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Plot Summary:
Following the tragic events of Sting of the Scorpion, Maggie finds herself stripped of her rank and committed to an insane asylum. The crooked cop who put her there offers to procure her release and reinstatement - if she'll go undercover as a bar hostess to spy on the triads. The whole thing's a setup, of course, and soon Maggie is on the run from the law, as well as nursing a bad heroin addiction. She finds refuge in the criminal underworld, where she accepts a job as an undercover assassin. But when her identity is exposed, Maggie has both sides of the law gunning for her life.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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The dignified killers (1991)
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Huei (Lam Wai - Long Arm of The Law) returns home and gets heavily involved in gangster activity once more working alongside boss Luo (Ku Feng). Re-connecting with friend Ping (Emily Chu - A Better Tomorrow) who's now working as a bar girl to earn money for her father's operation, gangster activity is now mixed with romantic activity. Something that enrages Huei's triad brother Sen (Lung Siu-Wa) to the point of betrayal...(www.sogoodreviews.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
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Red Skies (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese female cop comes to Southern California on a hunt for a high-profile criminal from mainland China.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
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Ninja Killer (1974)
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Erol is a successful cop, who lives with his sister Yasemin. Wang, the most troublesome gang leader of Hong Kong comes to Istanbul. The Security Department of Istanbul, appoint Erol to catch Wang. The Hong Kong Security Department sends their spy Wang Ti to Istanbul. Wang threatens a Chinese girl called Helen. With Helen's help, Erol starts a fight with Wang, nobody knows how it will end.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action
Country: Turkey, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
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Heat Team (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eason Chan is K.C, Chan and Y.T. Lee is Aaron Kwok, both are very smart cop, who both were assign to interpol. The only thing that make them different is woman. K.C Chan is known for courting with a lot of woman and Y.T. Lee get nervous around woman. The case for this movie is about a international thief who come to Hong Kong to steal, a diamond necklace worth over 10 million US. Anyway, Yumiko Cheng who is engage with a fertilizer mogul, soon for in love with KC Chan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Guns of Dragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvonne Yung Hung), only to find that the criminal (Patrick Lung Kong) that made his life hell in Hong Kong has also come to the States.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Godfather Squad (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Liang plays a Chinese Kung Fu movie star, who during his free time carries on a one-man crusade against drug dealers. The villains trick Liang into signing up to appear in a new martial arts movie. The plan is to kill Our Hero while the cameras are running, and make it look like an accident.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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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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Bruce and the Iron Finger (1979)
Plot Summary:
After the murder of two kung fu experts, Bruce, a Police Inspector from New Zealand, decides to get involved in the case despite only being on vacation in Hong Kong. At the scene of the most recent murder, the victim managed to tear off a Buddha pendant from the killer. The link between the two murders is the strange markings on the victims neck. Bruce retraces the victims final footsteps and the search leads him to tracking down experts in Iron Finger Kung Fu.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Gangland Odyssey (1990)
Plot Summary:
A retired cop is summoned by his ex-boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad. Action violence and a little romance makes GANGLAND ODYSSEY a promising treat!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: heroic
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Tiger On the Beat 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born Chinese". But Baffalo has an eye for a sweetie, Ellen, who has accidentally witnessed a murder. The incident gets Lam, Baffalo and Ellen being involved in a ruthless underground arms smuggling ring, wich sends the killer to eliminate them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
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Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bloody Brotherhood didn't make much of a splash at the HK box office (just reaching that "magic" two-week theatrical run where most HK movies reach the break-even point) and it's gone largely ignored by fans, even though it stars Andy Lau, arguably the biggest star in HK right now. To some point, this is justified. Bloody Brotherhood doesn't really offer up anything new or do it in any sort of spectacular fashion. In fact, many parts of the film are merely adequate, or even sub-par. However, after watching a spate of recent half-ass over-CGIed movies, Bloody Brotherhood brought back memories of a time when even the most average HK crime/action flick was better than anything Hollywood could (or would) churn out.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Mafia vs. Ninja (1985)
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Sewage workers Jack and Charlie get involved in an international Asian gang war when Jack helps the boss of a Shanghai gang against one of his rebellious underlings. This underling then strikes a deal with the Japanese Yakuza in the hopes of toppling his boss and become the leader of Shanghai himself. When the Yakuza assassinate the Shanghai boss, Jack pledges to avenge his new friend's death. As he seeks out those ultimately responsible, he does battle with a variety of ninjas and mercenaries from around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Asian Cop: High Voltage (1994)
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Donnie Yen is back with a vengeance in this electric action thriller. The star of Fist of Fury, Hero and Highlander goes up against Hong Kong's deadliest gangsters in a no holds barred duel to the death. Donnie Yen has proven to be one of martial arts most reliable and dedicated martial arts stars. Through the years he's been the lead in his own films, as well as co-starring with the modern legends such as Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
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The Last Conflict (1988)
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Interpol officer Dickson Kwan is sent to Hong Kong to investigate in a fake passport forgery case and collaborates with officer Pau Sei and Lau Ting Kin. Due to different approaches on investigating, Dickson and Sei often get into conflicts. Later during an arrest operation, Dickson saves Sei's life and they forget about their bygones. Sei has a daughter Eva, who opposes his father to be a cop. Dickson falls in love with Eva and pursues her, however she does not like Dickson's dangerous profession and although she has feelings for him, she still rejects him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
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Fire Phoenix (1990)
Plot Summary:
After stumbling across a mob hit, a man must run for his life, trying to stay ahead of vicious mercenaries after the $1 million bounty placed on his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Thunderbolt (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Ninja Empire has been run by an evil master and one member decides to leave the empire. The ex-Ninja wants a Hong Kong detective to track down the new leader and end his reign of terror.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Burning Ambition (1989)
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This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: weird
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Fury (1988)
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Chuck (Philip Chan), Jimmy (Waise Lee) and Lucky (Michael Wong) are blood brothers. Jimmy's cousin Jake, acts as a go-between, arranges a trafficking of counterfeit U.S. notes between Jimmy's group and the local triad society in Taiwan. Jake, however, is a double-crosses by informing the police of the trafficking. At the ambush, police injures Lucky and arrests him, while the rest have a narrow escape and land on a boat back to Hong Kong. On their return, Jake deliberately kills Lucky's wife Nina and shots Chuck into the sea. Lucky is free from jail and returns to Hong Kong five years later. Touchingly reunited with Jimmy, Lucky is told that Chuck was dead and Nina was disappeared during their run away. Meantime, Jake assigns his mistress Elsa to keep an eye on Lucky.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Above the Law (1986)
Plot Summary:
Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: action comedy, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, independent film
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Bullet for Hire (1990)
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Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: heroic, bloody, black comedy, dark comedy
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Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)
Plot Summary:
This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a private investigation and ends up avenging the brutal death of his own girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dragon Fight (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to defect to L.A. to make a name for himself. When Jimmy learns of Tigers plan to defect, an attempt to stop him fails and Jimmy ends up missing his flight to China. Now a fish out of water, Jimmy's only hope is Andy, a wisecracking youngster in L.A. Meanwhile, Tiger works for a mafia boss. When Tiger loses a fortune in cocaine in a detergent box that Andy accidentally took, Andy and Jimmy soon have no choice but to face the wrath of Tiger and his men. Their only ally is Penny, the girlfriend of Tiger's boss. Two men who were once best friends have now become bitter enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Rumble in Hong Kong (1973)
Plot Summary:
Incriminating evidence against a gang is left in a cab when a gang member dies in it. The gang chases the innocent cab driver, who receives help from the dead gangster's sister - a tough police woman.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Plot Summary:
Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, inspirational, neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, action thriller
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Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992)
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When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA and the FBI are also involved the Dragon's fire is in his fists!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Battle Creek Brawl (1980)
Plot Summary:
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, action comedy, action adventure, exciting, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, sexy
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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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Special ID (2013)
Plot Summary:
A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China's most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, realistic
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed, exciting, stylized, slapstick, action comedy, crime drama
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Flash Point (2007)
Plot Summary:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, cliffhanger, crime drama, cult classic, non stop action, aesthetic, rough