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Plot Summary:
A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: epic, comic, cult film
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Silent Assassins (1988)
Plot Summary:
The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Owl (1991)
Plot Summary:
After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Wangan Midnight: The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scenic
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Fists of Iron (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Dale Hartwell's best friend gets killed, he swears revenge on the bloodthirsty promoter and fighter who did it.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hitmen (2023)
Plot Summary:
Michael Hero, a powerful CEO, seeks vengeance for the murder of his grandson by offering a one-million-dollar bounty for the assassination of his grandson's accidental killers, attracting the world's leading assassins to the task at hand.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Condors (1987)
Plot Summary:
A noble-minded ninja rejects corruption and works with an undercover cop to defeat the evil student of his old master.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Dr. Strange (1978)
Plot Summary:
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: epic, psychotronic
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G-Men from Hell (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, comic
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The Green Hornet (1974)
Plot Summary:
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Green Hornet (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese reporter (Esther Kwan) attempts to find out the identity of a masked crime-fighter.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Cicakman (2006)
Plot Summary:
Hairi (Saiful Apek) is a loser who lives in Metrofulus. While working in the lab, he accidentally drinks coffee that has been contaminated by a virus-infected gecko. He soon finds himself doing the most insane things, such as sticking to walls, making chirping cicak noises and adding bugs to his menu. He turns to his best friend and apartment mate, Danny (Yusry Abdul Halim), and begs him to find the reason behind his strange antics. Meanwhile, the people of Metrofulus are constantly being infected by new strains of viruses, and the only cure seems to come only from Professor Klon's (Aznil Nawawi) lab. Suspecting something amiss, Hairi and Danny launch their own investigation and discover that Professor Klon is not only the creator of such viruses, but also has a more sinister plan up his sleeve, backed by his business partners, the Ginger Boys Ramlie and AC Mizal, who first tend to take revenge on Professor Klon's failed experiment on them; making their senses turn abnormal.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Friday Foster (1975)
Plot Summary:
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mask the Kekkou: Reborn (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sparta Academy is the nation's top prep school, where students with poor grades undergo frightening torture under the school headmaster's direction. Kekko Kamen makes her appearance at the school in outrageous attire, completely naked except for her red mask, boots and gloves, and attacks the torturing teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, manga
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Kekko Kamen Returns (2004)
Plot Summary:
The evil is back and this terrorizing the swim team at an all girl school. After turning the Principal into a frog monster they commence with their own brand of twisted training and punishment. But Kekko Kamen has also returned to right the wrongs and send the MGF packing once again or can she, they seem stronger and smarter then ever have been before, it's sink or swim time for Kekko Kamen.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags:
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The Immortal Wars (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in the future the world has been split into sectors, humans have captured deviants and force them to fight to the death. Madman Dominion Harvey hosts the immortal wars and televises the show to the entire planet. Trikalypse and fellow deviants will not only fight to survive, but to bring down Dominion Industries.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Flash 2 - Revenge of the Trickster (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Scarlet Speedster has faced many tough foes, but none present a challenge like James Jesse. After his murder attempt on a private detective was foiled, James vows to defeat the Flash as the costumed crook, The Trickster. With his insane genius making him seemingly the only villian who can counter the superhero's incredible speed with mundane materials, The Flash has a real fight on his hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: epic, campy
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Armstrong (2017)
Plot Summary:
During her first night on the job, a rookie EMT and her partner pick up a wounded superhero and are pulled into his mission to save Los Angeles from a sinister organization.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Plot Summary:
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, splatter, art house, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized, sexual, sexy
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Shadow Master (2022)
Plot Summary:
After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Lightspeed (2006)
Plot Summary:
Government agent Daniel Leight has his radiation treatments sabotaged. He soon finds that he can now move at super speeds but only by risking metabolic damage which could prove to be fatal. 'Lightspeed' must now use his powers to go after old friend turned terrorist who is now a mutant half-snake called Python.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, epic, fast
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Legends of the Superheroes (1979)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of many of DC Comics greatest superheroes and villains. In the first episode, The Challenge, the superheroes must race against time to stop the diabolical super-villains' plot to destroy the world. In the second episode, The Roast, the superheroes pay tribute to Batman and Robin in the form of a roast which even the villains attend.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: epic, campy
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The Green Goblin's Last Stand (1992)
Plot Summary:
Life is never simple for our favorite wall-crawlling hero, but it's about to get a lot more complicated. When Norman Osborn returns unexpectedly from the rehabilitation clinic, his sinister alter ego threatens too come back as well. With his spider-sense set on overdrive, Peter Parker races to keep Osborn at ease before his anxiety propels him into Spider-Man's deadliest foe... The Green Goblin.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags:
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Justice League of America (1997)
Plot Summary:
An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps? Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? Or will New Metro be drowned in a humongous tidal wave?.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Captain America (1979)
Plot Summary:
An artist, Steve Rogers, is nearly murdered by spies, looking for his late father's national secrets. He is saved during surgery when a secret formula is injected into him; this serum not only heals him but also gives him fantastic strength and lightning reflexes. To help him solve the mystery behind his father s murder and bring those guilty to justice, a government agency equips him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and an indestructible shield. Now armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, epic, saga, anime
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Wonder Woman (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wonder Woman is a never-aired television pilot produced by Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment for NBC, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. David E. Kelley wrote the pilot, which was directed by Jeffrey Reiner. Adrianne Palicki starred as the main character. The Wonder Woman pilot was expected to debut in 2011, but NBC opted not to buy the series.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: entertaining, tense, captivating, intense, epic, saga, anime, psychotronic
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Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
Plot Summary:
A government agent is looking for a missing scientist, believing that a revolutionary leader known as Miguel (Christopher Lee Lord of the Rings) has him, and that he is using him to get his formula for something that can accelerate the aging process. He sends Steve Rogers aka Captain America (Red Brown) to find him and rescue the scientist, his only lead is a chemical that the scientist needs for his formula. As he gets closer to the truth Miguel threatens to spray the chemical on a major city unless his demands are met. But the President does not negotiate with terrorists, can Captain America save the day!?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, epic, saga
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Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Plot Summary:
Sergei Kravinoff is a big game hunter, who takes a magical serum giving him superhuman abilities and a longer life.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, interesting
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The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Scarlet Speedster teams up with the city's previous superhero, The Nightshade, in two adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 507
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
Plot Summary:
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, epic, fast, surprise ending, campy
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Chakra the Invincible (2013)
Plot Summary:
The movie features Raju Rai, a young Indian boy living in Mumbai, India. Raju's mentor, the scientist Dr. Singh, develops a technological suit that weaponizes all the Chakras in the body. Raju uses its powers to be a superhero and vows to use the suit to protect and serve Mumbai as he battles super-villains. The Invincible fights new enemies and makes a new mysterious friend Mighty Girl. But, who exactly is Mighty Girl, where did she came from and how is she going to change Chakra’s life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action
Country: India, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful