy-duty artificial limbs.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Chameleon 3: Dark Angel (2000)
Plot Summary:
This time she must face her most difficult enemy... Her brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Sci-Fi, Action
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: action adventure
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The Final Sanction (1990)
Plot Summary:
After war breaks out between the U.S. and Russia, the two countries decide to settle the conflict by putting its two best warriors into an arena in a fight to the death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Timelock (1996)
Plot Summary:
In the 23rd century, a penal colony in a distant galaxy falls into anarchy when an inmate loads a virus into the computer system. While cryonic suspension was used to control the most dangerous criminals there, with the computers down these deadly men are back in circulation and determined to cause mayhem. With a gang of brilliant but dangerous inmates in control, a petty thief and the driver of the prison shuttle must stand against these lawless men for their own survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Droid Gunner (1995)
Plot Summary:
In the future, the threat of global takeover by cyborg units has forced Earth to outlaw their use. But when four female androids are smuggled to Earth, Jack Ford is assigned to track them down. An adventurous chase takes him from the mean streets of Phoenix to the depths of New Angeles, an underwater city, and into the diabolical clutches of a maniacal kingpin and his criminal army.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Legend Of The Roller Blade Seven (1992)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world where rollerblading is the chief means of travel, the evil Pharoah sends his minions outside the Wheel Zone to abduct a psychic. The psychic has been trained in the way of the samurai, but has shunned her training to become a Passive. Once abducted, her brother joins forces with others to try and rescue her, but they face many challenges from the Dark Side.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, parody, cult film
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Circadian Rhythm (2005)
Plot Summary:
Focuses on a young woman and her radical journey to discover who she is and to find out why multiple enemies want her dead. The woman, SARAH CAUL, is thrown into an action filled construct where she must put the pieces of her life together as well as confront the menace that follows her every move.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Ghost Warrior (1984)
Plot Summary:
When skiers in Japan come across the frozen body of centuries-old samurai warrior Yoshimita, scientists secretly whisk the corpse to a high-tech laboratory in California, where they bring him back to life. But when Yoshimita escapes onto the mean streets of 1980s Los Angeles, his ancient and strict code of honor gets him both into and out of trouble. J. Larry Carroll directs this low-budget action fantasy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
Plot Summary:
Clumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, mockbuster, semi serious, psychotronic, bizarre, campy
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Steel Frontier (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been miserable. Then a stranger, a man-of-few-words, comes to town. A quick-drawing gunslinger, he first joins the conquerors. As time passes, however, it rapidly becomes apparent that he really sides with the townsfolk, and when the time is right, he leads them into a violent uprising.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, scenic, perverse, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Trancers (1984)
Plot Summary:
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, grindhouse, detective, independent film, retro, cult classic, psychotronic, tech noir, cyber, neo noir
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Cyborg Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ex-DEA agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic, suspenseful, semi serious, tech noir, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, humorous, fast
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Kill Order (2017)
Plot Summary:
A troubled high school student discovers the truth behind his hidden abilities.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
Plot Summary:
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, fast
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Double Impact (1991)
Plot Summary:
Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, entertaining, suspenseful, action packed, suspense, cult classic, rough, independent film
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Firepower (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone.".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective, black comedy, freeze frame
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Redeemer (2014)
Plot Summary:
A former hit-man for a drug cartel becomes a vigilante to pay for his sins and find redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, psychological, captivating
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Project Power (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful, intellectual, enigmatic, mystic, hood, perverse, surprise ending
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Virtuosity (1995)
Plot Summary:
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspense, cyber, tech noir, intellectual, esoteric, cult classic, action thriller, rough
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Barb Wire (1996)
Plot Summary:
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, serious, apocalyptic, futuristic, suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, action adventure, disgusting
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Freejack (1992)
Plot Summary:
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: futuristic, entertaining, cyber, suspense, tech noir, grindhouse, anamorphic, disgusting, exciting, bleak
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Timecop (1994)
Plot Summary:
An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, erotic, tech noir, grindhouse
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 288000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, tech noir, action adventure, surreal, apocalyptic