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Plot Summary:
Identical twin brothers on vacation are faced with an unexpected battle when their getaway spot is invaded by mercenaries. Using their martial arts expertise, the twins wage war against the invaders in order to free their kidnapped girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy
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Dragon Hunt (1990)
Plot Summary:
The people's private army and their crazed leader Jake, have a simple plan - take over the world. But, there are three things in their way, money and two deadly kickboxers - The Twin Dragons (Michael and Martin McNamara). Jake's devious plan has the Twin Dragons captured, drugged, and set loose on an island for a little game called "Kill the Twins." Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Twins spring into action turning the hunters into the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy, cult film
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Talons of the Eagle (1992)
Plot Summary:
After 3 DEA agents are killed by crime boss Mr. Li (Hong), the DEA reluctantly calls in New York cop and martial arts expert Tyler Wilson (Blanks) and sends him undercover on assignment to Toronto to team up with Canadian vice cop Michael Reeds (Merhi). Wilson and Reeds must infiltrate Li's gang, so enter a martial arts tournament that Mr Li is known to attend to recruit talent.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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The Bloody Fists (1972)
Plot Summary:
Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, blocked the fight scenes for this Kung Fu action extravaganza. A small Chinese town is being torn apart by a conflict between local farmers and Japanese soldiers of fortune, who have been brought to town to liberate supplies of a rare Chinese herb. A martial arts expert gifted in both Chinese and Japanese fighting disciplines passes through town, and takes it upon himself to settle the feud.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Dragon Inn (1967)
Plot Summary:
General Yu is executed after having been accused of treason by the powerful eunuchs, and his children will be deported. Eunuchs plotting to kill even the children, and prepare an ambush on Dragon's shelter in the middle of the desert. There are other guests, who are also interested in the deal.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: bloody
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Enter the Fat Dragon (1978)
Plot Summary:
Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire (1979)
Plot Summary:
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Magic Crystal (1986)
Plot Summary:
Looking to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's mega-hits E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing directs this yarn about Andy who, along with buddies Pin-pin and Pancho ventures to Greece to find his long lost friend Shen. They soon discover Shen is being tailed both by the KGB and by Interpol after discovering some rare gems in an archaeological dig. After a unkindly series of events, Andy winds up back in Hong Kong with the stones, which, it turns out, is not gems but rather an alien life form. Meanwhile Karov, an evil magician, is hell bent on getting his hands on the gem/alien no matter what.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Iron Buddha (1970)
Plot Summary:
After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
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Chinese Stuntman (1982)
Plot Summary:
The Chinese Stuntman was a Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li released in 1981. It is largely based around the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon. Chang Wei (Li), a stuntman, is called to the secret island owned by the mysterious Fu Chi (Yun Wen Chang). Here he competes in a martial arts tournament to investigate the suspicious surroundings.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
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The Angry River (1971)
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The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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New Killers in Town (1990)
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The story follows Chin Siu Ho and the rarely seen Lee Ga Sing as Wu Shu experts coming over from Mainland China to live with their uncle - Liu Chia Liang and his daughter Moon Lee. Immediately upon arrival, they inadvertently get into a fight with some gangsters and incur the wrath of their crime boss. As a result there are a lot of gun battles, fist fights and bloodshed leading up to a final action packed showdown.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Way of the Black Dragon (1978)
Plot Summary:
Allison Wong gets abducted by a gang of drug smugglers with a nasty sideline business involving white slavery and prostitution. Interpol agent Bill Eaton, honest worker Chen, and Allison's brother join forces to take out the nefarious crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Flying Guillotine II (1978)
Plot Summary:
Take two directors (Cheng Kang, who made the popular true crime thriller "The Criminals", and Hua Shan, who helmed the superheroes "Super Inframan"), a cast of the best and best-loved martial arts actors, then respected kung fu choreographer Tang Chia, and what do you have? The beloved cult sequel to the international "esoteric weapon/crazy cutlery" hit, "The Flying Guillotine", that's what !.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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The Odd Couple (1979)
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Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and intricate weapons duels ever committed to film. Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing play dual roles as both masters and students of the sword and spear styles of kung fu. Comic mayhem ensues when the students get kidnapped and the masters must rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, cult film
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Jade Tiger (1977)
Plot Summary:
The headless corpse of the Chao Clan patriarch and the theft of a jade tiger set in motion another successful collaboration between three of the biggest names in swordplay action dramas: director Chu Yuan, martial arts novelist Ku Lung, and kung-fu superstar Ti Lung (the same trio who made The Magic Blade and Clans of Intrigue such big hits). The authoritative Hong Kong Movie News magazine praised the film as one of the director's most "well-known suspenseful thrillers.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Blind Fists of Bruce (1979)
Plot Summary:
The incomparable martial arts expert, Bruce Li, stars as a wealthy hero who defends his village from the assaults of ill-wishers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, independent film, cult film
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The Blade Spares None (1971)
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Ho Li-Chun, a pretty but ruthless swordswoman, and three challengers are participating in an open tournament at Prince Kuei's Palace. A knight, Chen Jo-Yu, is defeated in the tournament. He flees and later returns with knight Tang Ching-Yun who wields a strange sword. They get trapped but Ho deliberately sets both free after seeing Tang's weapon which she recognizes as the same weapon once used by Sun Tien-Chen, a foe of the Ho family. She decides to investigate. She finds out Prince Kuei actually is Sun, who killed the real prince years ago and assumed his identity. Ho joins forces with Chen and Tang. The trio slays Sun in a desperate confrontation at the palace.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)
Plot Summary:
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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All Men Are Brothers (1975)
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"All Men Are Brothers" is the sequel to "Water Margin" a.k.a. "Seven Blows of the Dragon" from 1972. At the beginning of "All Men Are Brothers", we learn that the emperor forgives the 108 Liangshan rebels since he finds they have the same enemies. The small army tries to conquer the city Hangchow, but is defeated. They send 7 spies to gather information about the city's defense before they attack a second time.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags:
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The Savage Five (1974)
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A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang plays a lesser version of his Rover character from "Duel Of The Iron Fist", and Ti Lung, looking incredible here, is at his physical best. Accolades to Chen Kuan Tai and Wang Chung in great sympathetic roles, too. A kung fu classic where the actual martial arts display takes a back seat to the mesmerizing story.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The Sword of Swords (1968)
Plot Summary:
A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries after being blinded and betrayed by a ruthless villain. A cunning killer has blinded the brave warrior chosen to defend his country with an enchanted sword, and murdered his family. After recovering, the sightless defender sets out to recover the weapon, and seek revenge against his murderous nemesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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The Avenging Eagle (1978)
Plot Summary:
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Sky Riders (1976)
Plot Summary:
Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his own rescue attempt. James Coburn plays McCabe, Ellen's ex-husband who hires a crew of professional hang gliders to help him rescue her and the kids from the terrorist's mountain top lair.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ninja Destroyer (1986)
Plot Summary:
A lucrative emerald mine and the various protagonists who are struggling to wrest control of it for their own profitable ends.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
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Ninja Terminator (1986)
Plot Summary:
Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers. Ninja mayhem by Godfrey Ho intercut with multiple scenes from Stafferyui Bulcheonggaek.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, serious, fast
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The Young Master (1980)
Plot Summary:
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, tense, light, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, funny, sexy, thought provoking
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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Plot Summary:
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location of a lost city buried under the desert, and its hidden treasure would only be revealed by a gigantic storm every 60 years. The gang used the inn as a front to locate the lost treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, captivating, tense, suspense, epic, serious, fast
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
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The notorious “One-Armed Swordsman” who has spent the last two years retired from the martial world as a simple farmer with his wife. Of course this idyllic life is about to be sliced to ribbons by Chang’s wicked imagination. He concocts a savory setup when he introduces, not one, but eight unique villains known as the Eight Kings of Swords and their sword-wielding entourage for Wang Yu to eventually chop his way through.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, offbeat, serious, realistic
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Reign of Assassins (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, fast
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No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, intense, cult classic, independent film, stylized, fast, campy