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Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,280 films · Page 270.

Copperhead (2008)

Horror, Western

The film begins with an outlaw named "Wild Bill" riding onto an apparent battlefield. He finds an elderly Mexican, who asks him "what happened" in Spanish "Qué pasa aqui?". He replies, "La Serpienta Del Diablo." Bill then walks to a carriage, a woman falls out, a copperhead slithers out, and Bill shoots it with his gun.

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Kommando Leopard (1985)

Action

In an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, a group of rebel freedom fighters fight to bring about a less oppressive society. The rebels, led by the enigmatic Enrique Carrasco (Collins) who has returned to his native land to fight, attack a hydro-electric dam. Along with Carrasco's native fighters are Smithy (Steiner), a British mercenary, and Maria, a native ex-medical student turned freedom fighter.

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World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)

Action, found footage film, Horror, Zombie

A family is holding a birthday for their daughter during the apocalypse, maintaining the illusion things are still normal despite their only light source being a camcorder and birthday candles. It is clear, however, that they have barely been surviving as zombies overwhelm them. The footage of the "birthday" is archived by a military photographer, Jones, who documents his team's efforts of surviving the zombie onslaught in a remote beachside compound.

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Chain of Command (1994)

Action

The film pairs a former Green Beret and a female Mossad agent. Anti-terrorist operative Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) gets caught in the middle of a deadly international conflict in this explosive adventure. Danger lurks around every corner as Ross tries to thwart a plot to seize control of Qumir and its oil fields.

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Talons of the Eagle (1992)

Action, Martial arts

After three 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 to Toronto, on undercover assignment, to team up with Canadian vice cop Michael Reed (Merhi). Because Tyler and Michael must infiltrate Li's gang, they enter a martial arts tournament that Li is known to attend to recruit talent.

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The Last Escape (1970)

Action, Drama, thriller film, war film

During the Second World War, American Captain Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a group of British commandos attempt to locate and kidnap the leading German rocket scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun). Along the way they are chased by SS and Soviet forces who were also after him.

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Killer Wave (2007)

Action, disaster film, Natural Disaster, thriller film

The US east coast is suddenly struck by a type of a massive destructive force of nature usually only happening after a major earthquake in the Pacific and Indian Ocean rims: tidal waves of the destructive tsunami type. Scientist and fiction author John McAdams is forced to attend a type of Department of Homeland Security conference which concludes the phenomenon must be man-made, quite possibly abusing the findings of John's secret former Sea Lion project, but leaves questions of who wants to and has the means unanswered. Indeed, John and his colleague Sophie, a Québécois, soon find John set up for the murder of a potential whistleblower…

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One Down, Two to Go (1982)

Action, Blaxploitation

Chuck Wells (Jim Kelly) and his partner Ralph Dart (Richard Roundtree) are the owners of the International Martial Arts dojo which is located in Los Angeles. A martial arts tournament is taking place with a prize of $400,000. Chuck and Ralph have their best student enter the event.

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Nevada (1944)

Action, Western

During the 1850's in the western part of the Utah Territory (now the state of Nevada), speculator Cash Burridge has but one goal. He wants to buy up as much land as he can. He and other investors have noticed "some blue stuff" in the soil.

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Angel Unchained (1970)

Action, Drama, thriller film

Following a biker brawl involving the Exiles MC (Nomad Chapter), their leader, Angel (Don Stroud) quits in pursuit of a new life. He meets Merilee (Tyne Daly), who was harassed by local men who despise hippies. She introduces him to her commune and their leader, Jonathan Tremaine, who is running from the anti-hippie townsfolk.

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Sagebrush Trail (1933)

B western, Western

Sentenced for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes from prison determined to find the real killer. By chance Brant's narrow escape from lawmen is witnessed by Joseph Conlon who goes by the name of "Jones". Giving Brant the name of "Smith" Conlon gets him into his outlaw gang hiding out in an abandoned mine.

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Last Man Standing (1995)

Action, Crime

A series of violent robberies, perpetrated by the sinister "Snake" Underwood and his crew, has Southern California law enforcement on edge. Detective Kurt Bellmore and his partner "Doc" Kane are called for a disturbance at a high rise hotel, which turns out to be a contentious meeting between Snake and one of his associates over the split of their latest bank haul. A gunfight and chase ensue, which end in Snake's capture.

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Project Viper (2002)

monster film, Science fiction

The Space Shuttle Olympus is on a routine mission, but with a far-from-routine payload: "Project Viper", an experimental hybrid of human genes and computer chips, designed to adapt to any environment, particularly that of the planet Mars. But as the shuttle crew prepares to launch the first prototype, referred to as "Viper", into space, an unexpected power glitch occurs, causing the container housing the prototype to break open. Soon the astronauts are killed by Viper, and the Secretary of Defense orders the remaining second prototype Viper destroyed - which is stored in a secure NovaGen Science facility, the manufacturer of the prototype.

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Drums Across the River (1954)

Action, Western

Gary Brannon is a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his father Sam. Frank Walker is hoping to open up the Ute Indian territory for gold-mining purposes and tries to foment a war between the Utes and the local whites, while he steals a gold shipment and pins the blame on Gary. Gary starts off hating the Utes because one of them killed his mother but gradually he comes to be on their side and wants to expose the machinations of Walker.

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Rollin' with the Nines (2006)

Action, Crime, Drama, hood film, thriller film

The movie begins with the UK Hip Hop group "Time Served" getting used to living the high life as rap stars. This all comes crashing down however when one of their members Too Fine is killed in a drive-by because he owes a drug dealer, Temper, money. On returning to her flat after the murder, Too Fine's sister Hope walks in on the same drug dealer looking for his money.

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The Masked Marvel (1943)

spy film, Superhero

In The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. The hook of the story is that, in a reversal of the common serial "Masked Mystery Villain" stock character, the audience doesn't know who the hero is until the final reel—all the audience is told is that The Masked Marvel is one of a group of special investigators (the same plotline is used in the Republic serial The Lone Ranger).

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Dixie Dynamite (1976)

Action, Crime, Drama

A man who makes liquor illegally from a still is in cahoots with the sheriff, who then double-crosses him. The moonshiner is shot dead by the sheriff's deputy. His two daughters decide to take over the family business, but when the sheriff and a corrupt local banker disrupt their operation and eventually destroy their still, the girls, aided by local motocross rider Mack, decide to get even.

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Beyond Mombasa (1956)

Adventure

Matt Campbell arrives in Kenya, where his brother George is reported missing. A man named Ralph Hoyt tells him that George has been killed by members of the "Leopard Men" cult. Matt is introduced to Hoyt's niece, Ann Wilson, an anthropologist, who is puzzled by Matt's reluctance to go to Mombasa for his brother's funeral.

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On the Double (1961)

Adventure, Comedy, war film

England, 1944. An attempt on the life of British high commander General Sir Lawrence MacKenzie-Smith by German intelligence, a chief strategist for the planned invasion of mainland Europe, spurs a search for a lookalike to impersonate him. American Pvt.

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Picture Claire (2001)

Drama, neo-noir

Claire (Juliette Lewis) is a woman from Quebec who gets in trouble with the vengeful heroin dealers she helped finger. They retaliate by burning her out of her apartment. Frightened and in need of refuge, she heads to Toronto for to stay with ex-lover photographer Billy Stuart (Kelly Harms).

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Nam Angels (1989)

Action, Adventure, Military Film, war film

During the Vietnam War an American patrol engages in a firefight with a strong force of NVA regulars. The Americans fight their way into a cave containing gold that is in the territory of aboriginals who kill the NVA as well as a few Americans, but capture the majority of the patrol with the exception of its leader, Lt. Vance Calhoun.

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Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)

Bruceploitation, Documentation

TV reporter Adolph Caesar is outside Madison Square Garden before the start of a martial arts tournament that will apparently determine the "successor" to the legacy of Bruce Lee. He interviews martial arts promoter Aaron Banks, who says that Lee was actually killed by a kung fu move called "The Touch of Death." Banks describes the move as being effective in "three to four weeks." The segment contains a sequence of flashbacks to Bruce Lee ostensibly supporting Banks' assertion. From inside Madison Square Garden, Caesar discusses the competitors.

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