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The Retrievers

1982

The Retrievers

1982
3.3
Carefree electrician Tom Cathral is recruited by The Company, and is quickly offered a full-time promotion to join the Retrievers, an elite squad of crooked secret operatives. His refusal to kill botches his first mission, making Tom The Company's new target.
Smokey Bites the Dust

1981

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981
2.2
Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.
Galaxy of Terror

1981

Galaxy of Terror

1981
5.3
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The pyramid has to be behind it all somehow, but how can they save themselves from its influence?
Southern Comfort

1981

Southern Comfort

1981
6.9
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.
Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II

1981

Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II

1981
6.2
While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese police investigate Jang's house, Han-saeng and Jang take refuge in the home of Wan-ah's uncle. But he sells them out, blinded by his greed for the reward on their heads. They run and hide in kisaeng Ae-hi's home. Ae-hi and her sister Yu-ha desire revenge on the Japanese police who killed their father. But they are killed when Wan-ah's uncle turns them to the Japanese police while Han-saeng is away. When Jang and his wife are killed, Han-saeng takes revenge on the Japanese police.
An Eye for an Eye

1981

An Eye for an Eye

1981
5.1
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981
4.9
When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.
Samurai Reincarnation

1981

Samurai Reincarnation

1981
5.8
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.
Escape from New York

1981

Escape from New York

1981
7.1
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Green Ice

1981

Green Ice

1981
5.5
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
An Old Kung Fu Master

1981

An Old Kung Fu Master

1981
6.4
A movie starring Simon Yuen Siu-Tin as a Kung Fu master.
Firecracker

1981

Firecracker

1981
4.9
Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.
Kill and Kill Again

1981

Kill and Kill Again

1981
4.4
Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before it's too late.
High Risk

1981

High Risk

1981
5.8
Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American drug lord's compound.
Ms .45

1981

Ms .45

1981
6.7
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
Knightriders

1981

Knightriders

1981
6.2
A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.
The Georgia Peaches

1980

The Georgia Peaches

1980
5.6
A Southern gal who runs her family's auto repair shop, her aspiring country singer sister, and their stock-car racing friend who runs moonshine on the side are conned into working as government undercover agents to track down a dangerous criminal in this pilot to a prospective series.
Battle Beyond the Stars

1980

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980
5.4
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

1980

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

1980
7
To compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong Kong and brings along a book of secret Jeet Kune Do techniques that was entrusted to him by the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee. During the competition, Jack witnesses Peter's defeat at the hands and feet of his academy's rival master, Miguel. Peter gets the book from Jack, just as Miguel learns about its existence. Miguel sends his best fighters to seize the book. Instead, they kidnap Jack and Peter's girlfriend Miriam and hold them ransom in exchange for the book. Now, working commando, Peter uses the secrets of the book to free his woman and best friend.
The Big Brawl

1980

The Big Brawl

1980
5.9
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.