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Plot Summary:
Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous drug dealing colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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The First Time is the Last Time (1989)
Plot Summary:
A very dark, realistic women-in-prison film from Angel director, Raymond Leung. Carrie Ng plays Winnie, a young woman who is jailed after avenging her boyfriend's death at the hands of some ruthless gangsters. Once in prison, Winnie befriends another inmate who, secretly because of the underworld massacre, wants her dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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Karate Girl (1973)
Plot Summary:
Blond bombshell Filiz Akin is Zeynep, a mute girl who lives with her aging father at a farm. One day five criminals, who just escaped from prison, invades the homes and kills the father and rapes Zeynep. Because of the shock of being raped, she regains her speech and decides to take revenge on the criminals. With the help of the friendly hobo Murat (Ediz Hun) she learns to be en expert shooter, manages to take a brown belt in karate and sets out to kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min
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A Moment of Romance II (1993)
Plot Summary:
A street racer encounters a mainland courtesan under an extraordinary circumstances. A moment of Romance between them follows after.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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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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Lee Rock (1991)
Plot Summary:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama
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Sworn Brothers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Superstar Andy Lau and Cheung Kwok Keung are heroic bloodshed brothers in the riveting triad saga Sworn Brothers! Lau (Andy Lau) is a fast-rising enforcer with the triads, but beneath his "bad" exterior is the sworn brother of Cheung (Cheung Kwok Keung), a Royal Hong Kong Police officer just returned from Scotland Yard. The two men are on opposite sides of the law, but both share a bond that cannot be tarnished, either by years or differing ideologies. Can the brotherhood of these two righteous men set things right in the underworld? Co-starring Tung Piu (Jackie Chan's Police Story films) in a compelling role as a corrupt cop, and loaded with many exciting actions sequences, Sworn Brothers is a standout triad action-drama in a genre already loaded with many similar films. With potent melodrama, and the type of heightened emotions that typify many popular eighties Hong Kong films, Sworn Brothers hits the action-drama bulls-eye in entertaining and bloody style!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Walk on Fire (1988)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick sends Hung (Cherie Chung) as a bait to kill Ho Lung. Swore to take revenge for his best friend, Kwok Wah works with Ho Lung's partner Mother (Kent Cheng) to unveil the enemy. Kwok Wah saves Hung during an operation and Hung starts to like Kwok Wah. Kwok Wah and Mother follow their plan to capture Dick, but it ends in vain and both of them get into a gunfight. Hung is killed for saving Kwok Wah during the gunfight. Though heart-broken, Kwok Wah and Mother go on fighting the villain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, poliziottesco
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Fury in Red (1991)
Plot Summary:
A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
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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
Plot tags:
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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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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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Boxer from Shantung (1972)
Plot Summary:
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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 Cage 3 (1991)
Plot Summary:
Earnest cop James (Cheung Kwok-leung) works for the Commercial Crime Bureau and is keeping a sharp eye on slick business man Lee Siu-pong (Wong Kam-kong). When his business endeavours garner the attention of an enterprising extortionist, Lee has the blackmailer killed. Fearing that the incriminating document has fallen into the hands of James, Lee does the only thing that a red-blooded criminal might -- he kidnaps the cop's girlfriend Suki (Sharla Cheung Man). When James gives chase, he finds himself horribly burned in an explosion detonated by Lee. After months of painful recovery, James dons a silver mask and sets out for bloody, gut-wrenching vengeance. Meanwhile, Suki, who has become Lee's unwilling mistress, plots for the thug's gory demise as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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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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Flaming Brothers (1987)
Plot Summary:
An early movie of Chow Yun-Fat. The story is about two brothers going into opposite directions in life. One leaves the triads to become an honest citizen, the other stays triads member. But in the end both hold together. A typical HK movie storylin in the 1980s.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Plot Summary:
The triangular relationship between Lap (Joey Wang). Rick (Kenny Bee) and Cheung (Tony Leung) is the backbone of this film. Lap's father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. Force by an old partner, Lap's father assisted in trafficking of his father, Lap became the mistress of Godfather Shen. Cheung was her driver and loved her deeply. Six years later, Rick became a professional assassinator and returned to Hong Kong for a job. he met Lap, and Lap decided to leave Godfather Shen. Of course Godfather Shen wouldn't let his woman get away from him. Cheung helped them to exile. Lap, Rick and Cheung united to confront Godfather shen and his follwers. A bloody gun battle begin. Could every one survive at the end?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama
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Man Wanted (1995)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and to June, his patient girl friend. Also, to save Feng's lover Yung from a life of crime, Hwa gives her his pager number and promises to be there for her. A year later, Feng reappears, asking Hwa's aid with one last task before he returns to the mainland forever. Feeling sentimental, Hwa agrees to help and finds himself set up to take the fall in a drug war. June is in danger, too, and death awaits as Yung realizes it's Hwa she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, poliziottesco
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Bullet for Hire (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: heroic, bloody, black comedy, dark comedy
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A Moment of Romance (1990)
Plot Summary:
A story of a bank heist that almost ended in disaster (for the robbers) until their getaway driver Wah Dee (Andy Lau) took a young woman Jo Jo(Jacklyn Wu) hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, both began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Legacy of Rage (1986)
Plot Summary:
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May and so he comes up with a plan that will win her for him, and solves a problem he's been having. It seems that an undercover cop named Sharky has been using his police connections to dominate the local cocaine trade, so Michael has him killed and uses Brandon as the fall guy. Brandon goes to jail, though he thinks that he will be released soon thanks to the efforts of his good buddy Michael. Eight years later Brandon finally gets out of jail and vows revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, independent film, cult film
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The Greatest Battle of Wolves (1989)
Plot Summary:
A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There is a spectacular shootout, in which both Martin and Jack are severely wounded. The leader of Jack's gang was at the hotel, unlike Martin's, and escapes. Afterwards, both gang leaders, Mr. Fong of Martin's and Mr. Yam of Jack's, go to a general and make peace. Meanwhile, both Jack and Martin are hospitalized. Martin's legs are amputated, and his girlfriend whores herself in order to get them back into Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fairy tale
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Rich and Famous (1987)
Plot Summary:
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: heroic, crime drama, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fatal Contact (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Tiger Cage (1988)
Plot Summary:
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are framed for murder and drug-trafficking themselves. Dodging bullets from cops and criminals alike, the race is on to clear their names, protect their loved ones, and bring their corrupt colleagues to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bloody, heroic, cult classic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Plot Summary:
A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Plot Summary:
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bloody, cult classic, intense, heroic, exciting, stylized, suspense, manga, hood
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The Tigers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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City on Fire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague.What is more Chow would rather quit the force. He feels guilty about having to betray people who have become his friends, even if they do happen to be killers, drug dealers, loan sharks and protection racketeers: "I do my job, but I betray my friends."To add to his problems, he begins to bond with Fu, a member of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, cult classic, bloody, crime drama, action thriller, tense, rough, serious, captivating