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Plot Summary:
A kickboxer is hired to protect half of a valuable medallion, but an evil warlord and another kickboxer are determined to have it, no matter what it takes.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Action
Country: Lebanon, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Talons of the Eagle (1992)
Plot Summary:
After 3 DEA agents are killed by crime boss Mr. Li (Hong), the DEA reluctantly calls in New York cop and martial arts expert Tyler Wilson (Blanks) and sends him undercover on assignment to Toronto to team up with Canadian vice cop Michael Reeds (Merhi). Wilson and Reeds must infiltrate Li's gang, so enter a martial arts tournament that Mr Li is known to attend to recruit talent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
Similar in 78%
Buying Time (1988)
Plot Summary:
Written and directed by Mitchell Gabourie in 1989. this action movie delves into the world of horse racing, where cunning crooks can win a fortune in an instant. Coerced by the cops into going undercover, two streetwise kids pose as employees at a retirement home and uncover a lucrative and highly sophisticated criminal operation, which they boldly attempt to take down with the help of a detective (Dean Stockwell).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Balance of Power (1996)
Plot Summary:
A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Tiger Claws II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's Chinatown. When NYC cop Tarek Richards learns of a rash of recent killings using Chong's distinctive M.O.— a claw-like mark across the face of the victim— he contacts his old partner, Linda Masterson, who is now living in L.A., for help. But Chong, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the murders. He's just being used by crime kingpin Lo Fu, who needs to combine his energy with Chong's to open some sort of time portal to provide vital supplies for the ancient Shaolin monks. In truth, though, Lo Fu greedily plans to use the portal to smuggle heavy modern artillery back and rule Qing Dynasty-era China himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective
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City of Fear (2000)
Plot Summary:
When reporter Steve Roberts acts on a call from his good friend, Charlie, urging him to report on a hot scientific story in Bulgaria, he ends up in a world of disappearance, death and deception.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action packed, independent film, exciting
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Showdown (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ken has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose brother was killed by a rookie cop named Billy. Billy has since then become the janitor of the school that Ken, Julie and Tom go to. When Ken gets beaten up by Tom for talking to Julie again, Billy helps Ken by teaching him how to defend himself, which eventually leads to a battle between student vs. student, and sensei vs. sensei.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993)
Plot Summary:
Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang Li-ching) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng Kai-wah), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things off, May doesn't take it well. When she learns that Wilson and Wan-chin are moving to Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang Li-ching) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng Kai-wah), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things off, May doesn't take it well. When she learns that Wilson and Wan-chin are moving to England, she completely loses it. (http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-serious-shock-yes-madam-270076).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Amsterdam Heavy (2011)
Plot Summary:
CIA Agent Martin Keele (Michael Madsen - Reservoir Dogs Kill Bill) sets the wheels spinning in this gritty urban action thriller, as mysterious gangster J.D. goes on the rampage in Amsterdam, stopping at nothing to uncover those who have betrayed him.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Action
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast
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Crisis (1997)
Plot Summary:
Alex reluctantly collects debts for the mob. Alex has led his brother Tony to believe that he is a shoe-salesman. However Alex's real talents will be desperately needed as the story unfolds. Tony has aligned himself with a group of mercenaries lead by Simon, who have agreed to deter a local scientist from using a faulty filtering system to neutralize chemical warheads. As tension mounts, Alex is forced into action against Simon and his treacherous band of terrorists. Who will live, who will die... only a killer can save the day.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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American Shaolin (1991)
Plot Summary:
After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, tense, serious, independent film
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Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1979)
Plot Summary:
Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult film
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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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Assassin's Game (2015)
Plot Summary:
Legendary hitman Vet Jones never expected to accept another mission. But when his son fails to assassinate an important target, and a powerful crime boss gives Jones an ultimatum - finish the job or his son dies - Jones has no choice but to accept. After realizing the target is innocent, Jones tries to change his mission in order to protect the target - but can he save her life as well as the life of his son?.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Forced to Fight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss (Weller), Shane is forced back into the arena to pay his brother's debts and to protect his family.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 817
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, tense, suspense, serious
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To Be the Best (1993)
Plot Summary:
Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, Eric and his father, his American teammates and their most feared Chinese opponents join for an explosive climax which rocks the Las Vegas Strip.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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The Sanctuary (2009)
Plot Summary:
In 1897, the “Poisoned Knife” clan broke into the royal palace of Thailand to steal the Royal Antiques which the King intended to give to America as a reward for its help in negotiations that avoided Thai territorial cuts. The clan succeeded in stealing the antiques, but the thieves didn’t escape with their lives. Before their deaths, they hid the antiques somewhere close to the palace. During his interrogation, the last bandit chose to end his life by Master Sawang’s sword and let the place where the Royal Antiques were hidden die with him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 76%
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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Dragonwolf (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Devil's Cauldron, a city where depravity and violence has forged a society in which only the lethal and callous can survive, two young men who possess the intellect and ferocity to flourish, carve a name for themselves as the most efficient and unstoppable hit men. Side by side, these two brothers are the deadliest killers, feared by even the most evil criminals. But when a woman of rare beauty mysteriously enters the brother's lives she blinds them with her sweet promises and turns them against each other, resulting in an epic battle that threatens to bring the Devil's Cauldron to the brink of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 545
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, action adventure, fast
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When the Cobra Strikes (2012)
Plot Summary:
One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. When he arrives to the United States to finalize what appeared to be a simple transaction he is soon double-crossed and becomes caught up in a contraband forcing him to overcome an opponent far more lethal and deadlier than he has ever met.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, crime drama, realistic
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Lost Treasure (2003)
Plot Summary:
A paint is stolen from a building during a great fire and after recovered, the police finds inside it a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case ask his brother, who is an antiques expert, to help him during investigations. Analysing the paint an fabric, he finds that the map belonged to Cristopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure. Asside from unravel mysterious riddles the police officer and his brother will have to fight against a violent gang which is after the treasure as well.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, touching, tense, suspense, independent film, semi serious, detective
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Wushu Warrior (2011)
Plot Summary:
China, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation, is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society – who will fight to restore justice to its people.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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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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TC 2000 (1993)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an underworld guard gets knowledge of a conspiracy to kill all people on the surface. He needs to flee to the surface, and wins Sumai, a respected martial arts master, as his ally to stop the dirty plot.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, futuristic
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Vigilante (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Submerged (2000)
Plot Summary:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disaster movie
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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
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The Protector 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, action thriller, realistic, fast
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Underground (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've got to take the prize...but there can be only one winner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 590
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Expect No Mercy (1995)
Plot Summary:
Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with the idealistic Vicki must bring down Warbeck before he succeeds with his deadly plans.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, tech noir, independent film, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy