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Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Trapped on Toyworld

1995

Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Trapped on Toyworld

1995
7
For Josh Kirby, time is one big banana peel. Just as he's whooshing safely into hypertime, he takes a cosmic header and ends u in a bizarre place called Toyworld. The odds against Josh being relocated by his far-off crew: exactly 5,487,603 to 1. The odds that pursuing mad metalhead Dr. Zoetrope will find him are... Sorry, Josh, it's a slam dunk. But Josh has allies. The lifelike toy creations of fuddy-duddy tinkerer rally to his cause.
The Heroes

1980

The Heroes

1980
6
Former Shaolin man Marshal Kao takes his former classmates prisoner and, instead of executing them, proposes to his Qing commander that he torture them until they're willing to fight on behalf of the Qings. The 'torture' comes to look increasingly like strenuous kung fu training with Kao putting the prisoners through their paces. The Qing governor and his aides become suspicious of Kao's motives, although the beautiful Princess Shao Lung develops her own ideas about him.
Murdercycle

1999

Murdercycle

1999
4.8
A meteor falls to earth near a secret CIA military hideout and merges with a motorcycle and it's rider to create an alien soldier bent on recovering an alien artifact..
Kill Zone

1993

Kill Zone

1993
1.2
An American colonel will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
Money Play$

1998

Money Play$

1998
4.4
When a money mule has a fatal heart attack at a Nevada brothel, the contents of the money vest is hidden by Irene. Her regular customer Johnny is her best bet to be able to retire early.
Border Blues

2004

Border Blues

2004
2.4
Moscow police detective Andrei Somov resigns and immigrates to the US, but has to accept a menial job in a restaurant while his adolescent son and pregnant daughter-in-law are denied exit visas. 'Andy' does however get to know some LAPD cops after volunteering his expertise and Russian language skills and is sent to Tijuana to fetch cheap tiles. On that Mexican journey, Somov bumps into Larry, another ethnic Russian but US citizen who lost his daughter years ago and now helps families to illegally enter the States. Meanwhile, the medium Michael March receives a vision about a mad bomber who targets pharmaceutical companies and gets a bad feeling upon holding an envelope that belongs to Larry.
The Magnificent

1978

The Magnificent

1978
5.6
A General hopes to restore the Ching Dynasty after China has become a republic. Carter Wong stars as Commissioner Yao Tien Shan who learns of a plot by General Na Lan Tien Hsiung (Chen Sing) to restore the Chings to power with the help of Lord Lo, whose daughter Wan Ying (Doris Chen/Lung Chun Erh) is sympathetic to the new government. Fu Fung (Casanova Wong) assists Yao whose efforts enlist the support of Wan Ying. Meanwhile, the general takes his ally Lord Lo prisoner and amasses an army of skilled fighters to help his cause.
The Windsor Protocol

1998

The Windsor Protocol

1998
3.7
Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon is a maverick British agent who uncovers a plot to take over the presidency of the United States. The Windsor Protocol is a list created by Adolf Hitler that will help revive the Nazi party; Dillon must find it before it falls into the wrong hands.
Assassins' Code

2011

Assassins' Code

2011
4.2
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
The Number One Girl

2006

The Number One Girl

2006
2.4
Joey (Scheina) is a big Hollywood action star and a martial arts champ. When he gets invited to be a celebrity judge at friend and mobster Molnar's (Jones) request he falls for Molnar's Number One Girl. She is strictly off limits and so Joey must engage in a duel to the death with Molnar and his five bodyguards.
The Anniversary at Shallow Creek

2011

The Anniversary at Shallow Creek

2011
4.8
Six best friends find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight for their lives against a serial killer who has more in store for them than death.
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

2003

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

2003
5.3
A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.
A Brooklyn State of Mind

1998

A Brooklyn State of Mind

1998
4.8
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.
Riders of the Whistling Pines

1949

Riders of the Whistling Pines

1949
5
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
Full Disclosure

2001

Full Disclosure

2001
3.4
A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.
10,000 A.D.: The Legend of the Black Pearl

2008

10,000 A.D.: The Legend of the Black Pearl

2008
1.2
Far into the future after the world has brought about the apocalypse what remains of humanity has split into two warring tribes - the Plaebian and the Huron. Human kind's ambitions are not wealth or prosperity, but merely survival. The Huron tribe have reverted to the Hunter/Gatherer methods of our forefathers becoming great warriors with no regard to the future. Whereas the Plaebians are trying to rebuild society and tame the wilderness that surrounds mankind when a new, unforeseen evil starts to kill them both. This unspeakable evil - the Sinasu. Now both tribes must work together or finally face humanity's extinction. Written by Randolph Kret
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!
Adventures of Gallant Bess

1948

Adventures of Gallant Bess

1948
4.2
Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse. Ted must decide whether to pursue him and try to recover the horse, or whether to settle down with the doctor's daughter who is nursing him back to health. Written by Snow Leopard
No Exit

1995

No Exit

1995
3.8
Houston Armstrong, a reclusive billionaire, runs a private broadcast facility deep within the Arctic Circle. His program 'No Exit', features bizarre man-to-man combat events that are fought to the death. Always on the lookout for the next combatant, Armstrong kidnaps John Stoneman, a master martial artist who has made national news for killing the attacker who attacked his family...
The Jackals

1967

The Jackals

1967
5
Bad bank robber falls in love with granddaughter of miner he and his men planned to rob of gold, has change of heart.