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Action, boxing film, Crime
The story centers on Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a boxing promoter banned from legitimate fights until he finds a promising start in his son Eddie. The night of the fight sees Eddie killed, and Simpson suspects rival Frank Spedding. Billy seeks revenge, only to grow mad as his suspicions draw closer to home.
Action, disaster film, Horror, independent film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
For a thousand years man has been adding a day to the calendar every 4 years and in doing so violated mankind's interpretation of the Mayan Calendar's prediction that the world would end in 2012. On the 13th day of the 13th month of the new millennium, survivors confront a world of demons. On 13/13/13 the entire human race (with the exception of those born on a leap day) go insane.
black comedy film
Chris Martin is a bachelor about to marry his longtime girlfriend. Wanting to enjoy his last few days as a single man, Chris spends several nights hanging out with his old high school friends, the "Five Aces". Chris, Ray, Ash, Todd and Sean spend the week at a winter cabin in their hometown, drinking, swapping life stories, and chasing women.
Action, Horror
Pyrophobic mortician Gerald Tovar, Jr. inherits the family mortuary and accidentally exposes hundreds of uncremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses reanimate, Gerald’s inheritance-seeking younger brother, Harold, unexpectedly shows up and stumbles upon Gerald trying to keep the zombie outbreak under control.
Action, Action Comedy, Crime, thriller film
FBI agent Diane Norwood and DEA agent Max Parrish are both in pursuit of the same criminals—a trio of allied crime bosses and a man named Thomas Livingston, who handles their finances. But, instead of working together, the two agents race to be the first to arrest the suspects and seize their millions in order to claim the money for their agency. After realizing neither one can be beaten or persuaded off the case, the agents reluctantly decide to work together.
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Daredevil stunt driver Eddie Miles has been hired to drive Count Borgia's second car in the "African International Rally;" he immediately gets himself fired by humiliatingly defeating his boss in a test race. Mischief-maker Playboy's writer J.J. Dalton asks her editor to send her to cover the race; she will be the navigator for Freddie Selkirk, her pilot friend.
war film
Quartermaster's Mate Leslie Harmon is awaiting a court martial when he is brought to Commodore Joseph Smith (E.G. Marshall) and his son Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith Jr.
Action, Drama, thriller film
A rancher's sister runs away from her Montana home for an exciting life in Los Angeles. However, she is abducted and sold into sexual slavery by a gang. Her brother comes to the city to find her, and when the police won't help, he takes the law into his own hands.
Action, Martial arts
Thanks to Sheriff China O'Brien (Cynthia Rothrock), Beaver Creek, Utah has been designated the safest community in the state. But the town once again becomes unsafe when it becomes the hideout of escaped drug kingpin Charlie Baskin (Harlow Marks). Baskin wants revenge on an ex-associate, Frank Atkins (Frank Magner), who testified against Baskin and is now residing in Beaver Creek with some embezzled drug money that Baskin wants back.
B western, Western
thumb|George 'Gabby' Hayes, John Wayne, and Eleanor Hunt in the film right|thumb|Gabby Hayes and John Wayne right|thumb|John Wayne and Gabby Hayes right|thumb|John Wayne holds gun on villain John Carruthers is an undercover US Marshal. He appears to be in town investigating a string of robberies committed by the Polka Dot Bandit, but when he is a little late in discovering one of the Bandit's thefts, Sheriff Jake thinks Carruthers is the thief. For some reason, instead of arresting him, Jake accompanies him on his journey; after all, as Carruthers says, "It's kind of lonesome trailing alone." The two stumble upon a gang robbing a…
Action, thriller film
Professional thief Martin is assigned to steal the largest diamond in the Czech Republic, the Czar's Prism for $3M. Needing extra help, Martin brings in his former partner Mandy, an excellent sharpshooter with lethal martial arts skills. Together with two young pickpockets, the group sets out in an adventure of espionage, double crossing, and explosive action.
Action, Science fiction, Superhero
A Special Forces unit, known as the Painkiller Unit, is exposed to a biochemical weapon while on a mission in Sovetskaia, Chechnya. While attempting to retreat, the entire unit is ambushed and executed by a group of armed men in protective hazmat suits. One member of the unit, Captain Jane Browning (Emmanuelle Vaugier), not only survives the execution, but recovers from the viral infection and develops an abnormally rapid healing factor, increased dexterity, speed, strength, enhanced senses, mental abilities, and a photographic memory.
Action, Drama, thriller film
An American freighter ship carrying sensitive cargo en route to Taiwan is hijacked by North Korean pirates led by Sin (Jang Dong-gun), a terrorist set on destroying the Korean Peninsula. The sensitive cargo is weapons technology for a military satellite, secretly made by the U.S. in reaction to strengthening Chinese/Russian relations.
Action, Drama
The film portrays the events leading up to and at the start of the Waco siege.
Action, Crime, Drama
A hit woman is contracted to perform one final job before she leaves her life of cold-blooded killing behind forever. She is now faced with the challenge of dealing with carrying out the contract she accepted and her own moral values.
Action, Horror, Science fiction
After receiving a distress signal, a team of elite commandos are dispatched to extract a scientific team in a secret military base. The team is instructed to shoot on sight any prisoners that they see. When they arrive, the commandos split into three teams.
Action, Comedy, Science fiction, Silly Movie, Sitcom
One morning, the little town of Newnan, Georgia, is thrown into hysteria when a UFO is reported over the nearby lake; even the personnel from the nearby Air Force base is mobilized. The only one remaining untouched by this hubbub is Sheriff Hall (Spencer), the big and punchy keeper of the local law; indeed, he does not believe in aliens, especially since layabouts like Brennan (Joe Bugner) use the excitement to commit all sorts of mischief. Still, strange things begin to happen to some of the citizens who share his point of view: a barber's chair begins to spin rapidly around its axis – along with its customer – and an ice cream cart…
Action, romance film, Western
Suspecting them of being rustlers, cattle rancher Bull Herrick hires two feuding men, Hays and Heesman, as ranch hands to keep a close eye on both. The rancher's sister Helen arrives and wants Bull to return East with her, where doctors can treat the condition that has left him in a wheelchair. A stranger in town, calling himself Tex, has joined up with the Hays group of ranch hands.
Western
Seven Jones (Murphy) is a young Texas Ranger on his first assignment, following in the footsteps of his brother, Two Jones, who was also a Ranger. He initially comes to a town where the inhabitants try to attack him, angry at the lack of support from Texas Rangers. He learns that the town had just been attacked by outlaw Jim Flood (Sullivan), who had killed two men in a shoot-out over a card game, and set fire to the saloon, which burned down.
Action, Comedy, Science fiction
On the planet Arous, Captain Bantor, the Sovereign and the Inquisitor attempt to quell an uprising of the defiant resident miners of Taura's planet by capturing her and killing her fellow dwarf miners and the wandering priest Zaal. Taura is forced to defend herself against the marauding starship captain. During their struggle, Taura causes Bantor to lose his hand in a volcanic acid plume.
Action, spy film, thriller film
Dr Tsu's wonder women brings the world's greatest athletes to her Philippine lab, where parts are removed for resale.
Action, Action Comedy, Comedy, fantasy film, Science fiction
Action, Comedy
Lewis Kinney is an accountant who goes to work for a wealthy family, the Hatchers. James Hatcher has embezzled $10 million from the mafia and the CIA, and now they are both seeking him. Kinney falls for James' sister Lise and is pursued by two bumbling henchmen, Centino and Falco.
Action, Drama, Dystopian, Science fiction, thriller film
In 2013, capital punishment has been abolished. With prison spaces running out, a group of prisoners are taken to an island called Novaya Zemlya for the sake of an experiment.