Joseph Merhi — Producer (58)
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East L.A. Warriors (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
East L.A. Warriors
director: Addison Randall actor: Tony Bravo / Kamar de los Reyes …
other title: Samurai Warriors
As host of gladiator-style duels in which gangbangers battle to the death, East Los Angeles drug kingpin Chesare (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) capitalizes on gang antagonisms. But Chesare hasn't counted on the tactics of vengeance-minded Aurelio (Tony Bravo) and his sidekick Paulo (Kamar De Los Reyes). Vowing to fight without weapons, the determined duo stages a risky coup in the hopes of ending Chesare's reign of terror.
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Death by Dialogue (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Death by Dialogue
director: Thomas DeWier actor: Ken Sagoes / Laura Albert …
other title: Evil Nightmare / Evil Nightmare – Schrecklicher Alptraum
A guy and four of his friends visit his crippled uncle, a taxidermist who lives with his housekeeper next to a movie set. Pretty soon people start being killed in the manner they are in the script of the movie being filmed next door.
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Coldfire (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Coldfire
director: Wings Hauser actor: Wings Hauser / Darcy DeMoss …
other title: Coldfire - Der Kampf gegen die Todesdroge
A veteran police sergeant and a pair of rookie cops discover that a new, popular drug on the streets of Los Angeles is the foundation of a sadistic conspiracy to destroy America.
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The Art of Dying (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Art of Dying
director: Wings Hauser actor: Wings Hauser / Kathleen Kinmont …
other title: Perfect Killer
A cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The detective on the case has his hands full trying to help out runaways with stars in their eyes. When some of the people he knows turn up dead, he takes it personally, and as he gets closer to the truth his girlfriend is endangered.
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Alien Intruder (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Alien Intruder
director: Ricardo Jacques Gale actor: Maxwell Caulfield / Tracy Scoggins …
other title: Alien Exterminador
Set in the year 2022, a group of convicts sentenced to life in prison are led on a mission into uncharted deep space by Commander Skyler (Williams) to salvage a lost ship. As incentive to go on this dangerous mission, the convicts are given the opportunity to spend their weekends in a virtual reality world where they could live out their sexual fantasies with any woman they choose. However, a woman who is not part of the program appears in it (Scoggins), kills each virtual woman and seduces each convict. When she begins to appear outside the program, the men quickly turn on each other.
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Deadly Target (1994) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Deadly Target
director: Charla Driver actor: Gary Daniels / Ken McLeod …
other title: Obiettivo mortale / Objetivo mortal …
A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
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Fist of Honor (1993) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fist of Honor
director: Richard Pepin actor: Sam J. Jones / Joey House …
other title: Un poing d'honneur / Pugni di rabbia
As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's death, the streets become a real-life battlefield... to settle the score!
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The Sender (1998) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Sender
director: Richard Pepin actor: Michael Madsen / R. Lee Ermey …
other title: Destination Zero / L'armée du silence …
A psychic father and daughter band together with an "angel" in an attempt to save Earth from an extraterrestrial Armageddon. This suspenseful thriller ties together strange occurrences from 1965 in the Bermuda Triangle (where an American fighter pilot supposedly encountered a spaceship) and government hush-up conspiracies.
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Epicenter (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Epicenter
director: Richard Pepin actor: Traci Lords / Gary Daniels …
other title: Épicentre / Epicentro
Epicenter concerns brassy, beautiful Amanda Foster, a down-on-her-luck Los Angeles detective who's been assigned to protect a mobster-turned-State's-Witness, Nick Constantine, from the mob. On the night of the assignment, the city is rocked by a devastating earthquake, forcing Amanda and Nick to fight their way through the ravaged city streets while being pursued by ruthless assassins and corrupt cops.
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Hologram Man (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Hologram Man
director: Richard Pepin actor: Joe Lara / Evan Lurie …
Five years after the mad terrorist Slash Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, stopping him is up to Kurt Decoda, the man who as a police rookie was responsible for arresting Galagher.
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CyberTracker (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
CyberTracker
director: Richard Pepin actor: Don Wilson / Richard Norton …
other title: Cyber Tracker / Cybertracker (Cyborg ejecutor) …
Eric is a secret agent currently working as security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
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Chance (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Chance
director: Charles T. Kanganis / Addison Randall actor: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs / Dan Haggerty …
other title: Chance - Terrore a Los Angeles / Chance - Ein Cop ohne Regeln
After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs his thugs to find Zach and get the jewels back by any means possible. Zach gets help from his friend, police detective Chance, but they will both need more than a little luck to prove that neither of them were behind the robbery, and to keep the actual thieves from getting their revenge.
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Dance or Die (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Dance or Die
director: Richard W. Munchkin actor: Roy Kieffer / Rebecca Barrington …
Jason is trying to get his dance troupe ready for their big performance while at the same time trying to kick his drug habit for good. Not exactly helping with the latter problem is Jason’s roommate, who deals cocaine from their apartment. When the roommate gets bumped off for cheating one of his business partners, Jason finds himself being harassed by dealers who think he’s hiding the missing merchandise.
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Guardian Angel (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Guardian Angel
director: Richard W. Munchkin actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Marshall R. Teague …
other title: Beyond Justice - Eiskalte Rache / Beyond Justice – Eiskalte Rache
Detective-turned-bodyguard Cynthia McKay is hired by a psychotic, icy seductress, Nina Lindell, the same woman who killed McKay's lover months earlier. With vendetta in her heart, McKay accompanies a flamboyantly playful womanizer through the glamorous world of the super-rich, as his protector. In a unique role reversal, it is the woman protecting the man from another woman, erupting into a deadly triangle of passion, suspense and action.