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Plot Summary:
Set in the outback of Africa's Okavango Delta, Wayne Garrison, a former Green Beret, dedicated to the conservation of the region, finds himself forced back into action.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action
Country: South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Trick (2010)
Plot Summary:
Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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High Explosive (2001)
Plot Summary:
Medical and de-mining personnel for the United Nations must escape from war-torn Angola before revolutionaries kill them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Action
Country: South Africa, UK, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Joe Bullet (1973)
Plot Summary:
When local soccer team The Eagles fall prey to a series of onslaughts from a mysterious gangster only a week before the championship final, the team turns to the one man that can help save their chances at victory – Joe Bullet (Ken Gampu). Joe will have to battle against villainous henchmen, escape booby-trap bombs and bring his martial arts expertise to the fore in order to survive an attack from a deadly assassin. In the end he will have to infiltrate the mysterious gangster’s hide-out in a dangerous cat-and-mouse rescue mission to save not only The Eagles’ two kidnapped star players, but that of his beautiful love interest, Beauty (Abigail Kubeka). The odds will be stacked against him, but he’s the man that fights crime, the man that no one can tie down! Joe Bullet!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Action
Country: South Africa
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Diamond Ruff (2015)
Plot Summary:
Action - Orphan, con artist, crime boss and millionaire, Diamond Ruff has seen it all. In prison for a murder he did not commit, he meets the Reverend Trek Woods, who overwhelms him with kindness, character and faith in god. Falling in love with April, a young woman with terminal illness, Ruff is again challenged to grow and change. Will he be redeemed? There are no easy answers. - Felicia Pearson, Fredro Starr, Michael Barra.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: hood
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The Glorious Seven (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ex-military commander David Guerra is hired by shady millionaire Anthony Levin to rescue his wife Valentina who was kidnapped by Javier Martinez, leader of a guerrilla group.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 398
Genere: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, suspense, captivating, entertaining
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Merchants of War (1989)
Plot Summary:
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Pointman (1994)
Plot Summary:
"Arbitrageur Constantine "Connie" Harper is sentenced to a maximum security prison for fraud and decking the DA at his trial. Upon his release, one of his cellmates asks him to bodyguard his sister Rosie, who is being threatened by a diamond broker over some diamonds. Connie becomes a reluctant bodyguard to Rosie. While in prison, his name got on "the list," a collection of people to go to when you've exhausted all other options. - Written by Jeff Cross ".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992)
Plot Summary:
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mercy (2023)
Plot Summary:
An ex-military doctor finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the Irish mafia seize control of the hospital at which she works. When her son is taken hostage, she is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened past and lethal skills after realizing there’s no one left to save the day but her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Dragon Missile (1976)
Plot Summary:
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord (Ku Feng) suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late (seven days). A jealous aide saddles Lo with six other fighters to accompany him, i.e. steal the herb when they get the chance and race back to the capital so the aide will get the credit. Lo doesn't trust the six and none of them trust each other. At one point, one of the six nearly botches the whole mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Gridlocked (2015)
Plot Summary:
Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, action packed, twisted
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Good Girl, Bad Girl (2006)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa and Maria are twins, although not so identical...Maria is a nun while Vanessa is a go go dancer. Leading very different lives they don't interact much, however they are forced to switch lives when Vanessa is chased by Gromek, a powerful drug dealer. The girls must stop Gromek and also save the monastery Maria lives in from being sold.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light
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Tigershark (1987)
Plot Summary:
Action movie directed by Emmett Alston.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Body and Soul (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ljuba, a woman who has recently become a model, gets involved with a uranium thief.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Rolf (1984)
Plot Summary:
Mercenary takes revenge on bad guys. The Last Mercenary, a thrilling story of violence... of a rare man... a man trying to forget his past. The story of a man's buring vengence, an avenger who cannot forgive. Neither threats nor traps can stop The Last Mercenary. Stretched to breaking point both physically and morally, a fight until death follows. His Price is death!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Russian Terminator (1989)
Plot Summary:
An ex-mercenary is enlisted back into the life to rescue the boyfriend of the daughter of a powerful mogul.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Action
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Fireback (1983)
Plot Summary:
Jack Kaplan is a US Army Soldier and Weapons Expert liberated by a "rescue team", he returns home to the United States only to find out that his wife Diane has been captured by infatuated gangster Duffy Collins. Kaplan embarks on a mission to find his wife, running into characters like Digger, Man With The Golden Hand, and the treacherous femme fatale Eve. He is a man on a mission.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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The Immoral Three (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three attractive sisters have one year to avenge their mother's murder and collect her inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexploitation film
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Without Mercy (1995)
Plot Summary:
He' s been betrayed by his country, stripped of his honor and exiled to a foreign land. Now maverick Marine officer Frank Zagarino has found a way to get back what was stolen from him. And he'll get it-no matter what it takes.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plato's Run (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fear (1988)
Plot Summary:
A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention of letting his family come to any harm.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, scary, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Mission to Kill (1992)
Plot Summary:
His activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: cult film
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Jungle Assault (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two Vietnam vets with nothing to lose are called back into the bloodiest action of their lives. Their assignment: locate and destroy a terrorist base and bring back a General's daughter alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
Similar in 86%
American Commandos (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chris Mitchum plays Dean Mitchell (I know, quite a stretch), the one gas station attendant you don't wanna mess with. He's a taciturn Vietnam vet who doesn't say very much. When some stupid baddies DO decide to mess with him, they end up in a world of hurt. They try robbing his beloved gas station, and then they go after his family. Big mistake.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Blackbelt (1992)
Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran John Sweet (Matthias Hues-I Come In Peace).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, bloody, mockbuster, independent film, exciting, fast
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Lost Treasure (2003)
Plot Summary:
A paint is stolen from a building during a great fire and after recovered, the police finds inside it a mysterious map. A police officer responsible for the case ask his brother, who is an antiques expert, to help him during investigations. Analysing the paint an fabric, he finds that the map belonged to Cristopher Columbus and the drawings in it refer to an old legend of a lost treasure. Asside from unravel mysterious riddles the police officer and his brother will have to fight against a violent gang which is after the treasure as well.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, touching, tense, suspense, independent film, semi serious, detective
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Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: christian film, suspense
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The Ultimate Weapon (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mercenaries, Ben & Vince, are assigned to destroy a stolen military arms cache held by a group of terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, perverse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Black Dawn (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, spiritual, fast, freeze frame
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Belly of the Beast (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. Jake must engage in a battle that will put both his physical and spiritual powers to the ultimate test.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, spiritual, intense, action packed, fast, surprise ending