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Plot Summary:
Toughs are troubling Sandy and her new aerobics studio; with the help of new employee Sam (a karate expert), she shows them who is boss.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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A Tooth for a Tooth (1973)
Plot Summary:
Kung fu sensation Cheung Lik stars as the rough and ready kung fu kid who is tricked into robbing a triad boss. Amongst the things he steals is a contract for opium distribution between the triad boss and the Japanese Yakuza. Now the stage is set for some hate! The triads and the Japs send out all their top fighters to get the list back off the kid before he goes to the police with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Devil Rider! (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young rebellious girl hooks up with a biker gang. Her mother hires a private detective to find her and bring her back. The detective goes undercover as a biker to search for her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, detective
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Death Match (1994)
Plot Summary:
A kickboxing champ and a reporter are searching for a missing man, but they turn up a series of illegal kickboxing matches run by an arms dealer.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Fight to Win (1987)
Plot Summary:
Martial artists in America battle over the possession of three ancient Chinese statues.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, independent film, campy
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Scorpion (1986)
Plot Summary:
A top counter-intelligence agent thwarts a hijacking and is assigned to protect one of the terrorists who plan to turn evidence over for a plea bargain. Unfortunately, the terrorist organization attacks where the agent is guarding the man, wounding him and killing the agent's best friend. The agent decides to take down the terrorist organization on his own to avenge his friend's death at their hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie, independent film, cult film
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The Instructor (1981)
Plot Summary:
The action never stops in this stunt-packed karate extravaganza of a black belt instructor who proves that his talents and expertise can be used to defend instead of destroy. The Instructor runs a local karate school and tries to impart to his students a sense of dignity along with the intricacies of the sport. When he is threatened by a rival school’s owner he puts his teachings into action. Through spectacular car chases and gripping hand-to-hand battles he tracks, pursues and corners his adversary. 1983.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sudden Death (1977)
Plot Summary:
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ruthless "syndicate of businessmen" intent on raping a South Pacific Islands nation of its resources keep the pace fast.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: political, action thriller, independent film, cult film
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Muscle of the Dragon (1985)
Plot Summary:
Kim Man-sul who is released from prison after serving time for illegally smuggling and manufacturing methamphetamines turns up missing. Police investigator Pak Geo-ryong infiltrates the headquarters of a cult religious group called Baewon-gyo after learning that their general director, Pak Sang-gyu and Kim were associated. Geo-ryong exposes the secrets of Baewon-gyo with the help of Kyung-ah, the daughter of the high priest. He plans to escape and rescue Wu-ryong whose cover is blown as a cop. Geo-ryong and Wu-ryong are captured after trying to stop the Baewon-gyo from taking over the methamphetamine sweat house. But they make a narrow escape and take over the criminals in a mountain villa.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK, USA
Duration: 88 min
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The Black Alley Cats (1973)
Plot Summary:
Wanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Angel of Vengeance (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young woman newly arrived in a small town comes up against a crazed group of survivalists who have killed a party of motorcyclists in the desert. They capture and rape her, but she escapes and makes plans to take her vengeance on them.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Shaolin Avengers (1976)
Plot Summary:
The famous story of the Shaolin Temple's betrayal by the White-Browed Hermit, and the subsequent revenge by Shaolin firebrand Fang Shih-yu, is the stuff of legend. It has been filmed many times by many directors, but few are remembered as fondly as this production. The potent combination of director Chang Cheh and international idol Alexander Fu Sheng caught lightning in a lens.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Kick or Die (1987)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic rapist is atacking female students on a college campus. The college enlists the help of wealthy record producer Craig Merkel who hires his old friend Don Potter to teach the students self-defence. Don meets waitress Eve Campo who has her heart set on a singing career, so Don introduces her to Craig. However Craig has much more than her career on his mind.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)
Plot Summary:
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The Flying Dagger (1969)
Plot Summary:
The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter (Cheng Pei-Pei) kills the clan chief's son (a rapist and murderer). The Green Dragon chief wounds family head Yu Yuan with his flying daggers, and kills many others who try to protect the noble family. Wandering swordsman Ying Qing (Lo Lieh) saves the family in a fight, using his own flying dagger skills, but his allegiances and motives are unclear.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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Lady Dragon 2 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A woman seeks revenge on the men who raped her and murdered her husband.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Savage! (1973)
Plot Summary:
Low-budget adventure starring former baseball star James Iglehart as Savage, who is kidnapped by South American rebels. After a time, he sees their position and is joined by a female commando squad in battling the repressive government officials.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, black cinema
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Dynamite Brothers (1974)
Plot Summary:
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, realistic, semi serious
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Final Impact (1992)
Plot Summary:
A former kick-boxing world champion discovers a young fighter, and believes together they can win back the world crown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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Bare Knuckles (2010)
Plot Summary:
Women will go to extreme lengths for those they love and single mother Samantha Rogers is no exception. Along with her young daughter, Milla, Sam struggles to make ends meet, taking her licks as a stunt double by day and cocktail waitressing at a rowdy bar at night. When Sam uses her skills to end a bar fight between two drunk women, down and out fight promoter Sonny Cool sees an opportunity to get back into the game. He tells Sam all about the "show," a high class, underground illegal all female bare knuckle fight tournament, where brutality and elegance mix with high stakes and deception. Is the price too much for her...? Bare Knuckles..... a knockout punch of strength and determination, inspired by a true story.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, independent film
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Badass Showdown (2013)
Plot Summary:
Uber MMA fighter manager Ivy Reed (B-movie action star of the '80s and '90s Cynthia Rothrock) is unique as a woman in a male-dominated field, using a special formula to find her champion fighters. Though her trainer Jimmy doesn't see eye to eye with her, he nevertheless works with her latest crop of "auditionees," Dustin, Connor, Tyler, Hunter and Mason, to see which will have the career making boost of being managed by Ivy. Written by [email protected].
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, rough, bleak
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Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop (2006)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful "special student undercover cop" attends a prestigious high school in order to bust up a student prostitution ring in this sexy spoof of the popular Yo-Yo Girl Cop series. Saki (Mihiro) may look like you're average innocent schoolgirl, but in reality she's a highly skilled agent for the Japanese government. Armed with a lethal yo-yo and a special pair of see through underwear, Saki befriends a student prostitute named Asuka in hopes of identifying of the ringleaders and gathering the evidence that will bring them to justice. Accomplishing that goal is no simple task, however, because in addition to being bullied about her unconventional undergarments, Saki soon finds herself falling for handsome young classmate Takuya. Now torn between love and duty, Saki is shocked to learn that Asuka has been murdered after her double life was discovered, and that the leaders of the prostitution are none other than the Headmaster of the school and a highly respected teacher.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, parody
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Billy Jack (1971)
Plot Summary:
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, humorous, harsh
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Fight Valley (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Tory Coro turns up dead, the neighborhood turns up silent. Rumor has it she became yet another victim of the small town known as FIGHT VALLEY. Tory's sister Windsor moves to town to begin her own investigation on her sister's mysterious death after weeks of no leads from the police. She's quick to learn that Tory fought for money to make ends meet. If girl-next-door Windsor is going to make her way into FIGHT VALLEY to find the truth about Tory, she's going to have to fight her way in. "Jabs" (Miesha Tate) swore she would never throw a punch in the Valley again. Jabs now finds herself training Windsor to survive the painful, unexpected path she's about to take. Every corner. Every alley. Every doorway. She must follow the last footsteps of her sister in order to come face-to-face with Tory's killer in FIGHT VALLEY.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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China O'Brien II (1990)
Plot Summary:
This time China O'Brien has trouble with a dealer who puts a prize on her head because she had spoiled an important drug deal of his. But all the world's criminals will not be enough to catch up with China O'Brian, one of the masters of the martial arts.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Kung Fu Fever (1979)
Plot Summary:
A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Bruce the Super Hero (1979)
Plot Summary:
Bruce returns to Manila to investigate the murder of his sister, Susan Chang. On the night of her attack she was helped by an amateur-boxer, Ramon "Rocky" Roblado. Behind Susan's death is the 'Black Dragon Society', who are searching for a sacred Samurai sword hilt which contains a map leading to a hidden location of one billion in Gold. Upon the discovery that Rocky may have the artefact, the leader of the Black Dragon's orders his men to retrieve it for him at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
Plot Summary:
Stacie Randall plays Harley, a Special Forces agent-turned-investigator, who arrives on the scene of an apparent mob hit to help the local police. In actuality, she's hunting down Francis Lydell, her former C.O. and lover, who shot her in the head when she turned down his offer to become part of the freelance assassination squad he was forming. Ignoring the need for surgery to remove the bullet fragment which still causes her to have occasional bouts of disorientation, she continues her quest to bring down Lydell before he has the chance to kill a Mafia informant being held at the police station. Written by Chris Holland.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kill and Kill Again (1981)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Bounty Tracker (1993)
Plot Summary:
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness against him. Paul's brother Johnny, best bounty tracker of Boston, visits Paul to protect him, but can't prevent that he and his pregnant wife are targeted by the same team. Now Johnny's out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 735
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Angel Town (1990)
Plot Summary:
A graduate student and martial-arts expert rents a room in a house owned by a single mother who lives there with her son. A local street gang is trying to recruit the son, but the new tenant tries to help the boy's mother keep him out of the gang. When they learn of this, they target both the mother and her new tenant.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 821
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: hood, action adventure, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, fast