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Plot Summary:
Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. Meanwhile, Rainmaker has kidnapped the famous Professor Protost, and the Stabilizer teams up with his daughter Christina to save the Professor and bring Rainmaker down for good.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The dignified killers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Huei (Lam Wai - Long Arm of The Law) returns home and gets heavily involved in gangster activity once more working alongside boss Luo (Ku Feng). Re-connecting with friend Ping (Emily Chu - A Better Tomorrow) who's now working as a bar girl to earn money for her father's operation, gangster activity is now mixed with romantic activity. Something that enrages Huei's triad brother Sen (Lung Siu-Wa) to the point of betrayal...(www.sogoodreviews.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
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Passionate Killing in the Dream (1992)
Plot Summary:
A woman can see through the mind of a serial killer. But can she use her talents to alert the police to the killer's next move or will the killer catch on and track her down.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
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American Hunter (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jake Carver needs to retrieve a microfilm containing information which would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments. Also seeking the microfilm is the villainous Adam who plans to sell the microfilm to the highest bidder. Fist fights, explosions, and car chases ensue.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: retro, microfilm
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Mercenaries From Hong Kong (1982)
Plot Summary:
Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: heroic
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War Dog (1987)
Plot Summary:
An unsuspecting hero gets involved in uncovering a super soldier terrorist group that has brainwashed his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bloody, independent film
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Red Shield (1991)
Plot Summary:
A pair of detectives are after a smuggling ring, and when they come to the leader, they need back-up by a navy seals team - as the traffickers possess not only drugs, but heavy military equipment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Guns of Dragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvonne Yung Hung), only to find that the criminal (Patrick Lung Kong) that made his life hell in Hong Kong has also come to the States.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
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Final Score (1986)
Plot Summary:
Richard Brown, a decorated Vietnam War veteran now living in Indonesia, discovers that gunmen invaded his home, murdered his son, Bobby, (preparing to celebrate his 8th birthday), and gang-raped and murdered his wife, Florinda. Vowing revenge, he begins to track down the culprits, learning in the process that they're in the employ of a business rival named Hawk. At one point he's captured, beaten, and tortured but then he's rescued by Julia, Hawk's personal secretary, who also seeks revenge on her employer for causing the death of her sister. Brown eventually finds and confronts Hawk at Hawk's fortress-like compound.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, War
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: retro
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Cheetah On Fire (1992)
Plot Summary:
In Hong Kong, a weapon dealer has a special computer chip, which is needed to build a secret missile. He is trying to sell it to a foreign goverment. The local secret police, the CIA and an enemy band is looking for him, but he has a very rich and influential man as his partner.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
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Dreaming the Reality (1991)
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MOON LEE and YUKARI OSHIMA have been trained as assassins by their adoptive father FOK. The pre-credits sequence details their training at a very early age, and clearly differentiates the personalities of the two girls/women; the vicious nature of their foster brother and the ruthlessness of their mentor FOK.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
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Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
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Bloody Brotherhood didn't make much of a splash at the HK box office (just reaching that "magic" two-week theatrical run where most HK movies reach the break-even point) and it's gone largely ignored by fans, even though it stars Andy Lau, arguably the biggest star in HK right now. To some point, this is justified. Bloody Brotherhood doesn't really offer up anything new or do it in any sort of spectacular fashion. In fact, many parts of the film are merely adequate, or even sub-par. However, after watching a spate of recent half-ass over-CGIed movies, Bloody Brotherhood brought back memories of a time when even the most average HK crime/action flick was better than anything Hollywood could (or would) churn out.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Asian Cop: High Voltage (1994)
Plot Summary:
Donnie Yen is back with a vengeance in this electric action thriller. The star of Fist of Fury, Hero and Highlander goes up against Hong Kong's deadliest gangsters in a no holds barred duel to the death. Donnie Yen has proven to be one of martial arts most reliable and dedicated martial arts stars. Through the years he's been the lead in his own films, as well as co-starring with the modern legends such as Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
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The Last Conflict (1988)
Plot Summary:
Interpol officer Dickson Kwan is sent to Hong Kong to investigate in a fake passport forgery case and collaborates with officer Pau Sei and Lau Ting Kin. Due to different approaches on investigating, Dickson and Sei often get into conflicts. Later during an arrest operation, Dickson saves Sei's life and they forget about their bygones. Sei has a daughter Eva, who opposes his father to be a cop. Dickson falls in love with Eva and pursues her, however she does not like Dickson's dangerous profession and although she has feelings for him, she still rejects him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
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Fire Phoenix (1990)
Plot Summary:
After stumbling across a mob hit, a man must run for his life, trying to stay ahead of vicious mercenaries after the $1 million bounty placed on his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
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Fury (1988)
Plot Summary:
Chuck (Philip Chan), Jimmy (Waise Lee) and Lucky (Michael Wong) are blood brothers. Jimmy's cousin Jake, acts as a go-between, arranges a trafficking of counterfeit U.S. notes between Jimmy's group and the local triad society in Taiwan. Jake, however, is a double-crosses by informing the police of the trafficking. At the ambush, police injures Lucky and arrests him, while the rest have a narrow escape and land on a boat back to Hong Kong. On their return, Jake deliberately kills Lucky's wife Nina and shots Chuck into the sea. Lucky is free from jail and returns to Hong Kong five years later. Touchingly reunited with Jimmy, Lucky is told that Chuck was dead and Nina was disappeared during their run away. Meantime, Jake assigns his mistress Elsa to keep an eye on Lucky.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Angel of Vengeance (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the vein of HARD BOILED and NAKED KILLER comes this action-crime thriller in which two young women caught in a power struggle among a trio of mobsters must struggle to survive in a world run by vice and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
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Escape from Brothel (1992)
Plot Summary:
A hapless couple struggles to escape the clutches of an evil crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: controversial, transgressive
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Tiger Claws II (1996)
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Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's Chinatown. When NYC cop Tarek Richards learns of a rash of recent killings using Chong's distinctive M.O.— a claw-like mark across the face of the victim— he contacts his old partner, Linda Masterson, who is now living in L.A., for help. But Chong, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the murders. He's just being used by crime kingpin Lo Fu, who needs to combine his energy with Chong's to open some sort of time portal to provide vital supplies for the ancient Shaolin monks. In truth, though, Lo Fu greedily plans to use the portal to smuggle heavy modern artillery back and rule Qing Dynasty-era China himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Killer Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Three female cops form a special unit and get their main witness out of the clutches of a gang. The witness holds the key to Chu Chung Sing, a gang-lord who runs a night-club. They will have to face a ruthless but sentimental killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: bloody, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Ballistic Kiss (1998)
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Cat is a killer-for-hire intends on finding his nemesis wesley for revenge. When cat finally meets his long-awaited opponent a chain of events led to cat holding a policewoman hostage. They gradually begina a precarious relationship that may or may not affect cats ultimate mission to take wesleys life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic
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Just Heroes (1989)
Plot Summary:
The assassination of a gang lord triggers a power struggle amongst his men. Who will win the game the righteous or the villain?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: heroic, cult classic
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Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: anamorphic, cult classic, cult film
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Dragon Fight (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to defect to L.A. to make a name for himself. When Jimmy learns of Tigers plan to defect, an attempt to stop him fails and Jimmy ends up missing his flight to China. Now a fish out of water, Jimmy's only hope is Andy, a wisecracking youngster in L.A. Meanwhile, Tiger works for a mafia boss. When Tiger loses a fortune in cocaine in a detergent box that Andy accidentally took, Andy and Jimmy soon have no choice but to face the wrath of Tiger and his men. Their only ally is Penny, the girlfriend of Tiger's boss. Two men who were once best friends have now become bitter enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Bloodfist 2050 (2005)
Plot Summary:
Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and revenge set in in 2050 Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, psychotronic, detective
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Moving Target (2000)
Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't commit, the man struggles to keep himself alive as he tries to clear his name and find the identity of the real killer. Moving Target also features Bill Murphy, Hilary Kavanagh, and Terry McMahon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Trained To Kill (1989)
Plot Summary:
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To the Death (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994)
Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992)
Plot Summary:
When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA and the FBI are also involved the Dragon's fire is in his fists!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Another Meltdown (1998)
Plot Summary:
A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon tangle with the charismatic but evil leader of the Japanese cult Aum Shinryuu.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast