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Plot Summary:
During Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard and interrogate them by Chinese opera in order to get the vaccine formula. Written by tom0902000.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 754
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, unusual plot structure, exciting, fast, contemplative
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This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! (2011)
Plot Summary:
A bike messenger, hired by competing mob bosses to smuggle goods, finds that her only way out is a confrontation erupting into a battle of bullets, blows and kicks to the face.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, tense, light, captivating, realistic, not serious, fast, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Bangkok Adrenaline (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four backpackers arrive in Thailand to party and drink. A gambling game goes wrong and with their lives on the line they desperately decide to kidnap a billionaires daughter. Things go wrong when her 'father' doesn't play ball and prefers to use the kidnapping to further his own interests.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, fast, slapstick comedy
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On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)
Plot Summary:
Louis Koo plays 009, or translated literally from its aural pronunciation, double-O Dog. He's one of 12 special Royal Bodyguards of a simpleton Emperor (Liu Yiwei) who named these 12 guards after the Chinese Zodiac, hence 9 translated to Dog. Unlike his peers, Dog is a scientist, and relies pretty much on his brains and fantastical gadgets to protect his Majesty from evil ninja assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, light, captivating, slapstick comedy, exciting, realistic
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Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (1986)
Plot Summary:
Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fast, poliziottesco
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The Man from Macau (2014)
Plot Summary:
The world renowned “Invincible Hand” Ken could identify not only mahjong tiles, but also cards with his fingers which had made him a legend. Upon his retirement as the Chief Security Consultant in Las Vegas, Ken returned to his hometown Macau, where he met his old friend Benz, and Benz’s son Cool and nephew Karl. Both Cool and Karl wanted to follow Ken. Ken claimed that if Cool could successfully cheat him once or win over him, he would then accept Cool as his protégé. Cool’s step brother Lionel, an undercover agent, had disguised his identity in an international gambling mafia which had planned to form an alliance with mafias in illegal gambling from all over the world to control the result of soccer matches. Lionel had recorded the entire conference, with the criminal evidence kept in an imitated eye. The eye was coincidentally given to Rainbow, Ken’s only daughter, which put her in danger. The retired Ken was forced to use his “Magic Hand” once again to uncover the evil plan….
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, anime, exciting
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Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Plot Summary:
Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis), one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick comedy, cult film
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The Resistance (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and their daughters are especially barbaric. One of them is Xiaoyun, a peasant girl who fights with the Chinese resistance group. On her way to freedom she must fight against Japanese soldiers, ninjas, a killer geisha, Nazis, and the evil General of the Japanese imperial army.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, serious, realistic
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The Elusive Corporal (1962)
Plot Summary:
The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious
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Deadly Life of a Ninja (1983)
Plot Summary:
A businessman and his sister-in-law are targeted for assassination by a band of evil ninjas and their vicious leader (Yasuaki Kurata). The ninjas are committing bizarre murders all over the city, and the police can't seem to pick up their trail -- so they call in ninja hunter and Kendo master Mr. Chow (Kuan Tai Chen). To take down the silent killers, Mr. Chow will have to fight against incredible odds in this campy ninja classic.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Comedy, Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious
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Fist of Anger (1973)
Plot Summary:
Historical movie set during the Japanese occupation of China during WWII. Jackie Chan is one of the good guys but has nothing much more than a supporting role.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fast paced, serious, realistic
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, independent film
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The Bodyguard 2 (2007)
Plot Summary:
The best agent of Vieng, the country near the boundary of Thailand received the important mission that he had to catch two armed dealers who could be the dangerous for his country.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, humorous
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Shoot the Hero (2010)
Plot Summary:
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, realistic, offbeat, independent film, fast
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The Deadly Duo (1971)
Plot Summary:
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter played by David Chiang to find a way to cross a perilous bridge to enter an impregnable fortress to locate and rescue the imprisoned prince. The big confrontation at the end involves trickery on the part of the heroes and the self-sacrifice of one of their number as David, who is not known to the enemy, brings in Ti as his `prisoner' to turn over to the Chings, as a way of gaining entrance. Then he cuts Ti's bonds and all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, cult film
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Kill and Kill Again (1981)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Plot Summary:
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is an expert in it as well as the Eagle Claw's. Can John stop Hwang before it's too late?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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Shaolin Intruders (1983)
Plot Summary:
On a routine courier mission, the prestigious Chin Hu chief was murdered by four mysterious monks. When all evidence points to Ching Hua (Liu Yu-Po), his friend Lei Hsin (Derek Yee) is determined to clear his name by barging in the Shaolin Temple thrice, and gets intwined in an intricate web of deception!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, stylized, fast
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Lost in Thailand (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lost in Thailand is the story of two rival business managers, Xu (Xu Zheng) and Bo (Huang Bo), who are fighting over a revolutionary new in-house technology for control of their company. If Xu wins, his future will be secured. The critical task is to secure control over the shares of the chairman, who is at a retreat in Thailand. Xu catches the first plane to Bangkok, where he meets the happy-go-lucky Wang (Wang Baoqiang), an unexpected travel companion who will open his eyes to life's true priorities.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, touching, melancholic
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Cow (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 912
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, realistic, gloomy
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The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 708
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, stylized, exciting, semi serious, epic, fast
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My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to protect her until her return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized, crime drama
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Return to the 36th Chamber (1980)
Plot Summary:
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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House of Fury (2005)
Plot Summary:
Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts of an agent known as Dragon. Now, father and children must team up to stop the rogue agent and his goons.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, cult classic, realistic, suspenseful
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Fool N Final (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Message (2009)
Plot Summary:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, controversial, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Dirty Heroes (1967)
Plot Summary:
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, grindhouse, macaroni combat, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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USS Seaviper (2012)
Plot Summary:
Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island near Sumatra, but the ship is left in the hands of Mister Cutter, after the Executive Officer is injured in battle. A conflict between Cutter and the Chief of the Boat puts the submarine in jeopardy. Seaviper is trapped below the surface, with decreasing oxygen, and a Japanese destroyer hunting them from above. Damage to the boat also leave her survival in question. They must fight the Japanese destroyer and get the information about U-235 back to Pearl Harbor.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Back to 1942 (2012)
Plot Summary:
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, captivating, bleak, realistic, intense
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The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real life story of an incident in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War, the film involves a communist reconnaissance team soldier Yang Zirong who disguised himself as a bandit to infiltrate a local gang of bandits, eventually helping the main communist force to destroy the bandits. Based on the novel "Tracks in the Snowy Forest" by Qu Bo.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, epic, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, bloody
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Rascals (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition reaches an all new level as both men constantly attempt to outwit each other to win over the surprisingly elusive Kangana!.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick