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Code Of Silence Directed by Andrew Davis Screenplay by Michael Butler Dennis Shryack Mike Gray Story by Michael Butler Dennis Shryack Produced by Raymond Wagner Starring Chuck Norris Henry Silva Bert Remsen Molly Hagan Cinematography Frank Tidy Edited by Christopher Holmes Peter Parasheles Russ Kingston Music by David Michael Frank Distributed by Orion Pictures Release date May 3, 1985 (United States) Running time 100 minutes

A former agent heads to the Louisiana Bayou to track down and destroy the right-wing vigilantes who killed his partner. Directed by Sam Firstenberg Written by James Booth Produced by Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Starring Michael Dudikoff Steve James Bill Wallace John P. Ryan Cinematography Gideon Porath Edited by  Michael J. Duthie Production companies Cannon Films Golan-Globus Productions Release date September 12, 1986 Running time 103 minutes

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission -- not even the lives of those he cares about most.   Directed by Christopher McQuarrie Written by Christopher McQuarrie Erik Jendresen   Starring Tom Cruise Hayley Atwell Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Vanessa Kirby Henry Czerny Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release dates July 12, 2023 (United States) Running time 163 minutes

Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) is putting his considerable talents as a fighter and marksman to use as a hired gun for the sleazy oil tycoon Michael Jennings (Michael Caine). The latter's bottom-line tunnel vision has him destroying entire communities if it means a bigger profit for his business. While in Alaska taking care of some business for his amoral boss, however, Taft meets a native Eskimo woman (Joan Chen) who helps him to discover the error of his ways and pursue a more righteous path. Directed by Steven Seagal Written by Ed Horowitz, Robin U. Russin  Produced by Steven Seagal A. Kitman Ho Julius R. Nasso Starring Steven Seagal Michael Caine Joan Chen John C. McGinley   Release date February 18, 1994 (United States) Running time 101 minutes

Léon Gaultier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, serving abroad in East Africa. But after his brother is cruelly murdered, Gaultier deserts his assignment and travels to the United States to help his widowed sister-in-law (Lisa Pelikan), who is now struggling to care for her children. But the job market is tough, so Gaultier takes his hand-to-hand combat skills into the brutal world of bare-knuckle fighting, where the paydays are nearly as big as the risks.   Directed by Sheldon Lettich Written by S. N. Warren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sheldon Lettich  Produced by Eric Karson, Ash R. ShahStarring Jean-Claude Van Damme Harrison Page Deborah Rennard Lisa Pelikan Brian Thompson Cinematography Robert C. New Edited by Mark Conte Music by John Scott Production companies Wrong Bet Productions Imperial Entertainment Distributed byUniversal Pictures Release dates August 1, 1990 (France) January 11, 1991 (U.S.A.) Running time 105 minutes

An ex-gangster in Hong Kong tries to reconnect with his estranged policeman brother, but he finds that his ties to gangs are harder to break than he thought.   Traditional Chinese 英雄本色 Simplified Chinese 英雄本色 Literal meaning True Colors of a Hero  Directed by John Woo Screenplay by John Woo John Woo Chan Hing-kai Leung Suk-wah Produced byTsui HarkStarring Ti Lung Leslie Cheung Chow Yun-fat Emily Chu Waise Lee Kenneth Tsang Cinematography Wong Wing-hang Edited by Kam Ma David Wu Music by Joseph Koo Production companies Cinema City Enterprises Film Workshop   Release date 2 August 1986 Running time 95 minutes              

During the last days of World War II, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover they just tangled with no ordinary miner. Directed by Jalmari Helander Written by Jalmari Helander  Produced by Petri Jokiranta  Starring Jorma Tommila Aksel Hennie Jack Doolan Mimosa Willamo Onni Tommila Cinematography Kjell Lagerroos  Edited by Juho Virolainen  Music by Juri Seppä Tuomas Wäinölä Production companies Subzero Film Entertainment Stage 6 Films Good Chaos Distributed by Nordisk Film (Nordic countries) Lionsgate (North America) Sony Pictures (International) Release dates 9 September 2022 (TIFF) 27 January 2023 (Finland) 28 April 2023 (United States) Running time 91 minutes Countries Finland United States Languages English Finnish  

A relentless inspector (Michelle Yeoh) and a Scotland Yard detective (Cynthia Rothrock) investigate murder linked to microfilm.   Traditional Chinese 皇家師姐 Simplified Chinese 皇家师姐 Literal meaning Royal Elder Sister Hanyu Pinyin Huángjiā Shījiě  JyutpingWong4 Gaa1 Si1 Ze2 Directed by Corey Yuen  Written by Barry Wong  Produced bySammo Hung Starring John Shum Michelle Yeoh Mang Hoi Cynthia Rothrock Tsui Hark Cinematography Bill Wong Chung-piu Edited by Sek Chi-kong Keung Chuen-tak Peter Cheung Music by Romeo Diaz Tang Siu-lam Production Company D & B Films[1] Release date 30 November 1985 Running time 93 minutes Country Hong Kong  Language Cantonese  

8/10 IMDb 84% Rotten Tomatoes 92% liked this movie Google users The Bride (Uma Thurman) picks up where she left off in volume one with her quest to finish the hit list she has composed of all of the people who have wronged her, including ex-boyfriend Bill (David Carradine), who tried to have her killed four years ago during her wedding to another man. Leaving several dead in her wake, she eventually tracks down Bill in Mexico. Using skills she has learned during her assassin career, she attempts to finish what she set out to do in the first place. Directed by Quentin Tarantino Written by Quentin Tarantino Produced byLawrence Bender Starring Uma Thurman David Carradine Michael Madsen Daryl Hannah Gordon Liu Michael Parks Cinematography Robert Richardson Edited by Sally Menke Music by RZA Robert Rodriguez

 Nemesis is a 1992 American cyberpunk action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Yuji Okumoto, Marjorie Monaghan, Brion James and Deborah Shelton.[3] Set in a near future world populated by androids, the film centers on Alex Rain (Gruner), a cybernetically-enhanced, ex-counterterrorism operative charged by his former employers with assassinating his former lover, the leader of an underground militant group. This is the first installment in the Nemesis film series, and was followed by four direct sequels and a spinoff film. After premiering in Japan, it was released in the United States by Imperial Entertainment in January 1993.   Directed by Albert Pyun Written by Rebecca Charles Produced by Tim Karnowski Eric Karson Ash R. Shah Starring Olivier Gruner Tim Thomerson Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Merle Kennedy Yuji Okumoto Marjorie Monaghan Brion James Deborah Shelton Cinematography George Mooradian Edited by Mark Conte David Kern Music byMichel Rubini Produ

6.2/10IMDb 42%Rotten Tomatoes 4.2/5Vudu 80% liked this movie Google users John "The Eraser" Kruger is the top gun in the US Marshall Witness Protection scheme; he erases their past and deals with their future. His latest assignment is whistle-blower Dr. Lee Cullen, who has evidence against a major arms corporation that's selling weapons to terrorists with the collusion of rogue enemy agents within, but there is danger nearer home for Kruger, from within his own department. Release date: June 21, 1996 (USA) Director: Charles Russell Budget: 100 million USD Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures Box office: $242.3 million Edited by: Michael Tronick

6.1/10IMDb 88%Rotten Tomatoes 4.4/5Amazon.ca 90% liked this movie Google users A group of police officers fights against dangerous criminals being transferred on a cargo ship bound for Busan, South Korea.Description Release date: September 21, 2022 (South Korea) Director: KIM Hong-seon

6.1/10 IMDb 31% Rotten Tomatoes 35% Metacritic 83% liked this movie Google users Years ago, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) co-founded the Expendables with Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson). After Stonebanks became an arms dealer, Ross was forced to kill him -- or so he thought. Now, Stonebanks is back and he's on a mission to end the Expendables. Ross decides that the way to fight old blood is with new blood, so he assembles a team of younger, faster, more tech-savvy recruits. The battle to topple Stonebanks becomes a clash of old-school methods vs. high-tech expertise. Release date: August 15, 2014 (Canada) Director: Patrick Hughes Producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon, John Thompson, Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga Budget: $90–100 million Box office: 214.7 million USD Distributed by: Lionsgate Films   Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross The leader of the Expendables. Jason Statham as Lee Christmas The team's knife expert, hand-to-hand fighter, and Second-In-Command Antonio Banderas

4.2/10 IMDb 29% Rotten Tomatoes 2.7/5 Letterboxd 75% liked this movie Google users Five years after being sentenced to holographic stasis, Norman is given parole hearing. After an orchestrated technical glitch by his cronies, his soul escapes from computer prison and stalks the streets as an electromagnetic hologram Initial release: 1995 Director: Richard Pepin

7.5/10IMDb 100%Rotten Tomatoes 92% liked this movie Google users Three Hong Kong gang fighters (Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee) try crime in Vietnam and land in a prison camp with U.S. soldiers.Description Release date: August 17, 1990 (Hong Kong) Director: John Woo Box office: 8.545 million HKD Awards: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Editing Budget: 3.5 million USD

7.5/10IMDb 95%Rotten Tomatoes 81%JustWatch 84% liked this movie Google users In this remake of a 1963 film based on historical events, Shinzaemon Shimada leads a team of assassins in 19th-century Japan to eliminate the ruthless Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira, who is wreaking havoc against his own people. Hired secretly by a government official hoping to end Matsudaira's reign of terror, Shimada recruits the best samurai in Japan and then sets a trap for the lord's large contingent of faithful bodyguards.Description Release date: September 25, 2010 (Japan) Director: Takashi Miike Language: Japanese Adapted from: The Thirteen Assassins Budget: 6 million USD Box office: 17.5 million USD

6.1/10IMDb 91%Rotten Tomatoes 4.9/10FilmAffinity 92% liked this movie Google users Four retired assassins spring back into action when they cross paths with a straight-arrow cop who is determined to track down an elusive murderer that has something to do with their shared past.Description Initial release: December 15, 2022 Director: Timo Tjahjanto Production companies: Netflix, Frontier Pictures Screenplay: Timo Tjahjanto, Johanna Wattimena Distributed by: Netflix Language: Indonesian

7.2/10 IMDb 82% Rotten Tomatoes 2/5 Common Sense Media 91% liked this movie Google users South African smugglers find themselves being hounded and harassed by Riggs and Murtaugh, two mismatched Los Angeles police officers. However, the South Africans are protected by diplomatic immunity, and so the two are assigned to witness-protection duty in an attempt by their captain to keep his job. It is only when this witness reveals to them that he has already dealt with the smugglers that the trouble really starts.Description Release date: July 7, 1989 (USA) Director: Richard Donner Music composed by: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen, David Sanborn Distributed by: Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures Box office: $227.9 million Screenplay by: Jeffrey Boam   Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Joss Ackland Derrick O'Connor Patsy Kensit

6.4/10 IMDb 20% Rotten Tomatoes 3.5/5 Letterboxd 68% liked this movie Google users Los Angeles vice cops Michael Keneely (Elliott Gould), tall and hunched, and Patrick Farrell (Robert Blake), short and resentful, tidy up the streets from the drug dealers, prostitutes and petty thugs without fuss -- or much real interest. Goaded by the brash conceit of mobster chief Carl Rizzo (Allen Garfield), the eclectic partners go after him, earning not only his wrath but that of the their department superiors, who would rather that Keneely and Farrell stick to going after petty criminals.Description Release date: January 25, 1974 (USA) Director: Peter Hyams Screenplay: Peter Hyams Distributed by: United Artists Elliott Gould...Vice Detective Michael KeneelyRobert Blake...Vice Detective Patrick FarrelAllen Garfield...Carl RizzoAntonio Fargas...StephenMichael Lerner...Marvin

5.6/10 IMDb 20% Rotten Tomatoes 2/5 Radio Times 77% liked this movie Google users Buck Matthews (Gary Busey) is a former convict trying to live a peaceful life with his wife and daughter in his hometown. When it becomes clear that a vicious motorcycle gang, led by the sadistic Blade (William Smith), now rules the area, Buck fights back, but his defiance makes his family a target. After things take a violent turn for the worse, Buck recruits his old Vietnam-vet buddy J.B. Deveraux (Yaphet Kotto) to do what the local cops won't do, and stop Blade's reign of terror.Description Initial release: November 28, 1986 Director: Richard C. Sarafian