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Plot Summary:
A boy, Peter McCrea, witnesses a gangland murder. He turns to his martial arts teacher, Young Park, to help defend him from the gangsters. On the run from both the gang and the police, Peter learns self-defense and the courage to face his fears.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids II (1986)
Plot Summary:
Get set for more kung foolery with everybody's favorite warrior waifs! After being trained as unbeatable kung fu fighters by their cantankerous grandpa, the three kung fu kids move to the big city and become adored media stars. Then they discover the nice old lady who took them in is actually their gradma herself a magical kung fu master! So, when grandpa shows up to claim the kids, granny challenges the old man to a hilarious, no holds barred battle to decide once and for all who's champ. Join the high kickin, special effects filled fun and adventure with the Young Dragons in Young Dragons The Kung Fu Kids II.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 91 min
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Shaolin Handlock (1978)
Plot Summary:
As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang Yun-piao pays the unwitting Li a visit. Armed with the deadly Handlock maneuver, Cheng-ying & Kun Shih joins forces to exact revenge on the evil Ling Hao after the truth is unraveled.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
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Kill Squad (1981)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy business man is a victim of an assault and is shot and wheelchair bound while his wife is gang raped and murdered. He then assembles his motley squad of Vietnam buddies to kung fu their way to revenge and get those muthas back.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse
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The Death Duel (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Death Duel is a Taiwan Martial Arts movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration:
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Killpoint (1984)
Plot Summary:
An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Fists of Iron (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Dale Hartwell's best friend gets killed, he swears revenge on the bloodthirsty promoter and fighter who did it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Champions (1997)
Plot Summary:
William Rockman, a champion "Terminal Combat" fighter who retired from the sport after accidentally killing a young man while training. Five years after his retirement, Terminal Combat has been banned by the government and has gone underground. The "new" Terminal Combat is just that; one combatant in each match usually does not live to tell about the experience. When Rockman's younger brother is killed in one of the underground matches by his old rival, the King, Rockman enters the tournament to exact revenge on the King, not knowing that the King and his wife, Daria, have been enslaved by Max Brito, the tournament's greedy promoter.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
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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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Subterranean (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world where the past does not exist in a city that oppresses its subject who completely block out the past...the only hope is to unleash the Ancient book! The ruler of the city Heras controls the mind of the people and make sure that nothing in the past brought up. Though there are people who still think of the past and wish for the past to be the future instead. One day, Ardanah one of trusted Subterranean official caught herself into 2 world; to serve Heras or to unleash the Ancient book!.
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Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Lord of the Streets (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Jason Dyson refuses to make his prized fighter throw an MMA match, a notorious gangster collects his debt by killing the fighter and kidnapping Jason's daughter. Now he must train a prisoner to endure five consecutive underground fights to save her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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White Tiger (1996)
Plot Summary:
When D.E.A. agent Mike Ryan undertakes the huge task of avenging the brutal murder of the partner John Grogan, he find he must fight both sides; the murderer and his double crossing police buddies. Now with the unexpected help of the lovely Jade, he must confront the new generation Chinese underworld want-to-be kingpin and fight like and out-of-place "White Tiger".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film
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Ninja Condors (1987)
Plot Summary:
A noble-minded ninja rejects corruption and works with an undercover cop to defeat the evil student of his old master.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Beyond Fear (1993)
Plot Summary:
Martial Arts Champion Mimi Lesseos is back - and the wilderness just got wilder! Tipper Taylor, martial arts expert turned wilderness tour guide, is stalked deep in the wilderness by two desperate men who will stop at nothing to retrieve a videotape innocently shot by one of Tipper's group - a tape which shows the men committing a heinous murder! As each attempt to recover the tape is foiled by the intrepid Tipper, the murderers' desperation mounts, leading to a final, terrifying and action-packed confrontation which takes them all Beyond Fear.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hawk's Vengeance (1996)
Plot Summary:
Eric Hawke a British Marine, attends the funeral of his policeman brother who he discovers has been attempting to investigate the mysterious kidnappings and murders of a local Asian street gang. The clues seem to point to a rival Nazi white supremacist gang as the culprits, but Lizzie (Hawke's brother's partner in the police force) is not so sure: she suspects a larger conspiracy which involves one of the city's most powerful crime bosses, a man by the name of Garr. As the body count rises, Eric, Lizzie and young Asian gang member Lipo Chung race to uncover the truth behind the murders, before more missing gang members wash up on the beach with missing organs.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Street Soldiers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Warring teenage street gangs provide the fodder for this martial arts actioner. Things really heat up when each gang finds a martial arts experts to train them out to fight.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: splatter, independent film
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Heat Street (1988)
Plot Summary:
A black boxer whose daughter was murdered by bikers joins up with a white repo man to battle street gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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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Street (2015)
Plot Summary:
Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to honor and glory, or succumbing to a brutal future as a cage fighter for the Russian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Dangerous Place (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan suspects foul play stemming from Greg's recent involvement with a martial arts team called the Scorpions. Ethan is also accomplished at martial arts, and he determines to join the Scorpions as a means of learning what really happened to Greg. - Written by Michelle Sturges.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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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Outside the Law (2002)
Plot Summary:
Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, disturbing, crime drama
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Pit Fighter (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jack Severino has no memory, all he knows is the brutal sport of Pit Fighting. When his past catches him up, he realizes he is not who he thought he was. For some men must fight for redemption.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense
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Max Havoc - Ring of Fire (2006)
Plot Summary:
Max, having forsaken his life as a former world kick-boxing champion to redefine himself as a world class photographer, is on his way to photograph top tennis star and athlete Suzy Blaine. While on assignment, Max uncovers a crime ring and relies on his skills as a martial artist to set the situation straight.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Power Within (1995)
Plot Summary:
Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried to save from a group of attackers. The ring is a mate to a ring stolen by a double dealing art thief who had been hired to steal it by a criminal mastermind who wanted it for its mystical powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
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Shadow Master (2022)
Plot Summary:
After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Riot (2015)
Plot Summary:
Copper Jack Stone purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin Balam. Balam is more than just a mob criminal; he's a very cunning and dangerous lord who controls the police force from behind bars. Balam lives in prison as a cover for his real power, which is King of the city. His cell is a lavish private room built specifically for him, inaccessible to most in the depths of the prison structure. Even the warden fears venturing into his area of the prison. However, even surrounded by his loyal henchmen and guards in his sectioned off fortress, Balam doesn't know Jack is coming for him to avenge his family, who Balam murdered in cold blood. Balam is tough... but Jack is tougher.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, perverse
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Fist 2 Fist (2011)
Plot Summary:
Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, cult film
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The Purifiers (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of martial arts clubs who have created their own city infrastructure after tiring of government initiatives. Responding to the greed and corruption creeping into the other clubs, headed by capitalist-wannabe Moses, The Purifiers battle to maintain the successful system which has rid the city of crime and violence.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Tiger Claws (1991)
Plot Summary:
The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. She gets the job and to her side an other martial arts specialist, Sgt. Tarek Richards. Now they need to find a tiger style master, because the killer obviously uses tiger style kung fu. Not a simple task, since tiger is a very ancient and rare style.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, independent film, realistic, suspenseful, detective, cult film
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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