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Plot Summary:
While working alone late at the office one night, Veronica is raped by a returning male colleague, who accidentally kills her in the process (she falls back and hits her head on a sharp object). Later that same evening, he comes across a bar hostess who looks identical to the woman that he has just murdered. He eventually talks her into showing up for work in Veronica's place on the very next day, and handing in her resignation. Unfortunately for him, she is persuaded to stay, and decides to continue impersonating the deceased secretary.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
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The Lizard (1972)
Plot Summary:
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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Thunder and Lightning (1977)
Plot Summary:
A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Lady Street Fighter (1980)
Plot Summary:
Exotic Eastern European beauty, Linda Allen, flies in to Los Angeles to track down the evil mobsters who tortured and murdered her sister. Meanwhile, the mobsters are trying to find a tape with information that would be incriminating to them. Linda's investigation deals with a pimp who may be the murderer she is after, and a helpful FBI agent who may not be the crime hunter he pretends to be. Cunning and deadly she is, but will she be up to the tangled web of corruption, violence, and death she falls into?.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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City Cops (1989)
Plot Summary:
Cindy is an American FBI agent who is currently in Hong Kong seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organization, she teams up with local HK cops David and Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA, China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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 Kiss of Death (1973)
Plot Summary:
One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. Like a shattered vase, the pieces can be put back together but it'll never be the same. Cheng get's a job as a bar girl. She meets the club's owner who was a former kung-fu fighter until he was crippled. Cheng uses her position as a B-girl to go after the losers who raped her, She soon learns from a sleazy doctor that she has contracted a dark V.D. called Viet-Nam Rose. Crushed, she begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung-fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techniques (such as a groin crunching blow).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags:
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The Bod Squad (1974)
Plot Summary:
Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trained to become prostitutes, a couple of local citizens take mercy on them and plots their escape by teaching them kung-fu. The five scantily-clad girls, using their newfound martial arts skills then fight their way to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, West Germany
Duration: 92 min
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Treasure Hunt (1994)
Plot Summary:
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden "treasure," which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural powers, and is the National Treasure of China.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic
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Midnite Angels 3 (1989)
Plot Summary:
A gang of crime-fighting martial-arts beauties battle a terrorist organization based in Thailand led by a religious fanatic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 91 min
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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
Plot tags:
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The Inspector Wears Skirts IV (1992)
Plot Summary:
To save the Hong Kong Police Force's Banshee Squad from becoming defunct, the struggling new squad members seek the help of former officers Amy (Sandra Ng), now a divorced mom with a young kid, and May (Kara Hui), now partially mentally-unstable, to help them with their training regiment, lead by Madame Yang (Cynthia Khan). Their police skills are put to the test when they are ordered to nab a band of brutal thugs in the city.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Angel of Vengeance (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the vein of HARD BOILED and NAKED KILLER comes this action-crime thriller in which two young women caught in a power struggle among a trio of mobsters must struggle to survive in a world run by vice and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Escape from Brothel (1992)
Plot Summary:
A hapless couple struggles to escape the clutches of an evil crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: controversial, transgressive
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Nutty Kickbox Cops (1990)
Plot Summary:
King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves on the outs with their boss when they accidentally make a mess of his wedding while chasing Tak, a big league drug trafficker. Skinny and Fatty are forced to leave their jobs, but while on holiday in Singapore, they forget their troubles when they both find love with beautiful women. However, Tak is convinced the former cops are still a threat, and when he abducts their girlfriends, Skinny and Fatty swing into action to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, buddy comedy, detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Top Squad (1988)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues as well as some serious criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick
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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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Winners & Sinners (1983)
Plot Summary:
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: action comedy, cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (1989)
Plot Summary:
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, cult film
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My Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Million Dollar Heiress (1984)
Plot Summary:
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, tense, action comedy, suspense, detective, hood, cult classic, hilarious
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Twin Dragons (1992)
Plot Summary:
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, exciting, realistic, semi serious, road movie, action comedy, harsh, cult classic, action adventure
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Dragons Forever (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neurotic, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, cult classic, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Robotrix (1991)
Plot Summary:
A mad scientist transfers his mind to a wicked robot, which then embarks on a program of kidnaping, rape and murder, during which a female detective is killed. To fight the robot, the police woman's corpse is then made into a robotrix.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, cult classic, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, campy
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Project A 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick, eighties
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Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Plot Summary:
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, action comedy, entertaining, semi serious, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, stylized, hood
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City Hunter (1993)
Plot Summary:
Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, manga, spoof, freeze frame, cult classic, action adventure, parody, exciting, offbeat
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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, freeze frame, cult classic, action adventure, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Naked Killer (1992)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, realistic, suspenseful, rough, sexy, serious, stylized, controversial, sexual, fast
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Police Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action packed, slapstick
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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