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Plot Summary:
A former hit-man for a drug cartel becomes a vigilante to pay for his sins and find redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, psychological, captivating
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Street Warrior (2008)
Plot Summary:
An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Smokers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Aaaron, a Kansas transplant is alone in New York City and just wants to buy a bag of weed.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cynical, neo noir, tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cult film
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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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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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China Strike Force (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, fast
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The Power of Ninjitsu (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ninjas duke it out in this low-budget horribly dubbed though highly entertaining American/Japanese production.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bad Blood (2010)
Plot Summary:
When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, bleak, tense, bloody, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Devil's Teardrop (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist Kincaid.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Misfire (2014)
Plot Summary:
WKBA kickboxing champion and hard-action star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) takes to the screen in a border-crossing, barrier smashing all-action explosion that pits his will to live against the merciless murder machine of a Mexican drug cartel. Hardened DEA agent Cole finds himself sucked into the deadly underworld of Tijuanna in search of his ex-wife, a journalist who may have gone too far in search of a story. She’s been abducted by a charismatic Cartel boss who publicly aspires to public office while privately slaughtering anyone who gets in his way. Now, in a place where two cultures clash and life is cheaper than bullets, Cole is about to discover the cost of shooting to kill when you Misfire.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mirageman (2006)
Plot Summary:
After being brutally assaulted, an incident which also saw the death of his parents and the rape of his younger brother (which mentally scarred him to the point of having to be institutionalized), Maco Gutierrez has devoted his life to fitness and practicing martial arts to ensure his safety in the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, rough, semi serious, cult classic, super sentai, masterpiece
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The Four (2012)
Plot Summary:
An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it with funny money, but with an army of undead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, bleak, suspense, fast paced
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Mandrill (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mandrill (M. Zaror) is a high-level assassin whose parents many years ago were slaughtered in cold blood by a ruthless drug lord. Now he finds himself finally in a position to get his revenge. But since it falls in love precisely in the pretty daughter of the ruthless killer. Mandrill now faces the most serious decision of his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Twin Daggers (2006)
Plot Summary:
A shady Los Angeles martial arts assassin is hired by a beautiful woman to avenge the death of her parents, who were killed by her evil twin sister. But when the hit man tracks down his target, he finds himself strangely attracted to her. Trapped between his heart and his duty, he ultimately faces a shattering new revelation.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Mortal Enemies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Orphans Sunny and Verdy are like brothers, but are separated when Verdy is adopted by a wealthy couple. Their paths cross again when Verdy (now a successful businessman) and his fiancée are kidnapped by a crew of pirates while on vacation. With the ransom set, Verdy is reunited with his long lost friend - who, it appears, has joined the pirates. Will they be able to come together to prove that brothers don't always have to share blood?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Naked Soldier (2012)
Plot Summary:
A gorgeous lethal killer, brainwashed by the villain, makes a startling discovery in a mission to eliminate a person she can in no way imagine.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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A Lonely Woman (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Lonely Woman is about a docile and shy girl, Annie, (Youlika Skafida) an orphan from Greece who all she wanted was to have parents. After living in an orphanage her first 12 years, an elderly wealthy American couple finally adopts her giving her a new life in the USA. Fifteen happy years later her world flips upside down when a horrible event changes her life forever. Annie slowly transforms into a new persona; Jezebel (her real birth name) a dark and merciless woman with only revenge on her mind to get justice at her own hand. A series of events keep her on a destructive path from which there might be no return. Then she meets Antoine (Beau Yotty), a handsome, sincere man who seems to truly cares for her. Is he her savior who will help her forget her mission of revenge? Or is he the instrument to finish her transformation to the dark side?.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
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Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
Plot Summary:
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic, stylized
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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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The Assignment (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense, crime drama, anamorphic, cult classic
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Rebellion (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over Jimmy's #2 man Blackie. Po must now find the assassin, control the seething Blackie, and keep their rival gangs at bay before all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Revenger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Hell-bent on avenging the murder of his family, a former detective infiltrates a remote island that serves as a prison for vicious death row criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, brutal, suspense, crime thriller
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The Scorpion (2007)
Plot Summary:
Featuring a mix of Thai Boxing and Ultimate Fighting, SCORPION has been dubbed The French Fight Club. It stars Jerome Le Banner, who is also known as Hyper Battle Cyborg and The Bulldog of Paris, a true kickboxer, famous for his aggressive style - 43 of his 57 wins have come by knockout.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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
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Paradox (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, noir, neo noir, action thriller
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Avengement (2019)
Plot Summary:
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, hood, cult classic, action thriller, captivating, cult film
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in the process. Ryan decides that if he cannot escape then he must confront them head-on in what can only be called a desperate suicide run.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
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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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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2014)
Plot Summary:
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, fast
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Baseline (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang leader, from a hitman, Danny is suddenly plunged deep into an underworld he had tried so hard to avoid. Danny is promoted to manager, but only on the condition that he turns a blind eye to the shady goings on both on and off the dance-floor. Danny and his girlfriend Jessica dream of setting up their own club, but Danny is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice when he has to choose between loyalty, morality and his own dreams of escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, rough, realistic
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Xtreme (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, hood, perverse, thrilling, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic, independent film