Al Leong
Biography: Asian American actor & stuntman has picked up a cult fan following based around his numerous appearances in high voltage action flicks from the mid-1980s onwards. Al nearly always turns up as a bad guy with his lean muscled physique, incredible agility, amazing martial arts skills, wispy black hair, and Fu-Manchu style mustache!! Best known on-screen as "Endo" torturing 'Mel Gibson' with electric shocks in Lethal Weapon (1987), as "Uli" the chocolate bar stealing terrorist in Die Hard (1988), one of the Wing Kong members in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), as a short Genghis Khan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and as "Minh" the henchman punching on with 'Brandon Lee' in a blazing laundry in the climax of Rapid Fire (1992). Made his directorial debut in 2000 by writing & directing the low budget Daddy Tell Me a Story (2000).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 30, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Die Hard
1988-07-15
Die Hard
Overview: NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-15
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989-02-17
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Overview: Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-17
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Escape from L.A.
1996-08-09
Escape from L.A.
Overview: Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-09
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Double Dragon
1994-11-04
Double Dragon
Overview: Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-04
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The Shadow
1994-07-01
The Shadow
Overview: Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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Forbidden Warrior
2004-01-01
Forbidden Warrior
Overview: The Gaia Za is a sacred tome that holds many ancient and powerful spells to be unlocked by a so-called Chosen One expected to be born to one of two leading families: the Khans or the Marajis. Unwilling to leave the clan's fate to the gods, Che Khan decides to take matters into his own hands by plotting the murder of a new Maraji baby, who may be the child in question. In doing so, he sets off a furious clash.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Hard Hunted
1992-09-11
Hard Hunted
Overview: A nuclear trigger has been smuggled to the Middle East by an evil mastermind named Kane, and the weapons could upset the delicate balance of power in the region if they fall into the wrong hands. It's up to three bombshell federal agents to avert disaster and restore the precarious balance.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-11
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Death Warrant
1990-09-14
Death Warrant
Overview: The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, helped by two another prisoners, he succeded in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes. In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-14
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Savage Beach
1989-10-01
Savage Beach
Overview: Donna and Taryn are federal drug enforcement agents based in the Hawaiian isles. Upon the success of a drug bust, they receive a call from Shane Aviation to fly an emergency package of vaccine from Molokai to Knox Island. Unbeknownst to them, Philippine representative Martinez has convinced Captain Andreas to use a reconnaissance satellite to locate a sunken ship laden with gold that the Japanese had pilfered during World War II. Meanwhile, a storm forces Donna and Taryn to land their plane on a remote island which harbors the gold. The hijinks ensue when they are joined by a host of nefarious types who have learned of the gold’s location.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Going Ape!
1981-04-10
Going Ape!
Overview: When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-10
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Protocol
1984-12-21
Protocol
Overview: A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Overview: An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Genres: Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
2020-08-10
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure"
Overview: A look back on the making of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure with the creators of the film, featuring Interviews With Actors Alex Winter And Keanu Reeves, Producer Scott Kroopf, Composer David Newman, Supporting Actors Dan Shor, Rod Loomis, Clifford David, Al Leong, Terry Camilleri, And Jane Wiedlin, Special Make-Up Effects Designer Kevin Yagher And More!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-10
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Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014-03-20
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
Overview: An action/comedy about two offbeat filmmakers reuniting the Asian bad guys from action films from the 80s and 90s, to carry off one impossible mission.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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Cage
1989-09-01
Cage
Overview: A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two open up a bar together, but some local gangsters make things tough for them after they refuse to take part in brutal "cage" matches where fighters battle to the point of serious injury and/or death.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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Broken Angel
1988-03-13
Broken Angel
Overview: A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-13
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Henchman: The Al Leong Story
2018-12-15
Henchman: The Al Leong Story
Overview: Story of Al Leong, the greatest henchman in film history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-15
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Running Scared
1986-06-27
Running Scared
Overview: Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-27
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Big Trouble in Little China
1986-05-30
Big Trouble in Little China
Overview: Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Off the Wall
1983-07-01
Off the Wall
Overview: Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-01
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Big Trouble
1986-05-30
Big Trouble
Overview: Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Steele Justice
1987-05-08
Steele Justice
Overview: Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-08
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Lethal Weapon
1987-03-06
Lethal Weapon
Overview: Buttoned-down veteran LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who — distraught after his wife's death — has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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The Ghost
2001-01-01
The Ghost
Overview: A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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She's Having a Baby
1988-02-05
She's Having a Baby
Overview: Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Black Rain
1989-09-22
Black Rain
Overview: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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They Live
1988-11-04
They Live
Overview: A lone drifter stumbles upon a harrowing discovery -- a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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The Scorpion King
2002-04-18
The Scorpion King
Overview: In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-18
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Action Jackson
1988-02-12
Action Jackson
Overview: Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-12
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The Gathering
The Gathering
Overview: The Gathering is set up as a horror anthology containing half a dozen stories, aiming to bring together a host of high-profile horror actors led by Doug Bradley, Udo Kier and William Sadler. The pic's framing story, The Storytellers, is set on Halloween night with the devil bringing together Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft and Mary Shelley in a competition to tell the most frightening untold tale with the winner receiving the opportunity to leave purgatory forever. The anthology's other entries include stories centered on cemeteries, vampires, a possessed dummy, zombies, a runaway daughter and a horror-movie fanatic with a terminal disease. Producers are in talks with Robert Englund (the original Freddy Krueger) and Linda Blair of The Exorcist to join the project. - comingsoon.net
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
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Last Action Hero
1993-06-18
Last Action Hero
Overview: After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-18
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Rapid Fire
1992-08-21
Rapid Fire
Overview: College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-21
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Aftershock
1990-10-05
Aftershock
Overview: An alien visits Earth during World War III, learns English by absorbing a dictionary, and meets good and bad earthlings.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-05
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Joshua Tree
1993-04-08
Joshua Tree
Overview: A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993-05-21
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Overview: Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
Genres: Action Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-21
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Beverly Hills Cop III
1994-05-24
Beverly Hills Cop III
Overview: When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World. Returning to sunny Beverly Hills once more, Foley reunites with Detective Billy Rosewood to solve the case. Along with Billy's new partner, Detective Jon Flint, they discover that Wonder World is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-24
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The Perfect Weapon
1991-03-15
The Perfect Weapon
Overview: Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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The Replacement Killers
1998-02-06
The Replacement Killers
Overview: Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-06
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Godzilla
1998-05-20
Godzilla
Overview: French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-20
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Confessions of an Action Star
2005-01-23
Confessions of an Action Star
Overview: A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truely important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-23
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Lethal Weapon 4
1998-07-10
Lethal Weapon 4
Overview: With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads trying to free their former leaders from prison and onto American soil.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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Dark Angel
1990-01-26
Dark Angel
Overview: Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-26
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991-08-23
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Overview: An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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Deadly Target
1994-01-01
Deadly Target
Overview: A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019-09-01
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Overview: The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-01
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Year of the Dragon
1985-08-16
Year of the Dragon
Overview: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-16
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My Science Project
1985-08-09
My Science Project
Overview: His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable gizmo. He finds one... and unwittingly unleashes the awesome power and energy of the unknown. Twisted dimensions. Time warps. A fantastic realm where the past, present, and future collide in a whirling vortex of startling adventure and superlative special effects.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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Vanishing Son III
1994-07-30
Vanishing Son III
Overview: The saga picks up in Washington, DC where Jian-wa is competing in a classical music competition. Back in LA, Jian-wa's brother Wago is wanted by the F.B.I. and manage to pull Jian-wa back to L.A. for questioning. They also want him to infiltrate his brother's gang in order to save his Wago. Can Jian-wa get Wago to see the truth about things before it's too late?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-30
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Martial Outlaw
1993-11-16
Martial Outlaw
Overview: A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-16
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Death by Midnight
2020-12-12
Death by Midnight
Overview: Experimental film about a man named Mike who is driving to Seattle to murder his father in hopes of breaking a family curse.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-12
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Fit to Kill
1993-10-27
Fit to Kill
Overview: Buxom do-gooders Donna and Nicole set out to reclaim the stolen Alexa diamond from its hiding place in Russia … only to run into their nemesis, Martin Kane.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-27
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Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1997-04-23
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Overview: Raven is a ninja, a former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent, living in Hawaii, helping those in trouble and searching for his long-lost son while avoiding assassins sent to kill him.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-23
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Daredevil
2003-02-14
Daredevil
Overview: A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-14
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