Jeff Imada
Also Known As: Jeffrey Imada, Jeff Imata
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Imada (born June 17, 1955) is an American martial artist, stuntman, and actor. He has performed stunts in over 100 films and television programs and authored one of the first books published in the US about the balisong. Jeff Imada is trained in Jeet Kune Do, Eskrima, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu, Kendo and Boxing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Imada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Crew
Place of Birth: Inglewood, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 17, 1955
Age: 69 years old
Gender: Male
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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
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 Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-04
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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 Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Rising Sun
Overview: When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-30
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Blade
Overview: The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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The Making of 'They Live'
Overview: Behind the scenes of John Carpenters cult classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Hyper Space
Overview: In the 21st Century, the "Corporation" sends a spaceship to dispose of earth's severe nuclear waste to a distant region in the cosmos. The astronauts awaken from their "cryo-sleep" to truly cry over finding themselves marooned... their fuel is not sufficient to bring them back home. The shuttle craft on board that can accommodate no more than two passengers presents the only hope, and soon a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" type of distrust and betrayal sets in, until one by one, only one sole survivor remains.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-01
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Going Berserk
Overview: John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Daredevil'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-29
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Kindergarten Cop
Overview: Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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They Live
Overview: A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal 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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Nice Dreams
Overview: Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spaced-out duo sells enough of their "specially mixed" ice cream to take the cash and realize their fondest dreams: new guitars, islands in the sun and beautiful women. But, of course, not everything goes as planned. While celebrating their wealth in a new wave Chinese restaurant, Cheech meets his long-lost love Donna, and promptly escorts her to her posh penthouse. He soon learns, however, that Donna's boyfriend, an ex-con named Animal, is on his way to her boudoir. Meanwhile, Chong has unwittingly exchanged all their money for a worthless bank check - and the only way to get it back is to escape into a nearby insane asylum.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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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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Hard to Kill
Overview: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death
Genres: Action Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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The Crow
Overview: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-11
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The Gene Generation
Overview: In a futuristic world, Michelle lives everyday battling with DNA Hackers who use their skills to hack into people's bodies and kill them. She is an assassin, trying to keep her younger brother, Jackie, out of trouble. When Jackie gets involved in a petty crime of robbery, he propels himself into the world of DNA Hackers, Shylocks (Loan Sharks) and Gangs
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-27
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Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live
Overview: A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Associate producer Sandy King, cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Robert Grasmere, composer Alan Howarth, stunt coordinator/Ghoul Jeff Imada, author Jonathan Letham, music historian Daniel Schweiger, Blumhouse editor Rebekah McKendry, and visual effects historian Justin Humphreys.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Overview: A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Alice Cooper, composer Alan Howarth, script supervisor Sandy King, visual effects supervisor Robert Grasmere, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, Carpenter biographer John Muir, film historian C. Courtney Joyner, music historian Daniel Schweiger and Producer Larry Carpenters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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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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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Overview: The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-14
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Overview: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-21
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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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Master Ninja
Overview: Aging skilled master ninja, John Peter McAllister, and his young apprentice search for John's long lost daughter, all the while his old enemies try to stop him. The first two episodes of "The Master" edited into a feature length film used as a promo for the television series.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-08
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Trial: The Price of Passion
Overview: Down-on-his-luck lawyer Warren Blackburn defends wealthy Texan Johnnie Faye Boudreau, who is accused of murdering her husband.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-03
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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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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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Night of the Warrior
Overview: A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-01
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Point Break
Overview: In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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Leather Jackets
Overview: Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a Vietnamese gangster that he has robbed, come looking for him. In order to save Dobbs, Mickey and Claudia, hide him in the boot of their car as they take off to LA. Things don't go as smoothly as planned, and Mickey finds out more about his fiancée than he ever needs to know.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-18
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Ulterior Motives
Overview: A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-06
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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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Payback
Overview: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Genres: Action Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-05
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Patty Hearst
Overview: The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for. This created a US scandal and Patty Hearst has become a pop culture fixture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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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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Martial Law II: Undercover
Overview: Sean and Billie are undercover cops and martial arts masters. Investigating the death of a cop, they uncover a deadly ring of murder and corruption at a glitzy nightclub where the rich are entertained by seductive women and protected by martial arts experts. Billie goes undercover to infiltrate the crime ring, leading to an explosive finale.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-01
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Massarati and the Brain
Overview: A secret agent searches for a sunken treasure of rare coins. He must battle a Nazi who is also searching for the treasure, and is helped by a 10-year-old genius who builds electronic weapons for him.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-26
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