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  • Sanjay Gupta – Kaante (2002)

    2001-2010ActionCrimeIndiaSanjay Gupta
    Kaante (2002)
    Kaante (2002)

    On or about 12May00, a truck gets stolen in Los Angeles, and the Police bring in six men of South Asian origin for questioning. They are: Yashvardhan Rampal, known as ‘Major’ educated intelligent, unemployed, with an ailing wife who longs to return to India; Non-English speaking Jay Rehan, otherwise known as ‘Ajju’, a foul-mouthed, trigger-happy gangster; A out-of-work former nightclub bouncer, Marc Issak, whose girlfriend, Lisa, is a bar dancer, and who is known to get into fights due to his uncontrollable temper; A drug deal, Raj Yadav, otherwise known as Bali, foul-mouthed, womanizer, stutterer, and alcoholic; Bali’s sidekick, Maqbool Haider, otherwise known as Mac; White-collared Anand Mathur, alias Andy, recently separated from his wife, Renu, and longing to get back together with his son, who he cannot get custody of due to financial problems. Read More »

  • Fernando Di Leo – La Mala ordina AKA Manhunt (1972)

    Fernando Di Leo1971-1980ActionItalyThriller

    When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he’s the wrong man. When the pimp’s wife and daughter are murdered in the course of the “manhunt”, he swears revenge on everyone who had anything to do with it.Read More »

  • Yasuharu Hasebe – Abunai deka aka Dangerous Cops (1987)

    Yasuharu Hasebe1981-1990ActionComedyJapan

    When a doctor is found dead and the company’s exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Taka-yama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharma-ceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita re-assigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms and hopefully out of trouble.Read More »

  • Bobby A. Suarez – Cleopatra Wong (1978)

    1971-1980ActionBobby A. SuarezMartial ArtsSingapore

    Quote:
    Singapore’s top policewoman, Miss Cleopatra Wong, who heads the Seasian Interpol Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D.), teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit currency operation that threatens several Asian countries with bankruptcy. Their dangerous quest takes them from Singapore to Hong Kong and finally Manila where they locate the counterfeit ring’s Asian headquarters, which is being run by local nuns, forced into slave labor. The martial arts action is fast and furious as Cleopatra and her teams launch an attack to destroy the counterfeiter’s and their headquarters in an explosive finale in this fun-filled, action-packed adventure.Read More »

  • Walter Hill – Southern Comfort (1981)

    1981-1990ActionThrillerUSAWalter Hill

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    A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.Read More »

  • Jan Kidawa-Blonski – Wirus AKA Virus (1996)

    1991-2000ActionJan Kidawa-BlonskiPolandThriller

    From the DVD cover:
    Or as they say in Poland, “Wirus”. This suspenseful story follows a computer virus that’s eating its way through Warsaw, and features Polish action stars Olaf Lubaszenko, Jan Englert, and Cezary Pazura. After the computer networks of a major bank and hospital are compromised, Michal, a young hacker, is hired to combat the virus before it completely cripples the institutions. As he digs deeper into the code, he comes to believe his brother, Stefan, might be the cyber terrorist. Michal’s crush on the foxy bank manager isn’t helping either.Read More »

  • Tae-hwa Eom – Konkeuriteu yutopia AKA Concrete Utopia (2023)

    2021-2030ActionAdventureSouth KoreaTae-hwa Eom

    Survivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.Read More »

  • Joseph Sargent – White Lightning (1973)

    1971-1980ActionJoseph SargentUSA

    Quote:
    Perfecting his good ol’ boy screen persona, Burt Reynolds makes a mighty fine southern hero in 1973’s “White Lightning,” a roughhouse revenge picture that makes the most out of its star’s mischievous charms and Arkansas locations. Directed by Joseph Sargent and scripted by William Norton, “White Lightning” doesn’t sustain its excitability, but the first hour packs quite a punch, setting up a suitably enraged story that gives Reynolds plenty to work with as the movie unleashes all sorts of car chases and collisions of masculinity.Read More »

  • Arthur Swerdloff – Roadracers (1959)

    1951-1960ActionArthur SwerdloffDramaUSA

    The father of a race car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer.Read More »

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