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Plot Summary:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told that his already murdered family is being held hostage, Jeff is forced to turn one-time courier for the White Hand, whose leaders are Manta and four others named Helmut Vitch, Milt Kowalski, Russ LaFleur, and Hansel Lee. After surviving a car-bombing in Las Vegas, Jeff learns the truth about his family being murdered, and he sets out to exterminate the White Hand cartel. Unofficially aided by an agent named Megan, whose mother was raped and murdered years ago, Jeff steals FBI files and begins his campaign of revenge on the White Hand cartel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Ring of Death (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the inside, there are no rules. See what happens when Prison Officials Profit from Illegal fights.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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To the Limit (1995)
Plot Summary:
Colette is an attractive ex-CIA agent seeking revenge against a ruthless villan and his organization of trained assasins for the murder of her husband while the man is also after mobster Frank Di Vinci for his own personal reasons. It isn't long before the paths of both Colette and Frank meet whom they share the same vendetta against the same man and they reluctnaly try to co-operate with each other to bring him down.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, rough, serious, realistic, fast
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Prey of the Jaguar (1996)
Plot Summary:
When his wife and son are brutally murdered by a fugitive drug lord that he helped put behind bars, former Special Ops agent Derek Leigh vows to avenge their deaths. After mastering lethal fighting skills at the hands of a martial arts instructor, he assumes the identity of The Jaguar - a vigilante superhero from his son's drawings - and with nothing more to lose, sets out on a fierce, one-man blood hunt to bring the criminals to final justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, suspenseful, fast, gay cinema
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Plot Summary:
Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could escape... But no one escapes from the Raven Teams ruthless leader Raven. At least not alive. Raven is back with a new team to hunt down and eliminate Grant.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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First-class assassin Lee Choe (Pak) has spent years working for the mob. When his handler turns on him by killing his girlfriend and framing him for the murder, Lee stops at nothing to seek revenge. He fights back with a vengeance and violently punishes those who played a part in the death of his innocent love.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, dark, bleak, suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Face of Terror (2004)
Plot Summary:
A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 888
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, action adventure, independent film
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Plot Summary:
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
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Plot Summary:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, rough, realistic
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The Line (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico, La Linea (The Line) is full of action and drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, crime drama, surprise ending
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American Yakuza (1993)
Plot Summary:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
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Plot Summary:
When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, hood, exciting, independent film
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The Sweeper (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those associated with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, detective
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense, black cinema
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Force of Execution (2013)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, crime drama
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Best of the Best II (1993)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot tags: serious, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast, clever, brutal, unusual plot structure
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, sexy, detective
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Plot Summary:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Christmas Rush (2002)
Plot Summary:
In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, fast
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Walking Tall Part II (1975)
Plot Summary:
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
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Detonator (2003)
Plot Summary:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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Plot Summary:
Over the next 72 days, Detective Woo will push his skills to the limits and his team of cops to the edge as they conduct a manhunt for an elusive criminal. Woo takes the law into his own hands as the hunt becomes personal, and as his target may get away.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
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Indian (2001)
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DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ranking policeman. Then all of a sudden, Raj finds out that many policemen would like to see Khan go free. He discusses this issue with his father-in-law, and to his surprise, does not find any support from him. Disagreements and arguments ensue, and as a result, his father-in-law gets killed. The Police suspect Raj of killing him, they begin the process of arresting him, he runs away, while Khan is all set to get freed to do whatever he likes.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
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Plot Summary:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: stylized, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, action packed, disgusting, black comedy
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Badge 373 (1973)
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When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the experience only emboldens him. Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), who wants to foment revolutionary war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
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Go Fast (2008)
Plot Summary:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain and then France, loaded with drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
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Plot Summary:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough