Category: Action

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Century of the Dragon (1999)

The duo that brought you the infamous Naked Killer are back with an altogether different kind of actioner in Century of the Dragon, reminiscent more of the Goodfellas/Casino kind of filmmaking Martin Scorsese is known for than anything...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Superhero

Mystery Men (1999)

In a city of comical superheroes, its most prominent, Captain Amazing (Kinnear, As Good As It Gets), gets captured by its most feared villain, Casanova Frankenstein (Rush, Elizabeth). A fledgling crew of ineptitude band together to...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Arlington Road (1999)

ARLINGTON ROAD is an extremely farfetched thriller that delivers loads of tension but little logic. If all it took to be a great thriller were edge-of-your-seat theatrics, ARLINGTON ROAD would be a sure-classic, as the impressively taut...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / Martial Arts

Armour of God (1986)

A hunter of fortune (Chan, Police Story) has an old flame get kidnapped when he has recovered a sword that was one of only five remaining pieces of the Armour of God, armor used during the...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Boondock Saints (1999)

In Boston, two brothers of Irish descent, Connor (Flanery) and Murphy (Reedus), see themselves as the “saints” meant to rid the town of evildoers once they off some Russian hoods.  The people of the city...

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1970s / Action / Thriller

The Gauntlet (1977)

Clint Eastwood stars as Ben Shockley, a Phoenix cop sent to Nevada to transport a key witness for a well-publicized mafia trial. The woman in question is a feisty prostitute named Gus Malley (Locke),...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Running Out of Time (1999)

While obvious comparisons to the American release, The Negotiator, will abound, credit producer-director Johnnie To (Lifeline, The Heroic Trio) for making this not only substantially different, but just as fun and exciting. The film casts Andy...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

The World is Not Enough (1999)

The plot: A British oil tycoon is killed in the MI6 HQ. His daughter inherits his fortune along with his precious oil deposits in the Caspian Sea. British super-agent James Bond is assigned for...

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1990s / Documentary / Sports

Beyond the Mat (1999)

BEYOND THE MAT is a documentary written and directed by longtime writer of Eddie Murphy’s films, Barry W. Blaustein. This proves to be his best work to date, and I have to admit my...