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Plot Summary:
This first spin-off movie focuses on Ugly Kwan, played by Francis Ng.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
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Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt cop who has a heartbreaking childhood realises his mistakes and turns into a sincere officer to take on a dreaded criminal and his son.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
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The Gambling Syndicate (1975)
Plot Summary:
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: detective
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WWE SummerSlam 2003 (2003)
Plot Summary:
SummerSlam (2003) was a PPV presented by Stacker 2's YJ Stinger. It took place on August 24, 2003 at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the 16th annual SummerSlam event and starred wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The first main event was an Elimination Chamber match featuring wrestlers from the Raw brand.. World Heavyweight Champion Triple H defended his title against Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels. The other main event featured SmackDown!'s WWE Champion Kurt Angle defending against challenger Brock Lesnar in a singles match. There was a No Holds Barred match between Kane and Rob Van Dam. and a Fatal Four Way for the US Champioship between Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Tajiri.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 170 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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Hitman the Cobra (1987)
Plot Summary:
Philippe (Richard Harrison) kills Roger (who sold information to the Japanese). Mike (Mike Abbott), Roger's brother, wants revenge and sends Bob, Blackie (Nathan Mutanda Chukueke) to find Philip.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
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The Descendant Of Wing Chun (1978)
Plot Summary:
Fierceful fighting displays the Wing Chun style of kung fu in this tale of revenge. Evil bandit Ma Lung escapes from prison and seeks revenge on retired Wing Chun teacher Lam Chan, who had helped to imprison him. Ma wreaks havoc on Lam's Wing Chun school and kills a few of Lam's students. Lam has no choice but to avenge his students' deaths at a final showdown confronting Ma. Director Wang Ha creates an unforgettable tale of vengeance that won"t release you from its grips until the final credits.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
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Slow Burn (1989)
Plot Summary:
A veteran cop is after a Mafia hitman, who killed his partner. Unbeknownst to him, a rookie cop has gone undercover to also catch the hitman, who murdered his parents. In order to get close to the hitman, the rookie has cozied up to the hitman's boss, who is in the middle of a gang war with a rival Chinese mob.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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The Owl (1991)
Plot Summary:
After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance (2023)
Plot Summary:
Pat Tate embarks on a rampage to avenge his loyal and trusted footsoldier's violent death, venturing beyond his comfort zone of Essex into the dark side of 90s Soho to track down the villain responsible. Set to execute his revenge, Tate will stop at nothing even as the world around him starts to explode.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
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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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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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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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Beauty Investigator (1992)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is loose in Hong Kong, murdering hostesses from high class night clubs. As punishment for their flaky style and lack of discipline, two young policewomen are assigned to work undercover as hostesses to catch the sadist. While solving that crime, they discover who's behind some of the city's drug trade. In trying to halt this enterprise, which they undertake without orders, they must face the crime lord's Japanese hit woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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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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Challenge of the Ninja (1986)
Plot Summary:
Mark, a local cop is investigating a string of jewel robberies. He soon discovers that the men behind the crimes is the notorious"Red Devil" and his band of Ninjas. Mark teams up with Billy, a man out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
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Theft Under the Sun (1997)
Plot Summary:
During an operation with a master criminal, an undercover cop fails his mission because he was shot by an uniform officer. His superior suspects he has become a bad seed and refuses to allow him to rejoin the force. In order to prove his innocence, the cop decides to follow the thief to the Sino-Russian border on an arms struggle deal, but on the way they are chased by Mainland police. During the escape the cop and the criminal become friends. When they return to the Hong Kong border, the police awaits on the other side and.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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Cherry Bomb (2011)
Plot Summary:
An homage to the action films of the early 1980s, Cherry Bomb follows a young dancer and her quest for revenge against the group of men that brutally assaulted her. Seeing no justice coming from within the system Cherry enlists the help of her estranged older brother and some heavy firepower as the two siblings set out on a reckless revenge mission. Things start to spiral out of control when a mysterious hit man named Bull is hired to put an end to Cherry's bloody tirade. She soon realizes that there is more at stake than she ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 747
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974)
Plot Summary:
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, rough, offbeat, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, sexual, jidai geki, grindhouse
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The Spirit (1987)
Plot Summary:
A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: epic, comic, cult film
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The Immortal Wars (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the future the world has been split into sectors, humans have captured deviants and force them to fight to the death. Madman Dominion Harvey hosts the immortal wars and televises the show to the entire planet. Trikalypse and fellow deviants will not only fight to survive, but to bring down Dominion Industries.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Immortal Wars: Resurgence (2019)
Plot Summary:
The war for freedom has just begun. Trikalypse joins forces with the rebel leader and her team of freedom fighters. They must now fight back to bring Dominion down and expose him to the world.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, captivating, entertaining, controversial
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SPEC: Close~Reincarnation (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: intellectual, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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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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Kikaider: The Ultimate Human Robot (2014)
Plot Summary:
The movie is set in the near future, when the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a figurative human “heart” through the installation of a “conscience circuit”, but his plans are violently opposed by researcher Gilbert Kanzaki. When Dr. Komyoji is killed in an apparent accident, his children Masaru and Mitsuko are targeted by mysterious forces within the ARK Project looking to gain control of the scientist’s research data. But the villains are opposed by Jiro, the android with a human conscience who fights for justice as the hero Kikaider.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, touching, futuristic
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The Mission (1999)
Plot Summary:
Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: heroic, neo noir, bloody, art house, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shamo (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Japanese Manga about Ryo Narushima, a talented, college-bound student who murders both of his parents in cold blood. He is sent to a reformatory where he trains in karate under Kenji Kurokawa, a man imprisoned after trying to assassinate the Japanese Prime Minister. Two years after his conviction, Ryo is released and begins a new life as an ultra-violent professional fighter.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, bleak, realistic
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Female Convict Scorpion (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a band of assassins invade the home of their target Hei Tai they find only his lovely, innocent, bride-to-be, Nami and force upon her a cruel dilemma: either she kills her fiancee’s sister or they kill her fiancee. Trapped, and unable to confide in the person she loves most, Nami kills her fiancee’s sister and is sent to prison where she survives only by becoming as ruthless as those around her. Trained to fight by a fellow inmate, Nami develops the skills and strength to escape and sets out on a quest for revenge. After killing two of the assassins she’s reunited with Hei Tai who’s still unaware she killed his sister. As their love is rekindled Nami decides to abandon her crusade of vengeance when the remaining assassin finds them and tells Hei Tai what Nami did. Nami realizes she can never rest until she finds and defeats the assassins’ employer, but now her beloved’s torn between helping her and his own personal desire for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, retro, naughty, bleak, realistic
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the vicious slave traders who enslaved him as a youth and the treacherous warlord who killed his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, cult classic, action thriller, exciting, sentimental, sincere, rough