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Plot Summary:
A martial artist tries to form a new life after leaving her husband who is a part of organized crime. But after her daughter is kidnapped, it's time for her to spring into action.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Rigged (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the seedy underground of illegal prizefighting, a corrupt boxing promoter is embroiled in a dangerous fight-fixing scheme with his female prizefighter.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Pushed to the Limit (1992)
Plot Summary:
Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst when Mimi's boyfriend Nick is wounded and her younger brother is shot to death for trying to stiff local druglord Harry Lee. Lee is the toughest and meanest criminal figure in all of Southern California and if you double-cross him, you won't live to see the sun set. Not only does Lee rule his own empire, he also runs the Kumite, a gladitorial fight ring where warriors battle to the death. Mimi knows the police can't touch Lee with a ten foot pole and so she enlists the aid of her martial arts friend Master Vern to teach her kickboxing and tai chi so she can prepare for combat. Vern doesn't think Mimi is ready for Kumite, as it is a place where only one warrior can be left standing and breathing and the one who loses dies.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Lady Bloodfight (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as "The Kumite". After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the Chinese apprentice of Oshima's nemesis. But other nefarious forces lie in the shadows, and Jane and Ling will have to unite on a journey that will take them from the gritty underworld of Hong Kong to the glitz of Macao, before deciding who really is the best female fighter on the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, intense
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Kill 'em All (2012)
Plot Summary:
Captured international assassins are locked up inside a high-tech bunker known as the Killing Chamber. To break out of this concrete hell they must duel each other, fight deadly ninjas and battle against gangs of masked maniacs. And... if they survive this, they will have to confront Snakehead: the lethal, deranged top dog who will stop at nothing to kill 'em all!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
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Streets of Rage (1993)
Plot Summary:
Melody Sails is an investigative reporter on Hollywood's juvenile delenquincy, and runs across Lunar, the crimelord. With the help of a 12-year old street-kid, she will get to him, but will she down him in the climactic fight to the death, or die trying?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Rage and Honor (1992)
Plot Summary:
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the streets.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Assassins' Code (2011)
Plot Summary:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, rough, realistic
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The Butcher's Son (2009)
Plot Summary:
A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama, exciting, realistic
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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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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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My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
Plot Summary:
Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting and now acts as the casino owner's bodyguard. When she's unable to prevent the owner's murder at the hands of an old foe, Modesty is hell-bent on seeking revenge. --- An adaptation of the Modesty Blaise novels and comic strip by Peter O'Donnell.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, realistic, psychotronic, surprise ending
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The Stranger (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Latin Dragon (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
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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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Bangkok Revenge (2011)
Plot Summary:
Manit (Jon Foo) witnessed the murder of his parents when he was just 10 years old. The killers shot him in the head, but he miraculously survived. However, the damage to his brain left him unable to experience regular human emotions. A martial arts master saved him and took him in. Twenty years later, Manit has become a master of martial arts himself. He returns to the scene of the crime, seeking justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, fast
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Best of the Best II (1993)
Plot Summary:
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast, clever, brutal, unusual plot structure
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Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Falcon Rising (2014)
Plot Summary:
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, motivational, scenic, crime drama, perverse, independent film
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Crazy Girls Undercover (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is about a group of Las Vegas sexy showgirls who are undercover agents working with a former C.I.A. agent (Robertson) to stop a terrorist attack.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, spy comedy, tense, suspense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent 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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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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Greetings to the Devil (2011)
Plot Summary:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Lethal (2005)
Plot Summary:
A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 417
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, serious
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Illegal Tender (2007)
Plot Summary:
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Amazons and Gladiators (2001)
Plot Summary:
During the Roman Empire, General Crassius ruled a small province with an Iron fist. Serena, a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her parents. Crassius and Serena's destiny would lead them to the Gladiator ring; the Amazons Warrior vs the Roman General.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, tense, realistic, independent film
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The Arena (2001)
Plot Summary:
In an age of Gladiators, the power that was Rome held its empire together with the might of its armies, the sweat and tears of its conquests, and the cheers and bloodlust of its citizens - glorified in the deadly spectacle of The Arena. Stolen from their homelands, the fiery Druid maiden Bodicia, exotic slave girl Jessemina, and the powerful barbarian Flavius, are pitted against each other as gladiators by the sadistic Roman Governor Timarchus. Banished by Caesar, Timarchus unleashes his frustration on his gladiators, staging extravagant spectacles of combat, orgy and death. In a violent world where only the strong survive, love and hate, life and death, are separated by an instant.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Action
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, realistic, independent film, period piece, remake of cult film, cult film
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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