Popular Action Movies on Kanopy - Page 32

Stand Up Guys

2012

Stand Up Guys

2012
6
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc has orders to kill Val, and time is running out for him to figure out a way out of his dilemma.
Hard Way: The Action Musical

2017

Hard Way: The Action Musical

2017
7.2
In the world's first Action Musical, Jake and his SWAT team raid an abandoned factory in order to bring down the country's most dangerous terrorist. Naturally singing and dancing.
Fade Away

2016

Fade Away

2016
7.2
In a city where the high school drop out rate is at its highest, a pre-destined path of murder, crime, and drug trafficking seems to be the only way of life for teenagers growing up in Liberty City.
Dog City: The Movie

1989

Dog City: The Movie

1989
8
This parody of film noir and gangster flicks takes us through the dangerous town of Dog City, teeming with colorful Muppet Dog characters. Rowlf the dog is your guide through the underside of canine life during the 1930s in Dog City. Our hero, Ace, enters the world of bulldog gangsters and terrier molls when he inherits a saloon from his late Uncle Harry. Unwilling to pay protection money, Ace finds himself the target of Bugsy, a bulldog bully who owns most of Dog City. Life can be ruff!
Half a Chance

1998

Half a Chance

1998
5.8
Alice Tomaso gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo and Julien, one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car - one belonging to the Russian mafia, and arrives at her destination with a gang of thugs out looking for her and the car.
Paths of Hate

2011

Paths of Hate

2011
7.3
A short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.
Death Rage

1976

Death Rage

1976
5.3
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Santo vs. Evil Brain

1961

Santo vs. Evil Brain

1961
5.2
In his first film El Santo was still referred to as ‘El Enmascarado’. Rendered compliant by a scientist and his gangsters via a serum and mysterious rays, he is forced for the opening act to be a henchman for the evil forces who want to take over the world. The film has great historic value, due also to its impressive exterior shots of pre-revolutionary Cuba 1959.
Tell It Like a Woman

2022

Tell It Like a Woman

2022
4.2
Tell It Like A Woman comprises of seven segments that are directed by female directors from different parts of the world and shot in Italy, India, Japan, and the U.S. Each segment is an inspirational and empowering story about women, by women, for everyone.
The Emu War

2023

The Emu War

2023
4.3
Based on the infamous Great Emu War of 1932, THE EMU WAR follows a rag tag platoon of soldiers who are driven into a brutal and bloody battle against Australia's deadliest flightless beasts. Haunted by the kidnapping of his son at the hands of the Emus, Major Meredith leads the platoon behind enemy lines in order to kill the emus Leader the Queen Emu.
Virtuosity

1995

Virtuosity

1995
5.5
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.
Rob Roy

1995

Rob Roy

1995
6.7
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Marathon Man

1976

Marathon Man

1976
7.2
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
The Toxic Avenger

1984

The Toxic Avenger

1984
6.3
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.
At the Risk of Life

1975

At the Risk of Life

1975
Forced by her father into keeping a doll that she knows is filled with drugs, Mi-yeon secretly goes to the police for aid. She soon requires their protection as the drug dealers learn the location of their missing stash.
Leonor Will Never Die

2022

Leonor Will Never Die

2022
6.9
Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.
My Side of the Mountain

1969

My Side of the Mountain

1969
6.6
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, a devotee of Thoreau, decides to leave the city to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
Abar, the First Black Superman

1977

Abar, the First Black Superman

1977
4.2
Upon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
Marauders

2016

Marauders

2016
5.8
An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.
Ms .45

1981

Ms .45

1981
6.7
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress goes insane, takes to the streets of New York City after dark, and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.