Popular Action Movies on Plex - Page 148

Comrades in Arms

1991

Comrades in Arms

1991
2.7
Men from Russia and the United States join forces to prevent a powerful drug ring from achieving global domination.
Firehouse

1973

Firehouse

1973
5.3
Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave of suspected arson in the ghetto. Pilot to the short-lived series that began a run in January 1974.
Bruce and the Iron Finger

1979

Bruce and the Iron Finger

1979
6.3
After the murder of two kung fu experts, Bruce, a Police Inspector from New Zealand, decides to get involved in the case despite only being on vacation in Hong Kong. At the scene of the most recent murder, the victim managed to tear off a Buddha pendant from the killer. The link between the two murders is the strange markings on the victims neck. Bruce retraces the victims final footsteps and the search leads him to tracking down experts in Iron Finger Kung Fu.
Beyond Fear

1993

Beyond Fear

1993
5.3
A martial arts expert turned wilderness guide has to defend her tour group against two killers out to retrieve an incriminating videotape.
Total Force

1996

Total Force

1996
4.3
An evil scientist creates a device that controls humans. With a press of the button, the subject will explode. A special forces team called "Total Force" must seek out and destroy the scientist and his lab. Later on in the film they are supported by terrorist Jack O'Hara, played by Frank Stallone. 'Comic relief' is provided by a corrupt senator, whose character is not at all funny.
Violent Panic: The Big Crash

1976

Violent Panic: The Big Crash

1976
5.7
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil... but in his way, stands a woman that loves him, his dead partner's brother, a corrupt cop, a motorcycle gang and every police officer in the Kanto region.
The Fist That Kills

1972

The Fist That Kills

1972
5
Martial arts action with a ninja prince trying to overcome the odds and gain hid rightful place on the throne.
Shaolin Kung Fu Master

1978

Shaolin Kung Fu Master

1978
6.7
A Manchu prince places a cache of treasure in the care of his five most trusted guards who divide it amongst themselves. One by one the guards are murdered. Who are the secret assassins?
Shaolin Invincible Guys

1978

Shaolin Invincible Guys

1978
4.7
The girlfriend of a con-man is being held in a brothel and he must try to raise 200 tales of gold as a dowry. So he cheats a country simpleton out of his money then goes and loses it in the casino resulting in the country man feeling sorry for him. The two become friends and as they are both expert fighters start working as instructors for a local big boss but this causes real trouble.
A Warrior's Tragedy

1993

A Warrior's Tragedy

1993
5.7
Based on a novel by Gu Long, Frankie Chan's A Warrior's Tragedy details the parallel stories of two warriors: one trained to love, the other to hate, both to be superior swordsman. On one side of this twisty tale of murder and revenge lies the dark and brooding Fu Hung-Suet (Ti Lung). Dressed from head to toe in basic black, Fu wanders from town to town, dispatching his enemies with his impressive ebony sabre. On the other end of the spectrum is the happy-go-lucky Yip Hoi (Frankie Chan), a cheeky, mustachioed fellow who dresses in white and happens to be a proficient martial artist. As one would expect, the two contrasting swordsman are locked on a proverbial collision course with destiny as both are invited to the home of the villainous Ma Hong-Kwan, who has a sinister connection to our heroes.
5 Pattern Dragon Claws

1983

5 Pattern Dragon Claws

1983
5.3
A monastery holds four books containing the secrets of its powerful martial arts techniques. Everybody wants to get their hands on them, including a band of local evil types. The abbot is killed, and the head students begin to argue over who should keep the books safe.
Phantom Kung Fu

1978

Phantom Kung Fu

1978
4.3
A ruthless warlord is using his poisonous palm to kill Ming Patriots, and only the Kung Fu Phantom (Wong Tao) has a chance of ending his reign of terror.
The Revenge of Al Capone

1989

The Revenge of Al Capone

1989
5.7
After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
Instant Kung Fu Man

1977

Instant Kung Fu Man

1977
5.7
Hsia Hu sneakily graduates from the Shaolin Monastery without completing his required training. During his first encounters with people outside the monastery, Hsia Hu realizes that people are mistaking him for his twin brother, Hsiao Fu, who happens to be a criminal and an expert in the art of Kung-Fu. He is now treated with respect as well as fear and is taking advantage of his mistaken identity. His fun comes to a halt when he is confronted by Yi Lan, a former accomplice turned enemy.
Twisted Justice

1990

Twisted Justice

1990
5.5
In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug called "Umbra" that gives him superhuman strength and intelligence.
The Kings of Fists and Dollars

1979

The Kings of Fists and Dollars

1979
5
After there is a mishap at a mine that causing many to die or become injured, Master Chien decides to add insult to injury by not paying out any funds to the survivors of the victims to keep costs down. Many of the townspeople try to get Master Chien to change his mind, but Master Chien does not relent on his decision. The townspeople then ask the Iron Fist King, Chuang Yang, to pay Master Chien a visit and get him to change his mind. After the Iron Fist King shows up at Master Chien’s and defeats his top fighter, Chi Hung, Master Chien decides to comply with the townspeople’s wishes, but little does everybody know that Master Chien has a backup plan that will cause everybody to suffer the consequences and that includes his own self.
18 Bronze Girls of Shaolin

1983

18 Bronze Girls of Shaolin

1983
3.8
Shaolin temples thousands of years ago were famous for their kung fu schools, and everybody has come to relate these temples with kung fu. Even the best fighters in the world didn't dare challenge the Shaolin students. During the Ching Dynasty, the reigning government had total control of the Shaolin temples and schools. The monk Chi Kong wasn't a real monk. In fact he was evil. He even accepted girls as students. He taught these girls the kung fu style. There were eighteen of them...
The Snake Strikes Back

1982

The Snake Strikes Back

1982
5.3
A fool Sui wants to learn the art of the Absolutes Kung Fu and become master , a title with prizes including the secret book of the Invincible Snake Fist, and a secret weapon called a mega belly (I kid you not). Sui keeps on having to fight the same people over and over again to gain control of the book.
Her Secret Life

1987

Her Secret Life

1987
5.7
Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least of all her somewhat obtuse husband Cliff De Young. When Capshaw's ex-lover Jeroen Krabbe, an intimate of Castro, lands in a Cuban prison, she is swept back into the spy business, leaving her nonplussed hubby in the dust.
Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen

1977

Bruce and the Shaolin Bronzemen

1977
4
The story is the usual mumbo jumbo about a hidden manuscript with secret techniques And Bruce has to fight a lot of enemies to find it, including a giant masseuse, a gang of midget hitmen and a samurai warrior.