Popular Action Movies on Kanopy - Page 28

The Resistance Fighter

2019

The Resistance Fighter

2019
6.2
Based on the true story of Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, who served as a courier between the commanders of the Polish Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile in London. He must return quickly to Warsaw to transmit orders from the Polish PM to the Home Army's commander-in-chief before the start of the Warsaw uprising.
Dance of the Drunk Mantis

1979

Dance of the Drunk Mantis

1979
7.3
A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.
Strategic Air Command

1955

Strategic Air Command

1955
6.1
Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his professional baseball career.
Gift of Fear

2023

Gift of Fear

2023
Mili watched in horror as her mother was murdered, becoming another MMIW statistic. Now 17, Mili’s former crew kidnaps her girlfriend. Tribal cops and an agent from the Federal Missing and Murdered Unit are on the case, but Mili waited for the authorities once…she won’t wait this time.
Bullets for the Bad

2023

Bullets for the Bad

2023
A down on his luck bounty hunter rides into a beleaguered town in the midst of a power struggle between a gang of desperados and the local cattle baron. When the baron's daughter is abducted on her wedding day by the gang, he hires the bounty hunter to rescue his daughter by any means necessary.
Madness

1980

Madness

1980
4.8
An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
MAD CATS

2023

MAD CATS

2023
5.3
Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.
Star Trek: Generations

1994

Star Trek: Generations

1994
6.5
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Heroic Duo

2003

Heroic Duo

2003
5
Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former psychologist now in disgrace and behind bars, who has an uncanny ability to bend people to his will. Making an uneasy truce, this unconventional pair set out on a mission to find the man responsible, a master of hypnotism who will stop at nothing to get his revenge!
Sukiyaki Western Django

2007

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007
6.2
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
The Dirty South

2023

The Dirty South

2023
6
Sue Parker is thrust into a desperate struggle to rescue her family's failing business, teetering on the edge of ruin due to her father's negligence. With the arrival of a charming wanderer, she sees him as their sole hope to help prevent their bar from being seized by the merciless local tycoon.
Raining in the Mountain

1979

Raining in the Mountain

1979
7.2
In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.
The Stunt Man

1980

The Stunt Man

1980
6.6
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972

The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972
6.3
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Clear and Present Danger

1994

Clear and Present Danger

1994
6.6
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
3 Days to Kill

2014

3 Days to Kill

2014
6.1
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
Hundreds of Beavers

2024

Hundreds of Beavers

2024
7.2
In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
Whatever It Takes

1998

Whatever It Takes

1998
4
Two Los Angeles cops go undercover to investigate the distribution of steroids to wrestlers and body builders.
The Last Front

2024

The Last Front

2024
5.8
In a Belgian village during the start of World War I, the Lambert family finds themselves thrust into the heart of the conflict in The Last Front. Leonard Lambert, a devoted husband and father, grapples with protecting his family as German forces advance to their village. Amidst the war, a tender love story blossoms between Adrien Lambert, Leonard's son, and Louise Janssen, a local villager.
The Final Countdown

1980

The Final Countdown

1980
6.6
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.