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Street Law (1995)

Action, Drama, Martial arts

John Ryan, reformed youth offender turned lawyer, gives a lot of his time to pro bono cases, which has caused his finances to dwindle and led him to contract a debt with Larry, a loan shark. While Larry is actually a friend and shows great leniency towards him, the debt attracts the attention of mobster Luis Calderone. Calderone is no stranger to Ryan, as the two were partners in crime during their teenage years, before Ryan left him behind during a police chase, leaving him to bear the consequences of their offense.

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Murder Me, Murder You (1983)

Crime, Drama, mystery film

Mike is hired to protect Chris Jameson (Michelle Phillips), an old flame who he hasn't seen in almost 20 years. Chris heads up an all female high-risk courier agency that has become tied up in a dangerous exchange involving high-stakes bribes by an American helicopter manufacturer to a corrupt General in Central America. Chris nonetheless drops dead in the middle of testifying before a grand jury, but not before informing Mike that he has a 19-year-old daughter, Michelle Jameson (Lisa Blount), who is caught in the middle of everything and might already be dead.

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The Way of War (2009)

Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, thriller film, war film

Special Activities Division Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding Jr.) stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders to remain off the field, and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.

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Dark Rising (2007)

Comedy horror, Science fiction

There are two Earths: our Earth and Dark Earth. Dark Earth is a world of demons and magic. It is in a dimension created at the height of the Roman Empire by a powerful sorcerer, in an attempt to banish demons from our Earth, forever.

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The Storm (2009)

Action, disaster film, Drama, katastrophe, Science fiction

Through his Atmospheric Research Institute, Robert Terrell (Treat Williams) has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of completing "weather creation" technology, which has been a landmark event. However, during a test run, a team composed of Dr. Jonathan Kirk, Carly Meyers and Dr.

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The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)

Comedy, war film

In 1944, during the last stages of the war in Europe, American officers Paul MacDougall (Heston) and Joseph Angelico (Guardino) are sent to Rome to act as spies for the Allies, even though they have no experience in espionage. Working with Italian partisan soldier Ciccio Massimo (Baccaloni), MacDougall and Contini send regular reports to their superiors by carrier pigeon. Angelico also finds himself falling in love with Massimo's pregnant daughter Rosalba (Pallotta), while her sister Antonella (Martinelli) has her eye on MacDougall.

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Mach 2 (2000)

Action, Drama, thriller film

U.S. Senator Stuart Davis, running against the Vice-President, plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage by terrorists. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans.

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Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)

Comedy

Following the assassination of his crime boss's biological father (Robert Forster), whom he had not even known existed, a young Ohio investment advisor (Michael Rapaport) must impersonate a Mafia Godfather for a few weeks to prevent a gang war. He tries to keep this new life secret from his real family, especially his very jealous fiancée (Christine Taylor), with the help of his new "family" and his father's chief lieutenant (Christopher Walken). At the same time, he is being pressured by his boss at work to sign off on a due diligence report for a questionable investment, trying to keep his family safe, dodging assassination attempts,…

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Mercenaries (2011)

Action

Andy Marlow is an ex-British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary who is working covertly at an observation post in the Balkans after a military coup has resulted in the assassination of the Prime Minister of Serbia. The coup has been instigated by Olodan Cracovic, the ex-commander of the Croatian Army and wanted war criminal. During the unrest, Olodan’s troops raided the U.S.

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Hirokin (2012)

Action, Adventure, Drama, fantasy film, Science fiction

The film tells the story of Hirokin, a samurai on a post-apocalyptic planet. After his family is murdered by the evil dictator Griffin, the reluctant warrior, left for dead in the desert, vows to avenge his loved ones and to defend his people.

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Puncture Wounds (2014)

Action, Martial arts, thriller film

John Nguyen is a veteran suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Despite his status as a war hero, he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. When he hears a woman scream, he investigates and gets into a fight with several Aryan Nation thugs who are hassling Tanya, a prostitute in the service of local crime boss Hollis.

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This Is Not a Test (1962)

Drama

Starring a group of mostly unknown actors, This Is Not a Test begins with lone deputy sheriff Dan Colter (Seamon Glass) receiving orders to block a road leading into an unidentified city (dialogue indicates the location is somewhere in central California, however). Soon, he has detained several vehicles with a variety of occupants ranging from an elderly man and his granddaughter, to a man who has recently become rich and his alcoholic wife, to a trucker and a hitchhiker. The motorists and the police officer hear attack warnings over the police radio and begin to prepare for the inevitable bombing.

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Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)

Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama

Johnny Barrows, a winner of the Silver Star is set up by his captain O'Malley when he inadvertently steps on a landmine. When O'Malley mocks him, Johnny slaps him, leading him to be dishonorably discharged from the army. Shipped back home to Los Angeles, Johnny promptly gets mugged and arrested by some racist cops who believe him to be drunk.

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She-Devils On Wheels (1968)

Action, exploitation film, Motor-Bike Film, thriller film

The film opens with Karen (Christie Wagner), a young woman leaving her mother's house after a visit. She drives her car to a local garage where she trades it with a motorcycle and changes out of her sun dress into street clothes (blue jeans, a T-shirt, and a green fabric vest with an image of a pink cat head and the words "MAN-EATERS" on the back). Karen re-joins her real friends that she has apparently kept secret from her mother; Karen is a member of an all-female motorcycle gang called the Man-Eaters.

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Angelfist (1993)

Action, Martial arts, thriller film

An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring the people responsible to justice. She enters a kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the murderers, and begins unravelling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades.

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Impasse (1969)

Heist

Pat Morrison runs a shady salvage operation in Manila. His latest scheme involves finding $3 million worth of gold bars hidden by the military during World War II. To this end, he needs the help of several former soldiers who were present when the gold was hidden.

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Yang chi (1974)

Action, Comedy, Eastern, Erotic Film, Martial arts, Pirate Film, Raunchy comedy, Sex Film

A ship sailing in the pre-First Opium War South China Sea is attacked by pirates and five British maidens on board are kidnapped. They are sold to a brothel run by Chao (Hsieh Wang), where they start being trained in sexual techniques for the day when they shall be auctioned. However, one of the attendants, Ko Mei-Mei (Hui-Ling Liu) takes pity at the girls' fate and, with her brother Ko Pao (Yueh Hua), begins to secretly instruct the girls in kung fu.

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The Hostage Tower (1980)

Action, Crime, Heist, spy film

Criminal mastermind Mr. Smith (Keir Dullea) is being pursued by Malcolm Philpott (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), the head of an international peace organization. Smith draws together a team for a heist including weapons expert Mike Graham (ex-CIA) and thieves Sabrina and Clarence.

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Alien Siege (2005)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

An alien species called the Kulku demand that eight million human beings be handed over to them to produce a cure for the virus that is killing them. In return, the Kuklu promise not to wipe out the planet and take what they want. While other countries empty their prisons to try to meet their quotas, the U.S.

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Runaway! (1973)

Action, thriller film

After departing the station at a ski facility, a passenger train begins descending a long downhill grade, only to discover that the brakes don't work, apparently frozen while at the mountain station. The train continues to gain speed, and one brakeman is lost trying to kick the frozen moisture off one section of brakes. It is anticipated that the train will derail at a sharp curve once it reaches level ground, and emergency crews stand by there.

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