Thomas Rosales Jr.
Also Known As: Thomas Rosales, Tommy Rosales, Tom Rosales
Biography: Thomas Rosales Jr. (born 3 February 1948) is an American stunt man who has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty movies. His first known appearance as a stuntman was in Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973. Rosales is arguably one of Hollywood's most recognizable stunt performers due to speaking roles, including ones where a film's protagonist wounds or kills him. His filmography includes RoboCop 2, The Crow, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Universal Soldier, Predator 2, L. A. Confidential, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, U. S. Marshals, Deep Impact, The Running Man, The Hunter, Beverly Hills Cop III, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Speed, and NCIS.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, USA
Birthday: February 03, 1948
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Overview: Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-23
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They Call Me Bruce?
Overview: While working as a cook for the Cosa Nostra, an Asian immigrant who everyone calls Bruce because of his resemblance to Bruce Lee, is duped into making deliveries of "Chinese Flour"- cocaine - all across the U.S.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-10
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Tomcats
Overview: College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- money Michael needs to pay a gambling debt. Problem is, the only other single guy is a hopeless womanizer!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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Unknown
Overview: Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Impulse
Overview: A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-06
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Man's Best Friend
Overview: A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-19
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Bail Out
Overview: A bail bondman hires three L.A. bounty hunters to protect a wealthy heiress, after her ex-boyfriend with connections to a drug cartel is murdered. When the heiress is abducted and taken to the cartel's Mexican hideout, the trio heads south to rescue her in time for her to testify against her ex-boyfriend's killers.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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The Rookie
Overview: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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One Good Cop
Overview: When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-03
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Delta Farce
Overview: Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the fact that the plane drops them in Mexico doesn't stop them from "liberating" what they believe to be the Middle East.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-11
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Running Scared
Overview: A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-06
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The Beautiful Ones
Overview: A retelling of Romeo and Juliet set within the Los Angeles underworld.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-14
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Across the Line
Overview: Across the Line (2000) is a truthful representation of both hope and corruption, focusing on critical events transpiring at America's border with Mexico and known both to those who live on the "line" (physical and metaphorical) and to those with the courage to cross it. Further it is a fine example of the filmmaker's art, featuring convincing portrayals underpinned by a convincing script and the directorial talent of Martin Spottl.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-01
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No Mercy
Overview: An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Overview: Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.
Genres: Action Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-09
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Vampires
Overview: The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-08
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Universal Soldier
Overview: An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-10
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Analyze That
Overview: The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-06
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Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Overview: A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-12
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Detour to Terror
Overview: A homicidal dune-buggy trio terrorizes a busload of Las Vegas bound tourists with the intent to kidnap one of them.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-22
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Omega Syndrome
Overview: An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-26
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Getting Wasted
Overview: An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Bound by Honor
Overview: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-05
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Hulk
Overview: Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-19
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See Jane Run
Overview: Jane Ravenson finds herself in the middle of a grocery store with $10,000 in her coat pockets and no memory of her life or who she is. Her husband eventually finds her and she starts to believe that her family life is fine until she feels a deep, nightmarish paranoia that something is horribly and terribly wrong.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-08
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Deadly Stranger
Overview: An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote Texan/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-27
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L.A. Confidential
Overview: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Sunnyside
Overview: Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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Heat
Overview: Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-15
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Bad Ass
Overview: Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-12
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The Owl
Overview: After the violent murder of his family, a man becomes a vigilante dispensing his own kind of justice to people in need. ["The Owl" originally aired on CBS as a 48-minute pilot for a series that was not picked up. It was later expanded to an 84-minute telefilm for international markets by incorporating deleted scenes and lengthy montage sequences. Director Tom Holland had his name removed from the longer version.]
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-03
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The Tie That Binds
Overview: A young couple adopts a traumatized child, unaware that her parents are fugitives and murderers who will do anything to get her back.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-08
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The Hunter
Overview: During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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The Crew
Overview: Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-21
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Collateral
Overview: Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-04
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Need for Speed
Overview: The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-12
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Rush
Overview: Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-22
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U.S. Marshals
Overview: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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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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La Bamba
Overview: Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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Letters from a Killer
Overview: A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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Raw Deal
Overview: Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-06
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Speed
Overview: Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-09
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Nowhere to Run
Overview: Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Act of Valor
Overview: When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-24
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Eye of the Tiger
Overview: Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-07
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The Base
Overview: Major Murphy, a US Army Investigator, has received a new assignment. Sgt. Gammon is suspected of dealing cocaine from his base, and Murphy must gather enough evidence to shut down Gammon and his entire operation. Along with his partner, Lt. Andrews, the Major goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and find out just how far up the chain of command these activities are going.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-25
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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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Commando
Overview: John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-03
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Jimmy Hollywood
Overview: Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter, aided by his sidekick William, who has suffered a head wound and has problems with short-term memory. Jimmy's vigilante alter ego soon becomes a media wonder--but Jimmy remains a total unknown and his long-suffering girl friend Lorraine is getting fed up with the whole situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-30
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Every Which Way but Loose
Overview: Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-16
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Brüno
Overview: Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-08
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Spenser Confidential
Overview: Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Stand Alone
Overview: A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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The Running Man
Overview: By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-13
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No Name and Dynamite
Overview: The line between the good guys and the bad guys blurs as ruthless bounty hunters No Name and Dynamite Davenport shoot their way through the Wild West, collecting rewards and making more enemies than friends. With the outlaw John Wilkes Booth on the run and gold hidden in the hills, justice must be served.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-21
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Stealing Harvard
Overview: John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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Superhero Movie
Overview: Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Genres: Comedy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-28
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Men in Black II
Overview: Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-03
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Extreme Justice
Overview: Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-26
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Traffic
Overview: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-27
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Double Bang
Overview: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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The Call
Overview: Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-14
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Bottoms Up
Overview: Small-town bartender Owen Peadman goes to Los Angeles to raise money to help save his father's Minnesota restaurant. He tries to find a way into Hollywood society, where he meets socialite Lisa and her uptight actor boyfriend. Can he balance his growing feelings for Lisa with surviving the sordid lifestyles of the Hollywood elite?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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Con Air
Overview: Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-05
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The Green Hornet
Overview: Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-12
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Deadly Ransom
Overview: A wealthy banker and his daughter are kidnapped by a gang of thugs. The girl's boyfriend, who serves in the special units of the US Navy, is in possession of particular psychic powers. It will be thanks to these powers he will discover the place where the two abducted were locked.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-03
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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 President's Man
Overview: To many, Joshua McCord is a charismatic Asian studies professor. To the President of the United States, he's America's greatest secret weapon; a covert operative charged with only the most sensitive and dangerous missions.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-02
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Shadow Hours
Overview: Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy stranger, Stuart, enters Michael's life, taking Michael through a tour of the seediest and slimiest parts of L.A. underbelly. Is Stuart leading Michael to hell, or salvation?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-14
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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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A Low Down Dirty Shame
Overview: A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-23
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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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Last Man Standing
Overview: John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-20
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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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Judgment Day
Overview: This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-12
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Overview: Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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The Guardian
Overview: A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-28
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Rough Magic
Overview: In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles of magic.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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Foolish
Overview: 'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying to make it on the streets. With all the competition they face in their chosen "professions," their biggest battle is with each other over the love of a pretty girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-09
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The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Overview: A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-23
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CyberTracker
Overview: Eric is a secret agent currently working as security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-22
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Overview: A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-11
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The Sword and the Sorcerer
Overview: A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Death Warrant
Overview: Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-14
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3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Overview: Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic landfill that is destroying the Indian community. However the town is owned by the rich man and he controls the police and even the mayor. They must fight a motorcycle gang and renegade cowboys in this non-stop ninja adventure.
Genres: Family Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-07
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Nighthawks
Overview: When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-17
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The Lost Empire
Overview: A police officer and her two companions battle an evil genius with diabolical plans to destroy the world. Whoever can find the three sacred jewels can anticipate total power.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-22
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RoboCop 2
Overview: After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-22
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Trancers 3: Deth Lives
Overview: A time traveling cop, Jack Deth, from the future is taken back to the past to be given the task of destroying the Trancer program before it has a chance to get out of control, sending the world into a state of chaos and war.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-14
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Stick
Overview: After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies low. As he gets used to his new routine, Stick woos Barry's financial consultant, Kyle McClaren, but must fight back when Chucky's men come after him.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-26
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Ricochet
Overview: An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Face/Off
Overview: In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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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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Predator 2
Overview: A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Blue Thunder
Overview: Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-05
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Blackout
Overview: John Gray, a mild-mannered banker, gets hit by a car and loses most of his memory. When he gets out of the hospital, he has flashbacks which do not fit with his current life. After a strange telephone call and a murder attempt on his wife, Gray's wife is murdered which he is forced to go to L.A. in order to solve the crime and piece together his mysterious past.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-21
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Ocean's Eleven
Overview: Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Overview: Among the issues Walker has to deal with: a new partner named Trivette, a group of men terrorizing a circus family who camp out at his home, and some bad guys who plan on the ultimate bank caper.
Genres: Crime Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-21
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Brother
Overview: A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-13
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Max Dugan Returns
Overview: An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-25
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Music from Another Room
Overview: Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor. Twenty-five years later, Danny returns to his hometown and finds the irresistible Anna Swann but she finds it easy to resist him since she is already engaged to dreamboat Eric, a very practical match. In pursuit of Anna, Danny finds himself entangled with each of the eccentric Swanns including blind, sheltered Nina, cynical sister Karen, big brother Bill and dramatic mother Grace as he fights to prove that fate should never be messed with and passion should never be practical.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-24
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Alligator 2: The Mutation
Overview: A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-05
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Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Overview: It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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Down for Life
Overview: Based on a New York Times article depicting a single dramatic day in the life of a Latina gang leader in South Central L.A.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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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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Bound by Honor
Overview: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-05
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Predator 2
Overview: A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Blade Squad
Overview: This futuristic action-thriller is set in a world in which police officers wear heavy body armor and get around on especially designed in-line skates. The story centers on the cop's attempts to take down a murderous crime lord.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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