Robin Shou
Biography: Shou Wan Por (born July 17, 1960), known professionally as Robin Shou, is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. Frequently appearing in numerous martial arts films, Shou was most successful for playing the role of Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat & Gobei with the late Chris Farley in Beverly Hills Ninja. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robin Shou, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 17, 1960
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Death Race
2008-08-22
Death Race
Overview: Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Undefeatable
1993-03-05
Undefeatable
Overview: The film follows Kristi Jones who, along with her gang, take part in Mafia-run street fights to earn money for her sister's college education. Kristi's sister hopes to become a doctor and pay for Kristi's education.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-05
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DOA: Dead or Alive
2006-09-07
DOA: Dead or Alive
Overview: Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-07
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Mortal Kombat
1995-08-18
Mortal Kombat
Overview: For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes in this action/adventure movie based on one of the most popular video games of all time.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-18
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Beverly Hills Ninja
1997-01-17
Beverly Hills Ninja
Overview: Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru is an embarrassment to his clan. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, disastrously funny chance to prove himself.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-17
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997-11-11
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Overview: A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-11
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
2009-02-27
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Overview: When a teenager, Chun-Li witnesses the kidnapping of her father by wealthy crime lord M. Bison. When she grows up, she goes on a quest for vengeance and becomes the famous crime-fighter of the Street Fighter universe.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-27
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Fatal Termination
1990-03-03
Fatal Termination
Overview: A Hong Kong police officer's wife seeks revenge when a ruthless munitions smuggler kidnaps her daughter.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-03
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Death Race 2
2010-11-12
Death Race 2
Overview: In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-12
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Honor and Glory
1992-07-15
Honor and Glory
Overview: FBI agent Tracy Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon, Tracy's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked for Slade. Can they stop Slade before it's too late
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-15
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The Big Heat
1988-09-22
The Big Heat
Overview: A cop is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, he decides to find the killers with the help of his buddy, a young cop and an inspector from Kuala Lumpur.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-09-22
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Death Race: Inferno
2013-01-04
Death Race: Inferno
Overview: Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-04
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The Cyprus Tigers
1990-10-25
The Cyprus Tigers
Overview: A team of Chinese cops based in Greece known as "The Cyprus Tigers" and a crooked businessman, along with his Japanese henchmen, are after a set of counterfeit money printing plates.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-10-25
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Fury in Red
1991-05-23
Fury in Red
Overview: A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-05-23
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Forbidden Arsenal
1991-05-30
Forbidden Arsenal
Overview: Hong Kong policewoman Yeung teams up with Taiwanese and Mainland officers to take down a gunrunning ring.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-05-30
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Long Arm of the Law III
1989-01-12
Long Arm of the Law III
Overview: Michal Mak's second sequel to his brother's action classic finds an ex-soldier/escaped death row prisoner fleeing to Hong Kong and forced to work for a gang of criminals when they kidnap the woman he loves.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-01-12
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Home Again
1995-08-12
Home Again
Overview: Taiwanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-12
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Win or Die
1997-01-01
Win or Die
Overview: Hong Kong movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Forbidden Nights
1990-04-10
Forbidden Nights
Overview: Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan as a school teacher. As soon as she arrives she has to deal with problems such as only cold water to wash, an unlockable door at her room and so on. All these problems are nothing compared to the difficulties she has in understanding chinese social interacting. When she falls in love with one of her students, things are going to get really weird.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-10
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Tiger Cage II
1990-08-11
Tiger Cage II
Overview: An ex-cop and divorce lawyer team up with a gangster to clear their names after getting involved in a dirty money scheme led by a vicious money launderer, who plans to expand his business and wipe out anyone who stands in his way.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-08-11
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Black Cat II
1992-10-01
Black Cat II
Overview: Scientists install a micro chip, called Black Cat, inside the brain of a violence prone girl named Catherine in an attempt to refine and control her fits of rage. Their plan is to turn her into the perfect government secret agent "killing machine".
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Mortal Enemies
2011-05-26
Mortal Enemies
Overview: Orphans Sunny and Verdy are like brothers, but are separated when Verdy is adopted by a wealthy couple. Their paths cross again when Verdy (now a successful businessman) and his fiancée are kidnapped by a crew of pirates while on vacation. With the ransom set, Verdy is reunited with his long lost friend - who, it appears, has joined the pirates. Will they be able to come together to prove that brothers don't always have to share blood?
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-26
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Rapture Adrenaline
2009-01-01
Rapture Adrenaline
Overview: James Ferraro's sci-fi/crime/action story made up from a hodgepodge of old miscellaneous video footage strung together. OFFICIAL "Storyline" description off the VHS: Set in a crime-ridden Rochester, New York in the near future, RAPTURE ADRENALINE centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg. The main plot of the movie revolved around a "Bug' (code word for a member of an alien species that is similar in many ways to a very large cockroach) searching for a miniature galaxy which is also a vast energy source.
Genres: Action Music Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Most Wanted
1994-05-12
The Most Wanted
Overview: Award-winning actor Sean Lau Ching Wan goes undercover in the triads in the gritty cop thriller The Most Wanted. Blackie Lau (Sean Lau Ching Wan) was once a rookie cop who volunteered for undercover duty in the triads. After three years, Blackie is nearer to his goal of taking down a vicious armed robbery gang. But when the sting is botched and innocents die, Blackie is suspected of betraying the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, and is subsequently put on their "most wanted" list. Now wanted by the very people he serves, Blackie must prove innocence...but can he do it with both the triads and the cops after him?
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-05-12
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Death Cage
1988-07-06
Death Cage
Overview: It's the Wai Chai Gym versus the Hunter Gym. And the ring is a huge steel cage. No one gets out alive!
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-07-06
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Guns & Roses
1993-01-01
Guns & Roses
Overview: A tale of cat and mouse that acks a punch through the very heart of the European Criminal underworld. From the dark sophisticated alleys of Paris to the depressing Birmingham ghetto, Chin Shui plays it hard and heavy to survive the savage streets.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Hard To Kill
1992-01-01
Hard To Kill
Overview: INTERPOL CONNECTION (aka HARD TO KILL) centers on two Hong Kong cops who settle their differences toward one another while struggling to focus on their mission. The unusual dynamic duel go out to track down notorious drug dealer but find themselves in a number of unexpected situations. They eventually get help from a beautiful Japanese police officer who is skilled in the art of combat, and the three go out to take down the drug lord and his army of gangsters.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Big Brother
1987-10-01
The Big Brother
Overview: Scriptwriter Zee is a confirmed bachelor. Hero Wain is his devoted butler. Next door is no-good detective Gho and his complaining wife Kit. Kit is beautiful and vain. Zee takes Goh to a macho convention chaired by young and handsome Mau. Without Goh knows, Kit works as a waitress there. She falls heavily for Mau. Zee gets the highest prize - a beautiful slave girl. She immediately turns the Zee household upside down. Zee wants to escape. Goh learns Kit's romance with Mau. He asks Zee for help. But Mau defeats their every move. The slave girl becomes the master mind. She devices the plan and unveils Mau as a slave trafficker. Above all, she proves woman is much more macho than man.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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City War
1988-12-21
City War
Overview: Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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In the Line of Duty 3
1988-09-28
In the Line of Duty 3
Overview: Genji Nakamura and his partner Michiko Nishiwaki are thieves for the notorious Red Army terrorist organization in Japan. After pulling off the jewelry heist of the century in which dozens of people get killed, they are now planning to use the jewelry they've snatched to buy an arms cache.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-09-28
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Casino Raiders
1989-06-29
Casino Raiders
Overview: Law and Chan are gamblers and friends. Forced into a battle with the Yakuza, How far will friendship go? A high stakes card game will settle it all.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-06-29
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Triads: The Inside Story
1989-08-03
Triads: The Inside Story
Overview: Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-08-03
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Fatal Chase
1992-01-01
Fatal Chase
Overview: Tung/Torres, a vicious Filipino-Chinese drug dealer in Hong Kong, is caught by Chief Inspector Leung. Cynthia and Lung is tasked to deport him back to the Philippines for prosecution. But once they arrive, Dion is rescued by his boss/godfather, Tiger, leaving Cyntha and Lung with more than their responsibility to deal with Sgt. Franco, their Manila counterpart. Tiger, the coldly ambitious leader of the local gang, who builds an empire of crimes in Manila, has determined to eliminate anyone who will hinder his way of making money. They include Lung and Cynthia, Sgt. Franco and his partner, Billy, and Tiger's rival gang leader Mr. Tang. Between Lung and Sgt. Franco, it is a case of conflict at first sight; However, when Billy and Cynthia are brutally killed in the line of duty by the deadliest killers sent by Tung and Tiger, Lung and Franco finally get together and will stop at nothing to launch a mission against the baron and to fight for justice with unexpectedly violent results.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
2003-04-04
Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
Overview: A short action film interwoven into a documentary tells the story of the legendary unsung heroes of Hong Kong film, the stuntmen and women. This film features the world's most illustrious stuntmen, and many current working stuntmen, profiled through interviews and clips that showcase their work. It explores their death-defying feats and foolhardy working methods and traces their origin back to the original Hong Kong stuntmen known as "red trousers" - a term used to describe acrobats in Peking Opera. By incorporating the martial arts, fantasy, adventure short action film, "Lost Time," the viewer is given an actual account of how stunts are created and executed on film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-04
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Burning Ambition
1989-04-13
Burning Ambition
Overview: This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-04-13
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Angel the Kickboxer
1993-01-13
Angel the Kickboxer
Overview: An FBI agent leads the martial-arts rescue of her father, kidnapped by the coveter of a nuclear device.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-13
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019-05-27
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Overview: Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in several iconic big-screen comedies, but behind his over-the-top stage presence lay insecurities deeply tied to his addictive personality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-27
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18 Fingers of Death!
2006-04-11
18 Fingers of Death!
Overview: The "buzz" in Hollywood is that, "18 FINGERS OF DEATH!" will kick the butt out of the low budget martial arts movies genre and knocks us down to the ground laughing! This funny "sockumentart" of the world of Chop sockey, kung fooey, ninja poo poo, karate kidding croutching tiger stuff takes you on the journey of making martial arts movies at it's lowest.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-11
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Female Gambler
1991-04-11
Female Gambler
Overview: In this suspenseful tale of high-stakes gambling, Female Gambler follows the life of a skilled young woman drawn into the perilous underground world of Japan’s gambling scene. As she rises through the ranks, her talent and resilience attract dangerous rivals and unexpected allies. Caught between loyalty and survival, she must outwit seasoned gamblers and navigate treacherous situations to secure her place in the game, ultimately risking everything she has to maintain her independence in a male-dominated world.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-11
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