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Plot Summary:
Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his own rescue attempt. James Coburn plays McCabe, Ellen's ex-husband who hires a crew of professional hang gliders to help him rescue her and the kids from the terrorist's mountain top lair.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kill Slade (1989)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter is hired to abduct a reporter who has uncovered a U.N. conspiracy plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Active Stealth (1999)
Plot Summary:
After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a rich drug dealer, he must use a new technology plane to get there. The plane is technically advanced with a new protection luxury called 'Active Stealth'. Murphy and his men get aboard the 'Active Stealth', piloted by Hollywood who dreams of being an actor and embark to Mexico. The action never stops from then on when Salvatore sends his men in to block them from getting through.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Adventure, Action, Crime, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Fear (1988)
Plot Summary:
A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention of letting his family come to any harm.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Rosebud (1975)
Plot Summary:
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, political drama
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Spitfire (1995)
Plot Summary:
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film, cult movie cast
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Demolition University (1997)
Plot Summary:
College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, nostalgic
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Rapid Exchange (2003)
Plot Summary:
To break the plane during flight 747 and steal a quarter of a billion dollars is needed pervaded team, however, the members are given betrayals that can spoil the coup.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, cliffhanger, suspenseful, semi serious, fast
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Raging Inferno (2007)
Plot Summary:
A fire breaks out in the Berlin Fernsehturm (Radio Tower) trapping several people in the restaurant and observation deck at the top. A team of firefighters, including a disgraced former member, rush to the rescue as chaos erupts among the trapped.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Slade Collins and the Tree of Life (2014)
Plot Summary:
Slade Collins and The Tree Of Life is an adventure film that explores ancient Iroquois folklore. The story follows a relic hunter named Slade Collins who is employed by a museum caretaker to find Dr. Winters, a renowned anthropologist who has gone missing. Dr. Winters was researching The Tree Of Life in an attempt to uncover its secrets. In Iroquois myth, The Tree Of Life is believed to be directly tied to the story of Creation. Through an unfortunate event, Slade teams up with Sill Winters, Dr. Winter's daughter who is also searching for her father. Together, they set out to find the Tree Of Life and the doctor. Unfortunately for them, they are not the only ones searching for The Tree Of Life. The nefarious Reverend Wendell Cobb and his associate, the ruthless mercenary named Czar are also searching for it. Together they set out to bring about the end of the world as we know it.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, action adventure, independent film
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Asker (2000)
Plot Summary:
When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter (Dean Cain) must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 827
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, action packed, independent film, fast
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Let's Get Harry (1986)
Plot Summary:
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, sexy, thought provoking, feel good, humorous, entertaining, splatter, visually appealing, complex
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The Apocalypse Code (2007)
Plot Summary:
Terrorist Jaffad Ben Zayidi steals four nuclear bombs from a sunken American submarine and hides them in four major cities throughout the world. The charges can be activated by an 11-digit code. Zayidi dies and his accomplice, nicknamed "The Executioner," is about to blow up the bombs. The Executioner is chased by FSB, whose agent Marie has previously infiltrated Zayidi's team.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Plot Summary:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
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Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Delta Force team are brought in once again to deal with an evil villain in foreign lands.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Interceptor (1992)
Plot Summary:
A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists whom are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Air Rage (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea agreement wherein all the blame is on him and his men would be discharged and receive any benefits they're entitled. But the General presiding over his trial chooses not to agree to the agreement and throws the book at the Colonel and has his men dishonorably discharged thus eliminating all their benefits.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, realistic, fast
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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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Bulletproof (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, cult classic, independent film, fast
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Final Approach (2007)
Plot Summary:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon unless they receive a billion dollars.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
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Steel Sharks (1997)
Plot Summary:
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002)
Plot Summary:
Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him back--alive.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force (2001)
Plot Summary:
At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team must infiltrate without conventional weapons and use a mixture of martial arts skills, swords, crossbows and unconventional arms in their top secret attack.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, action packed, independent film, fast
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Getting Even (1986)
Plot Summary:
A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed. A greedy millionaire rancher finds out about it and sets out to steal it.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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King of Africa (1968)
Plot Summary:
A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Air Collision (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockbuster, realistic, independent film, disaster movie
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Crash Point Zero (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern B movie, reusing lots of footage from other films.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, cliffhanger
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Air Marshal (2003)
Plot Summary:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a one-man war against the hijackers destructive plans.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Countdown (2004)
Plot Summary:
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security services. As this plan has failed, Pokrovsky assisted by some terrorists organizes a hostage taking in a Moscow circus (very similar to Moscow theater hostage crisis in real life) in order to return to Russia, acting as a saver of the hostages during negotiations. However, he fails to do so. The movie also depicts the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia as a place where an important Islamic militant hides, which was a common allegation by Russian authorities in real life around that time, and depicts destruction of a base of terrorists and allies of Pokrovsky in Qatar which might hint at the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. Overall, the movie was widely considered propaganda.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Blast (1997)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries and alcoholism knows of their real plans. And only he, with the guidance of former terrorist-fighter Leo, can stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Guilty as Charged (2000)
Plot Summary:
US Army Investigator John Murphy (now a Lieutenant, although he was a Major in the previous Base movie) has been sent to look into a series of suspicious deaths that have been going on under the watch of Colonel Strauss. After going undercover and infiltrating Strauss's unit, Murphy discovers that Strauss and his men are leading a vigilante gang to dispense 'justice' to those they feel have been wrongly acquitted of various crimes.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic