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Last updated March 15, 2025
The Colombian Connection
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsJack Hooks is an ex-cop set up by his corrupt partner and sent to jail for a drug crime he didn't commit. Yanked out of prison with an early release deal by the DEA, he's sent on a mission to bring down the drug trade of his former partner.
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The Gangster
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBased on a true story and set in 1950s and '60s Bangkok, this Thai crime drama tells the tale of Jod, a promising young gangster moving through the ranks of the city's mafia as he battles for turf against rival gangs and the Chinese triads.
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Dirty Deeds
2002 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAustralian mobster Barry Ryan (Bryan Brown) controls the city's gambling scene, making a killing off the casino slot machines. This attracts the attention of the American Mafia, who send in pensive veteran Tony (John Goodman) and his violent sidekick (Felix Williamson) for a piece of the action. Ryan must also contend with his feisty wife (Toni Collette), his needy mistress (Kestie Morassi) and a crooked cop (Sam Neill).
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Robin Hood
1991 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this retelling of the classic tale, Robin is a landowner who gets bilked by a conniving tax collector. In response, he forms his band of Merry Men, and with a kick-butt Maid Marion by his side, goes after the taxman and other villainous Normans.
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Ultraviolet
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a vampirelike disease begins infecting the human population -- giving the afflicted enhanced intelligence, fantastic stamina and lightning-fast speed -- the world quickly divides into those who have it and those who don't. Believing the infected to be a menace to society, the government seeks to wipe them out. But can one woman with the disease (Milla Jovovich) help save an infected child (Cameron Bright) from cruel and unusual punishment?
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The Burrowers
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen the men on a pioneer homestead are brutally murdered and the women and children go missing, a posse sets out to find them, assuming they've been abducted by Indians. But they soon discover that the truth is much more horrific.
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Direct Contact
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsImprisoned in Eastern Europe, former Special Forces agent Mike Riggins jumps at the chance when he's offered his freedom in exchange for tracking down American Ana Gale, who's been abducted by a brutal underground leader.
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Command Performance
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDolph Lundgren directs and stars in this high-octane thriller as rock drummer Joe, whose band is playing the biggest show of its career in Russia when mercenaries storm the stage and take hostages, thrusting him into an unexpected rescue mission.
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Double Identity
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThe life of an American doctor working in Chechnya turns upside down when he meets a mysterious woman in distress. After he helps her escape from a goon, a gangster assumes the doctor is a spy and engages him in a life-or-death game of cat and mouse.
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The Assassin Next Door
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTwo apartment-dwelling neighbors -- and virtual strangers -- on the rough side of town discover that they share more than an address: They're both looking for an escape from their tortured lives and are willing to go to great lengths to find one. Under duress, Galia (Olga Kurylenko) escalates from prostitution to murder-for-hire, while Elinor (Ninette Tayeb) is trapped under the thumb of an abusive husband ... but all that's about to change.
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Road of No Return
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDetermined to win the war on drugs, two rogue DEA agents hire a team of hit men to take out the nation's top drug dealers. But when the assassins also rescue an orphan girl from sex traffickers, they find themselves next on their bosses' hit list.
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Higanjima
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThough Akira's (Hideo Ishiguro) brother, Atsushi (Dai Watanabe), has gone missing, the recovery of his ID card puts Akira and his friends on a trail that leads to the haunted isle of Higanjima, where bloodthirsty vampires await the unsuspecting. In this live-action adaptation of Koji Matsumoto's horror manga, Akira finds Atsushi, now a vampire hunter, sound if not safe, and together they fight to escape a land from which no human has returned.
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Blades of Blood
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn 1592, Korea is fractured by political infighting and threatened by Japanese invasion. Brave fighter Mong-hak Lee tries to overthrow the king, but his bloody revolution is opposed by his old friend, blind swordsman Jung-hak Hwang. Joining the intrigue and bloodletting are young Gyeong-ja, whose father was killed by Lee, and courtesan Baek-ji, who has her own powerful motives for revenge against Lee.
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Special Ops
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen an American special ops soldier is attacked by terrorists but abandoned by the country he loves, he's forced to dig deep and summon every shred of courage he's got in order to get through the ordeal alive.
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Storage
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter his father's murder, grieving teen Jimmy (Matt Scully) goes to live with his uncle, who runs an underground storage facility. As he wanders through the mazelike corridors, Jimmy begins to suspect that one of the renters is hiding evidence of a vicious crime. Aided by his new friend Zia (Saskia Burmeister), Jimmy investigates, but as his search takes him further into the man's twisted life, he learns that he may be in too deep.
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Miss Bala
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDetermined to escape the poverty of her hometown, Laura enters a beauty pageant. But after she inadvertently witnesses a gangland massacre, she becomes a pawn in a violent game between the gang's brutal leader, his rivals and American DEA agents.
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American Warships
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsNot to be confused with the blockbuster Battleship, it's up to the "USS Iowa" to fend off an army of alien invaders who are out to destroy the planet in this low-budget sci-fi thriller.
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Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a prince takes a mistress, his neglected wife takes up with her handsome young driver -- who just so happens to be a plant sent by a rival gang. But their mutual passion soon turns to bloodshed.
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Air Collision
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAir Force One and a passenger jet wind up on a collision course after a solar storm destroys the air traffic control system. Now those on the ground and on the planes must work feverishly to avert disaster.
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Dead Man's Burden
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn 1870, homesteader Martha McCall wants to sell the family farm in New Mexico and move with her husband, Heck, to San Francisco. But the unexpected return of Wade, her brother who was presumed dead in the Civil War, throws her plans into turmoil.
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Java Heat
2013 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhen a suicide bombing rocks Indonesia, expatriate American cop Jake Travers and local detective Hashim team up to find the culprit. The twisting trail of clues leads to a mysterious figure called Malik, who's more than just another terrorist.
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Tower Block
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsMonths after witnessing a brutal murder in their condemned London high-rise, a handful of tenants find themselves marked for death by a mysterious sniper. Despite escalating tensions, can they band together long enough to make an escape?
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Maximum Risk
1996 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter learning that the slain twin brother he never knew was a criminal who had juicy information on gangsters, FBI agents and drug dealers, French cop Alain Moreau takes on his sibling's identity to seek vengeance for his death.
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Replicant
2001 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFrustrated by the fruitless attempts to bring down a homicidal maniac known as "the Torch" (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a secret government agency makes a clone (also Van Damme) of the psychopath, believing that the replicant will be able to predict the killer's next move. Directed by acclaimed Hong Kong director Ringo Lam (City on Fire), this high-paced action thriller also stars Michael Rooker (Jumper) and Catherine Dent.
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Blankman
1994 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMechanically gifted but socially inept, a hopeless nerd develops bulletproof underwear that enables him to take his rightful place in the pantheon of crime-fighters. Damon Wayans stars as the titular superhero with no superpower.
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