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Blooded Treasury Fight (1979) NeoDB IMDb WikiData
血肉磨坊
director: Pao Hsueh-Li actor: Michael Chan Wai-Man / David Chiang Da-Wei
other title: Lutte Féroce à Shaolin / 血肉磨坊
Master thief Chow Kwan-hai is the only person who knows the location of a stash of valuable pearls. With the help of a mismatched gang of criminals, assassins and pickpockets, Chow leads a suicidal mission to the Bloody Mill to find the treasure and hopefully make it back alive.
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wet Hot American Summer
director: David Wain actor: Janeane Garofalo / David Hyde Pierce
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day.
Dead for a Dollar (2022) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dead for a Dollar
director: Walter Hill actor: Christoph Waltz / Willem Dafoe
other title: Morto per un dollaro / Caçadores de Recompensas
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.
Assassin (1986) IMDb WikiData
Assassin
director: Sandor Stern actor: Robert Conrad / Karen Austin
other title: Special Terminator C.I.A. / Asesino
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) NeoDB Douban Douban TMDB IMDb
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
6.4 (7 ratings) director: David Slade actor: Fionn Whitehead / Craig Parkinson
other title: Black Mirror - Bandersnatch / Black Mirror : Bandersnatch
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) Sukkertoppen IMDb KevGa-NeoDB TMDB NeoDB Douban
九龍城寨
6.6 (72 ratings) director: Soi Cheang actor: Raymond Lam Fung / Louis Koo
other title: Kowloon Walled City / Crepúsculo dos Guerreiros: Walled In
Set in the 1980s, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Cyclone, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.
Jan. 25, 2026 watched
Some *very* impressive triad martial arts action in the Walled City of Kowloon in the 80s

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
2020s LouisKoo SammoHung SoiCheang
Rambo (2008) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Rambo
director: Sylvester Stallone actor: Sylvester Stallone / Julie Benz
other title: John Rambo
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
Hot Rod (2007) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hot Rod
director: Akiva Schaffer actor: Andy Samberg / Jorma Taccone
other title: Hot Rod - Uno svitato in moto / Hot Rod - Loucos Sobre Rodas
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
Compañeros (1970) TMDB
Vamos a matar, compañeros
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Franco Nero / Tomas Milian
other title: Vamos a matar, compañeros / Companheiros
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
TripFall (2000) TMDB IMDb WikiData
TripFall
director: Serge Rodnunsky actor: Eric Roberts / John Ritter
other title: Ostaggi della follia / Tripfall - Das Todestrio
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Mothra (1961) TMDB WikiData IMDb
モスラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Frankie Sakai / Hiroshi Koizumi
other title: Mothra bedroht die Welt / MOTHRA
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Mars Attacks! (1996) Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mars Attacks!
7.3 (7 ratings) director: Tim Burton actor: Jack Nicholson / Glenn Close
other title: Marte Ataca!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Jan. 19, 2026 watched
People slag it off, and sure it has issues, but I always enjoy it!

TIL it was Alex Cox (Repo Man) who came up with the idea.

Rewatched (for the 7th? 8th? time) in #MonsterMiru watch party on Mastodon (after #Monsterdon).
1990s Action ActionComedy ActionComedySciFi AnnetteBenning
Stand by Me (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
Stand by Me
8.1 (12 ratings) director: Rob Reiner actor: Wil Wheaton / River Phoenix
other title: Conta Comigo / Stand By Me - Das Geheimnis eines Sommers
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Snuff Bottle Connection (1977) IMDb WikiData
Shen tui tie shan gong
director: Richard Tung Chin-Hu / Lily Liu actor: John Liu / Hwang Jang-Lee
other title: Eine Prise für tödliche Pfeifen / La Conexión del Frasco de Jade
As China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war. Enter John Liu as a special agent sent to identify who the Russian traitor is, and who his contact is within the walls of the Forbidden City.
Jan. 18, 2026 watched
Kung fu film about treacherous imperialists, light on plot but strong on fights (thanks to action choreographer Yuen Wooping).

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
1970s HongKong HwangJanglee JohnLiu KungFu
Dark Breed (1997) IMDb WikiData
Dark Breed
director: Richard Pepin actor: Jack Scalia / Lance LeGault
other title: La stirpe / Dark Breed - Invasion aus dem All
Captain Saxon, an agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all infected with an alien parasite, and they were trying to bring its eggs back to Earth. The eggs were lost in an accident, and both Saxon and the astronauts are trying to locate them.
Jan. 17, 2026 watched
Surprisingly gripping &, being PM Entertainment, full of great action & stunts.

Trigger: The PM Entertainment Podcast
https://eggplant.place/podcast/7NuEnGrtgH8fOdBwWxYIgC

Legit stream in MX:
https://fawesome.tv/movies/10262798/dark-breed
1990s Action ActionHorror ActionScifi Horror
Rambo III (1988) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rambo III
director: Peter MacDonald actor: Sylvester Stallone / Richard Crenna
other title: Rambo 3
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
Hot Fuzz (2007) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Hot Fuzz
7.3 (15 ratings) director: Edgar Wright actor: Simon Pegg / Nick Frost
other title: Hot Fuzz - Esquadrão de Província / Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Jan. 16, 2026 watched
A parody of action movies while also a loving homage to action movies, with not one wasted line or frame!

Rewatched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
2000s Action ActionComedy Comedy EdgarWright
New World Disorder (1999) IMDb WikiData
New World Disorder
director: Richard Spence actor: Rutger Hauer / Tara Fitzgerald
other title: File: programma mortale / New World Disorder - Das Killerprogramm
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own plans for a security microchip worth millions of dollars. Psychopathic Bishop raids the Dynaphase facility and downloads the mainframe before the employees have a chance to completely erase their work from it. When Bishop discovers the value of the stolen, but partially erased information, he sets out after the rest of the chip design, letting nothing stand in his way.
Jan. 13, 2026 watched
As perfunctory straight-to-video Luxembourg tax shelter projects go... surely some are better than this?

Muddled hacker-ish "thriller" leavened by Rutger's wardrobe of bow tie + leather jacket and Tara Fitzgerald's "American" accent. And an appearance by Michelle Gomez (Sue White from Green Wing).

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
https://eggplant.place/collection/3dbcisTUvJzKp2CDrx7XiC
1990s Action AndrewMcCarthy Cybercrime Hacking
Godzilla (1998) IMDb NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData Douban
Godzilla
director: Roland Emmerich actor: Matthew Broderick / Jean Reno
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Jan. 12, 2026 watched
Long, limp facsimile of a Godzilla movie ripping off also Jurassic Park, Aliens etc while including as much corporate promotion as possible. Broderick, in particular, underwhelms.

Godzilla 98 is the Woodstock '99 of monster movies.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
1990s Action Godzilla HankAzaria JeanReno
The Sure Thing (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Sure Thing
director: Rob Reiner actor: John Cusack / Daphne Zuniga
other title: Sacco a pelo a tre piazze / Garota Sinal Verde
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.