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Plot Summary:
Welcome to Hope Hill High, a Japanese school – please disregard the tacky and typically American name – were the desperate student counsel struggles with a recurring problem. The aggressive and relentless members of the Yagyu biker gang stop by the school each semester to beat up the kids, steal their lunch money and vandalize their belongings. The kids want to fight back but realize they're too weak and undermanned against the bikers, and so they hire a handful of tough gals to train and defend them "Seven Samurai" style.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Company Man (1998)
Plot Summary:
When mercenaries attack, Ernest Gray's solemn life as a bookstore owner is revealed to be a cover, and his real identity as an ex-CIA agent puts his family at risk.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dread
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Girl's Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
Four girls take part in illegal underground fighting event "Girl's Blood" held at an abandoned school building in Roppongi every night. The girls have their own stories and quirks from their private lives. Satsuki (Yuria Haga) suffers from a gender identity disorder, Chinatsu (Asami Tada) ran away from an abusive husband, Miko (Ayame Misaki) is a S&M queen and Mayu (Rina Koike) has a Lolita face.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, satirical, ecchi, not serious
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Mister Deathman (1983)
Plot Summary:
Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, eurospy
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Animal Protector (1989)
Plot Summary:
Swedish animal rights action film. Also known as "Born to Kill".
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action
Country: Sweden
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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American Hunter (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jake Carver needs to retrieve a microfilm containing information which would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments. Also seeking the microfilm is the villainous Adam who plans to sell the microfilm to the highest bidder. Fist fights, explosions, and car chases ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, microfilm
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High & Low: The Worst X (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around battle between two high school in SWORD area, Oya High School and Senomon Technical High School. The Head of Senomon Technical High School build a "three-school alliance" with two other school, Kamasaka High School and Ebara Commercial High School, and expand it's power to aim the neck of Oya High School. Men of Oya High suddenly caught and attacked. Could Fujio protect them with his own fist? The battle to decide the real Teppen is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, action packed
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The Stabilizer (1986)
Plot Summary:
Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. Meanwhile, Rainmaker has kidnapped the famous Professor Protost, and the Stabilizer teams up with his daughter Christina to save the Professor and bring Rainmaker down for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Shaolin Invincibles (1977)
Plot Summary:
Judy Lee (Chia Ling) is out to avenge the massacre of her family by the Emperor's men and is assisted by another young woman, played by Lung Chun Erh. The two infiltrate the Emperor's court by posing as maids. Carter Wong plays a kung fu fighter sent to help Judy by the monastery where she was raised.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Kill (2008)
Plot Summary:
Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children’s Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii). Kiriko: the spirit of a murdered assassin takes revenge on the gang that killed her and her sister. Children's Samurai: an educational film narrates the like of a modern grade-school samurai dealing with bullies. Firing Range: the rifle of a Meiji Era soldier and the pistol of a modern police officer are transformed into powerful new weapons when they face off. Assault Girl 2: two guardian angels duel in a wheat field.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anthology, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, humorous, stylized, semi serious, postmodern
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Sega (2011)
Plot Summary:
A drug peddling assignment creates havoc in the lives of three friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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The Ninja War of Torakage (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Angel of Fury (1990)
Plot Summary:
A security specialist (Nancy Bolan) is hired to deliver a valuable computer. She is joined by her former lover who has plans of his own for the computer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny
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Ninja USA (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two cops are investigating a drug ring that may be led by an American man who saved them when they were kids. But when he kidnaps one's wife, they must fight through an army of ninjas to save her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scenic
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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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Kung Fu Kid (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young martial arts student gets caught up in a series of Kung Fu adventures with a woman who manages a Chinese restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
Plot Summary:
Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and teacher of Nick and Ruben) Shingo.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Ninja Hunter (2015)
Plot Summary:
Tao, a ninja from the Iga clan, wakes up in a damp cave surrounded by bodies. Suffering from amnesia, he can’t remember how or even why he’s in there, or if he was the perpetrator of the massacre. As Tao tries to solve this enigma, a bizarre web of betrayals unfolds before our eyes in an explosive cocktail.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Mask the Kekkou: Reborn (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sparta Academy is the nation's top prep school, where students with poor grades undergo frightening torture under the school headmaster's direction. Kekko Kamen makes her appearance at the school in outrageous attire, completely naked except for her red mask, boots and gloves, and attacks the torturing teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, manga
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Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Underground Empire Badan makes its move, intending to invert the world. Kouta and Mai are pulled through one of these inversions where the discover a boy named Shu, who also holds the power to invert the world. As the Riders fight to protect Shu, Fifteen appears again, seeking Shu. As Kouta flees, past Riders gather and fight one another, split between the Showa and Heisei era Riders. But, the truth of Badan is not as it seems….
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, light, captivating, futuristic, entertaining
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, splatter, art house, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized, sexual, sexy
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Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
Plot Summary:
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, fast
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, cult classic, cult film
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High & Low: The Worst (2019)
Plot Summary:
Oya High was divided into a part-time system and a full-time system. Yoshiki Murayama (Yuki Yamada) has been the leader of Oya High for a while, and he is now bored without challenge inside the ferocious school. Fujio Hanaoka (Kazuma Kawamura) is a new student transferred to the school who has ambitions to challenge Murayama to a man-to-man fight one day after he acquires the position of leader of the Full-time School. However, there are many other people at the Full-time School aiming for the same leadership position. They are the top-ranked team of Yosuke Todoroki, Shibaman, and Tsuji; the Nakagoshi and Nakaoka, who are leading the second-year and first-year students, respectively; the Yasu-Kiyo faction led by Yasushi and Kiyoshi, who rise to prominence through their crazy fighting style. As the new generation, Fujio, together with his childhood friend Tsukasa and his minion Jamuo, has entered the Warring States period of The Full-time School.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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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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To the Death (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Irresistible Force (1993)
Plot Summary:
A police sergant is about to retire. Therefore he only wants to let the time pass by without getting in trouble or even becoming hurt. But this is not so easy as he receives as partner an enthusiastic young, female agent who provokes all kinds of adventures. All the trouble culminates in the confrontation with a group of terrorists who hold an supermarket in hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future (2017)
Plot Summary:
The chronology of Super Sentai may, at last, be at an end. A boy has arrived from the future to save the earth from catastrophe. Yamato and his team are not aware that they are part of the enemy's plans. The Ninningers, who once protected Earth, have returned! And this time, they believe the Zyuohger are Yokai monsters! This battle will be the end of both teams. Will the message of the future boy get to Yamato in time? An unbelievable roll call that brings together all the Rangers of the Super Sentai! In 2017 the battle of all battles begins!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive Spring Vacation Combining Special (2015)
Plot Summary:
Five flashy Roidmudes seem to be causing a “thick air” event, and when Shinnosuke goes to investigate, turns out the problem was being caused by a yokai. After arresting the red one, Shinnosuke starts interrogating. He claims to be a ninja fighting yokai and that he’ll show Shinnosuke. While this uneven pair squabble, Kyuemon Izayoi and the Roidmudes were putting a terrible plan in progress.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful
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Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful