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Plot Summary:
The "Coldfire" is a lethal new designer-drug with destructive capabilities. Its origins are unknown...and its effects are irreversible. This drug promises the "ultimate high." However, what does the user acquire instead? The ultimate way to die... The main purpose of the "Coldfire" drug is to help the enemy cripple the United States. An epidemic is imminent if the use of this drug spreads everywhere... Entering the scene are Nick and Jake Edwards two audacious police officers. They may lack age, but they certainly have attitude. These Generation-X cops hope to show some of the veteran members of the police force a trick or to. These two officers will be working with a company of experienced pros including the seasoned Lars and the short-tempered Dix. Their assignment is to track down who or what is responsible for the distribution of this virulent drug substance... Written by David Choi.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, neo noir, detective
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Plot Summary:
It's an action-packed thriller that borders on horror centered around the effects of the opioid Oxycontin.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, rough, serious, slasher, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Plot Summary:
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, independent film
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Plot Summary:
A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, neo noir
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action packed
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Plot Summary:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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Plot Summary:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Action, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 289
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
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Impulse (1990)
Plot Summary:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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Plot Summary:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic