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Plot Summary:
The movie is set during the gang wars of 1930's Shanghai. An adaptation of Shanghai Bund, the TV series.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Run! (2016)
Plot Summary:
A captain in pursuit of escaped prisoners must survive harsh climates and unravel a mystery involving sensitive documents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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My True Friend (2012)
Plot Summary:
A bullied student forms a bond with the leader of a youth gang and discovers the power and meaning of true friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Fatal Raid (2019)
Plot Summary:
An ultraviolent cops vs. gangsters bloodbath leaves casualties on both sides. Twenty years later, surviving team member Madam Fong leads a new squad in pursuit of reckless young anarchists terrorizing Macao.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Mongolian Connection (2019)
Plot Summary:
Working undercover on a human trafficking bust, maverick FBI agent Wade Dalton (Kaiwi Lyman), captures Serick Ibrayev (Sanjar Madi), a mysterious operative from the Mongolian underworld. With time running out, Wade must escort Serik back to Mongolia, and team up with hard-boiled police detective Ganzorig (Amra Baljinnyam), to deliver Serik to court to testify against a crime Syndicate that will do anything to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Action
Country: Mongolia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Shanghai Bund (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shanghai Bund is a 2007 Chinese television series and a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund produced by TVB. Directed by Gao Xixi, the series starred Huang Xiaoming, Betty Sun, Li Xuejian and Huang Haibo in the lead roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Maari 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass. This time around, he is facing off against a formidable opponent named Beeja, who would stop at nothing until he sees Maari's downfall.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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FB: Fighting Beat (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of young Muay Thai experts led by David are forced to use their deadly training to protect themselves when the local extortionist threatens to kill their mentors daughter if he doesn't give up his bar.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 308
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020)
Plot Summary:
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bullet Proof (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Thief pulls off the robbery of a lifetime when he robs the psychotic drug lord, Temple. The plan goes off without a hitch until the Thief discovers a stowaway in his getaway car - Temple's pregnant wife, Mia.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Ip Man: The Awakening (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a young Master Ip stops a kidnapping, he ignites a turf war with a ruthless human trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps one of Ip Man’s close friends, forcing him to face the group’s brutal boxing champion head-on.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rage (2017)
Plot Summary:
A vicious gang war for drug dominance draws in a disturbed Special Forces veteran John Bradley. Trying to adjust to normal life and haunted by inner demons of a violent past, the underworld's retribution on his last connection to humanity, a daughter and grandchild leads to a descent of fury and violence that not even the brutality of gangland is prepared for.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, cult classic
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High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
Plot Summary:
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku (Akira). The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bala Ko... Bahala Sa 'yo (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jeric Raval is Dias Del Fuego. An anti-organized crime cop who does the beat with a dark side of the law demeanor. The kind that loves to fight fire with fire and that which keeps the violent underworld under check. After being meted an indefinite suspension by their cop chief together with bungling rookie, Flavio (Dinky Doo, Jr.) after a botched hostage rescue, the two stage extra-legal means to pursue the town's top dollar racketing kingpins played by Kier Legaspi and Patrick Dela Rosa. Things get complicated as the underworld puts up heavy resistance. The wrench gets thrown in on Jeric's mean crimefighting machine when his ex-lover (Via Veloso) connives with the mob. As the going gets tougher, Dias Del Fuego gets down dirty and begins to reserve a special place in hell for the opposition.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Paayum Puli (2015)
Plot Summary:
An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes is lurking close to home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Undercover vs. Undercover (2019)
Plot Summary:
An undercover cop is forced to team up with a group of unlikely allies to take down a drug smuggling ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014)
Plot Summary:
Police officer in the Southern Precinct, WU Ying-xiong, has been revered as a hero in the Harbor City ever since he stopped the terrorists on a Boeing 777 airplane and kept the city safe. Unfortunately, the peace is only temporary… Panic spreads the whole city as a series of bomb explosions happen within hours and this is just the beginning of a tight-knit conspiracy. Facing the unprecedented crisis, the two-men team of totally opposite characteristics is the only hope to reverse the situation. Nonetheless, when moral standards are turned upside down, what faith should they keep to maintain the so-called justice?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Action
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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On the Ropes (2018)
Plot Summary:
Following the sudden death of their father, two brothers realize the greatest threat to their criminal empire might just be each other. A no-holds-barred battle for power ensues that threatens to destroy everything their old man built.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Rupinder Gandhi the Gangster..? (2015)
Plot Summary:
With the local police force unwilling to deal with crime, a college student and his gang take it upon themselves to mete out justice in their own way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Tomb of the River (2021)
Plot Summary:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, noir
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Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s, Logan (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) is the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong's elite. Police forces decide to send in Sky (Louis Koo), a Hong Kong undercover agent whose mission is to infiltrate and save the hostages, all while bringing the gang and their leader to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Dogworld (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a small town is surrounded by barbed wire that no one, not even the police, dares to cross. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs compete for the territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Survive the Game (2021)
Plot Summary:
When cop David is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner Cal chases the two criminals who shot him. They all land at a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric, and as Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives - along with a wounded David. Outnumbered, the three heroes must use stealth, smarts, and good shooting to take down the drug-dealing mob.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Special Lady (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hyeon-jeong, a used-to-be prostitute, is now the NO.2 of the gang which turns into a leading enterprise. Sang-hoon who has been picked up by Hyeon-jeong, becomes the top killer in the gang. Hyeon-jeong is the reason why he bears all the dirty works in the underworld. Dae-sik, a fierce prosecutor, gets caught in a trap by Hyeon-jeong and is now forced to help to build up the gang's business, but seeks for the revenge. Meanwhile, the fatal weakness of Hyeon-jeong, the existence of her hidden son who she secretly gave birth in a prison, is revealed. The boy immediately becomes the target for every opponent including Sang-hoon. Blinded by jealousy, Sang-hoon plans to demolish the gang and negotiates with Dae-sik. Hyeon-jeong now starts the lonely fight to protect her son, who doesn't even know his mother's existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, noir
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High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015)
Plot Summary:
A town once dominated by Mugen has been split into 5 districts dominated by S.W.O.R.D., the 5 gangs: Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka. Mugen's grip on the town ended after the legendary Amamiya Brothers refused to submit to their will. The 5 gangs fight for their pride and glory, but the mysterious Mighty Warriors appear.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Milan Palermo - The Return (2007)
Plot Summary:
After 11 years in prison, Mafia accountant Turi Arcangelo Leofonte can return to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, poliziottesco
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Fatal Blade (2000)
Plot Summary:
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, crime drama
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El Rey (2004)
Plot Summary:
Cali, Colombia, 1970s. The fictional story of Pedro Rey, the first drug trafficker and drug lord.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Colombia, France, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, crime drama
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Boone: The Bounty Hunter (2017)
Plot Summary:
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Candy (2017)
Plot Summary:
This dramatic tale of four women running the dope game in a big city is a familiar story that is as colorful as the characters they meet in the streets.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hood
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Vatos Locos (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - Two Chicano brothers, Estaban and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed for a drug deal gone bad when only seven years old. Half Irish, half Mexican gangster named Mickey Solis takes the two boys in and brings them up as lieutenants in his family business. - Damian Chapa, Gabriel Tang, Ricco Chapa.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film