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Plot Summary:
The military has been testing a new Virtual Reality fighting simulator, but testing is abruptly canceled when a soldier loses his life during the action. Its creator, Dr. Vincent MacIntyre, goes underground to continue developing the device, until detective Justin Blake and his partner Stone break into the syndicate to stop them. However, they are too late, and the new simulator is even deadlier than the first!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Blood Revenge (1998)
Plot Summary:
A lazy ex-martial arts professional finds his girlfriend murdered and his partner in a coma. He quickly gets back into training and uses his martial arts skills to seek revenge on those he believes to be the killers.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Talons of the Eagle (1992)
Plot Summary:
After 3 DEA agents are killed by crime boss Mr. Li (Hong), the DEA reluctantly calls in New York cop and martial arts expert Tyler Wilson (Blanks) and sends him undercover on assignment to Toronto to team up with Canadian vice cop Michael Reeds (Merhi). Wilson and Reeds must infiltrate Li's gang, so enter a martial arts tournament that Mr Li is known to attend to recruit talent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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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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Devlin (1992)
Plot Summary:
A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir
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Super Force (1990)
Plot Summary:
The time: the near future. Astronaut Zach Stone (Ken Olandt) returns from a heroic Mars mission to find his brother murdered -- and his country losing its battle against rampant violence, corruption and anarchy. Determined to avenge his brother's death, and to fight back against the mounting tide of barbarism, Stone transforms himself into an ultra-high-tech, one-man vigilante army: the Super Force. Equipped with invincible body armor and as awesome arsenal of futuristic weaponry, he wages an apocalyptic, inner-city war against the sinister conspiracy lead by the inscrutably evil Tao Satori (G. Gordon Liddy). A high impact, special effects-filled sci-fi adventure!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Gangster World (1997)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic theme park, people interact with androids in mafia gangster scenarios, unleashing their deepest violent and sexual desires on the android characters. A new android, called the Outsider, is spontaneously created and begins to hunt one of the computer programmers.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic
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Ironheart (1992)
Plot Summary:
An L.A. cop goes after a gang of murderous drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Chuck Norris vs. the Karate Cop (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, poliziottesco
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
Plot Summary:
Like its title, this crazy Toei film from 1976 falls neatly into two parts. The first details the exploits of two bank robbers who specialize in "smash and grab" style heists. Evidently, Japanese banks of the period left huge piles of cash laying around on filing cabinets and end tables. The thieves dream of escaping Japan and going to Brazil. Charismatic lead Tsunehiko Watase gets involved with Miki Sugimoto, a strange girl with a severe mental problem. After a bank robbery goes wrong and his partner is killed, Watase is assaulted by his dead partner's thuggish brother who wants the loot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Operation Golden Phoenix (1994)
Plot Summary:
A kickboxer is hired to protect half of a valuable medallion, but an evil warlord and another kickboxer are determined to have it, no matter what it takes.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Action
Country: Lebanon, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Tiger Claws III (1999)
Plot Summary:
When a psychotic martial artist called Stryker resurrects the long-dead spirits of three ancient Chinese master assassins in an effort to take over the New York underworld, it's up to supercops Tarek Richards and Linda Masterson to stop him. However, it's not so easy to battle the undead, and though Richards apparently holds within him the key to defeating these "Masters", he will need the guidance of Stryker's former master to aid him... let the battle begin.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Tiger Claws II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's Chinatown. When NYC cop Tarek Richards learns of a rash of recent killings using Chong's distinctive M.O.— a claw-like mark across the face of the victim— he contacts his old partner, Linda Masterson, who is now living in L.A., for help. But Chong, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the murders. He's just being used by crime kingpin Lo Fu, who needs to combine his energy with Chong's to open some sort of time portal to provide vital supplies for the ancient Shaolin monks. In truth, though, Lo Fu greedily plans to use the portal to smuggle heavy modern artillery back and rule Qing Dynasty-era China himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Darkdrive (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in some distant future, one man must restore order when a mainframe system crashes in a virtual reality prison where computers control the inmates thoughts.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tech noir, surprise ending, futuristic, independent film
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Shadow Warriors (1995)
Plot Summary:
It began as an experiment. The ultimate bodyguard - half man, half machine - programmed to do anything. Anything! Global Cybernetics, Inc. is making technological history. They can create a bio-mechanical, plasma-driven, Techno-Sapien - the best security system money can buy. But building one requires a human corpse. And when GCI's bodyguard, Taylor is mysteriously gunned down, he becomes the company's 7.4 million dollar prototype, the "TS-4.".
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Omega Cop (1990)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1999. John Travis is the toughest cop alive... In fact the only cop alive. He and his elite force stand between murderous mutants and the remains of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film
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The Last Bullet (1973)
Plot Summary:
A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972).
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Karate Cop (1991)
Plot Summary:
John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, campy
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China Strike Force (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, fast
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T-Force (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the 21st Century, cybernetic research has developed advanced robots with human traits, whioch are widely used in the service industry. They have also been turned into cyber cops with a licence to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, campy
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Cold Harvest (1999)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter protects his dead brother's wife in a lawless world after a comet has devastated much of earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, wild
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Hologram Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, stopping him is up to Kurt Decoda, the man who as a police rookie was responsible for arresting Galagher.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, disturbing, tech noir, independent film, scary, bleak
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TC 2000 (1993)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an underworld guard gets knowledge of a conspiracy to kill all people on the surface. He needs to flee to the surface, and wins Sumai, a respected martial arts master, as his ally to stop the dirty plot.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, futuristic
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Bronx Executioner (1989)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Cyborg Cop II (1994)
Plot Summary:
A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group". When the Cyborg "Spartacus" wakes up accidentally, he kills the scientists and their guests, then goes to set things up for a Cyborg Empire. Only Jack and a few friends know how to stop.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, tech noir, action thriller, independent film
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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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Black Scorpion (1995)
Plot Summary:
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, detective, campy
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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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District B13 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking, apocalyptic, non stop action, harsh, sincere, bloody
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Expect No Mercy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with the idealistic Vicki must bring down Warbeck before he succeeds with his deadly plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tech noir, independent film, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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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