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Plot Summary:
Mona, Billy and Elaine are a tough trio known as the "Angels." While they are on vacation in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), they find out that one of Billy's school-chums is now a gun-runner plotting a revolution in Malaysia with his private army. The Angels decide it is up to them to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, fast
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In the Line of Duty III: Force of the Dragon (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a bloody beginning, a pair of stylish Japanese thieves steal some valuable gems. In a harrowing scene, during their escape, they kill the partner of a ruffled detective (think Columbo with a Chuck Barris hairdo). The detective swears revenge, and the thieves played by the athletic and lovely Michiko Nishiwaki and her terminally ill partner/lover played by Stuart Ong plan on going to Hong Kong, sell the loot, and buy weapons for the Red Army. All the while Cynthia, a rookie cop in Hong Kong, tries to get in on the action of the task force she has been assigned to, but unfortunately her superior is her uncle who wants to keep her out of harms way. The Japanese thieves and the detective trailing them, all make their way to Hong Kong, and Cynthia ends up entangled in the same mess with the detective, trying to bring the cold blooded and desperate thieves to justice. People on both sides are killed, leading to crossed paths of personal revenge, everyone out for each others blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: perverse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, detective
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Sakura Killers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Chuck Connors stars in this routine martial arts feature as the Colonel. He sends agents Sonny (Mike Kelly) and Dennis (George Nichols) to Taiwan in search of microfilm containing experiments on genetic engineering. The agents soon find themselves up against Japanese killers known as the Sakura who plan to sell United States secrets to the Soviet Union. Sonny and Dennis train with a martial arts master in order to fight the enemy and obtain the coveted microfilm.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Fighting Madam (1987)
Plot Summary:
Yeung’s poppy fields are torched by a law enforcement task force, she retaliates by ordering police officials assassinated. The Angels break into Yeung’s corporate offices, eventually tracing her headquarters. After Alex Fong’s character is captured and held by Yeung, the Angels mount an assault to rescue him. A complex sub-plot involving an armored car bullion robbery eventually leads the Angels to a final showdown with Yeung and her men.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 593
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
Plot Summary:
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her friends' disappearance has to do with The Dragon Lady, a much-feared blonde "lipstick lesbian" who runs a Macao casino and controls a major chunk of the local drug trade.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, cult film
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Quiet Cool (1986)
Plot Summary:
This actioner is set in a remote, heavily forested area in Northern California where marijuana growers raise their illegal crops and run whole communities with their terrorist tactics and wealth. The tale centers on the efforts of a fearless New York cop to free one such community from the tyranny of the pot growers. It begins with a surveyor who is leading the town's crooked sheriff to a small marijuana field he has just discovered. The surveyor is killed before he can get there. Joshua, a small boy, sees the execution and tries to get back in time to tell his parents. Unfortunately, the killers murder his family and throw him off a cliff. The boy's aunt, worried at not hearing from her family, gets suspicious and asks an old flame, NY cop Joe Dillon, to investigate. The town sheriff is not pleased by his intrusion and warns him to stay out of it. Dillon disobeys, and that is where all the action comes in.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Avenging Quartet (1993)
Plot Summary:
A female Chinese cop teams up with a lady kung-fu master to stop two female Japanese gangsters from stealing a valuable painting.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993)
Plot Summary:
Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang Li-ching) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng Kai-wah), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things off, May doesn't take it well. When she learns that Wilson and Wan-chin are moving to Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang Li-ching) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng Kai-wah), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things off, May doesn't take it well. When she learns that Wilson and Wan-chin are moving to England, she completely loses it. (http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-serious-shock-yes-madam-270076).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Angel Terminators (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two Hong Kong policewomen (Ida and Hon) take on a Japanese boss who has returned from a seven-year exile to retake his old turf.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Killer Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Three female cops form a special unit and get their main witness out of the clutches of a gang. The witness holds the key to Chu Chung Sing, a gang-lord who runs a night-club. They will have to face a ruthless but sentimental killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bloody, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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American Tigers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists from all countries are to be reunited in order to join forces against their governments. The USA army notice it. A group of assassins, waiting in jail to be executed by firing squad get the chance to be exonerated if they participate in the secret mission of killing the terrorists. But they have to train under the strict military style of Sergeant Ransom.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Top Squad (1988)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues as well as some serious criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick
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To Be the Best (1993)
Plot Summary:
Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, Eric and his father, his American teammates and their most feared Chinese opponents join for an explosive climax which rocks the Las Vegas Strip.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Moving Targets (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kit comes from a very fortunate family, with an outstanding police officer father When the family starts to break up, Man impulsively shot Kit's mother. After Kit's parents divorced, Kit viewed Man his father as an enemy. As an adult, he vowed to become a police officer, and to join Man's team, hoping that Man will pay for what he has done. Kit's cousin, Chi falls for Kit since childhood, but Fung falls for Chi at first sight... As he realised that Chi is Kit's girlfriend, he won't express his love for her, making the two embarassing in communication.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, heroic, realistic
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In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: perverse, cult classic, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Hit Team (2001)
Plot Summary:
An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation within a few months, the paralysis will be permanent. His friends in the police department decide that, since the underworld was responsible for their friend's injuries, the money for the operation should come from them, and they set out to get it.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Shootfighter II (1996)
Plot Summary:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Dragon from Russia (1990)
Plot Summary:
A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave alive. However, he is eventually tracked down, and kidnapped along with a young Manchurian, Yao - whose memory is erased so that he can be trained in martial arts. Yao's work as an assassin becomes more complicated, however, when he sees his old lover again and his real memories come flooding back.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, anime
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In the Line of Duty (1986)
Plot Summary:
Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend time with his wife and daughter. They form an alliance when they foil a hijacking on a plane flying a mob prisoner from Tokyo to Hong Kong. The mobster and his would-be rescuer die; this sets off two avengers who were their blood brothers. Our three cops become the targets. A high-speed chase, a car bomb, the destruction of a nightclub, a spectacular suicide, dead bystanders, and a flying coffin litter the landscape by the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: hood, perverse, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Yes, Madam! (1985)
Plot Summary:
Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard! The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin's (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, crime drama, perverse, suspenseful, fast, independent film
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The Shadow Boxer (1974)
Plot Summary:
Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Lethal Lady (1990)
Plot Summary:
The only son (Tony Leung Ka Fai) in a family of police officers marries Mina, an ambitious `half-breed' colleague (played by Joyce Godenzi), incurring the resentment of his four sisters, all policewomen, especially the eldest, Ling (Carina Lau). There is pressure on Tony to father a son, to keep the male line going, although Mina wants to delay pregnancy until she gets promoted to Superintendent.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shaolin Temple (1976)
Plot Summary:
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Ching troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, cult film
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Bloodmoon (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ken O'Hara (Gary Daniels) is a "Mindhunter" - a serial killer specialist enlisted to find the mass murderer (Darren Shahlavi) intent on killing the strongest fighters in New York City. Trying to catch this cunning and clever killer is the hardest assignment Ken has ever had. Now, the moon is rising again and he must use all of his resources to hunt down the murderer....or he may be the next to die.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, detective
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The Executioner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Greatest Battle of Wolves (1989)
Plot Summary:
A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Muscle Heat (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, crime drama, fast
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Urban Fighter (2012)
Plot Summary:
The "Bloods" are the most intimidating and violent gang in the city. A lawless city... where gangs rule the streets... The vicious and blood thirsty murderer Slater is their leader. The city is his domain... he rules! There are those who are not members of gangs such as Mikey and his friends. Mikey lives on the edge, he is daring and always in trouble and fights. His brother Mathis and his friends try to avoid trouble at any cost. Revenge becomes the motive to Mikey when his brother Mathis goes missing and is killed..... Written by Generation X Group GmbH.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Protector 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, action thriller, realistic, fast
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Underground (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've got to take the prize...but there can be only one winner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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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