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The Street Fighter (1974)
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Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Sonny Chiba / Osamu Kaneda …
other title: Den sorte drage / Der Wildeste von allen …
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Watched
Sept. 7, 2025
All-out, practically non-stop action! With the displays of violence I thought only existed in The Story of Ricky, like an X-ray view of a punch smashing a guy's skull, or ripping off a rapist's genitals and showing them to the camera.

X Rated
Action 70sAction MartialArts SonnyChiba
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The Hit (1984)
The Hit
Stephen Frears actor: John Hurt / Terence Stamp …
other title: Vendetta / O Traidor …
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Watched
Sept. 6, 2025
Great building of tension, especially as the characters are never quite what you expect.

And beautifully shot.
Terence Stamp Thriller
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Polyester (1981)
Polyester
John Waters actor: Divine / Tab Hunter …
other title: 菠萝脂 / 奇味吵翻天(台) …
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
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Eliminators (1986)
Eliminators
Peter Manoogian actor: Andrew Prine / Denise Crosby …
other title: Destroyers / Decapitron …
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
Watched
Sept. 4, 2025
The plot, the acting, the effects, the pacing... none of them were anywhere near as bad as I was expecting. They were often downright good. Is this movie... kind of great???
BMovieBonanza SciFi Action ActionSciFi TimeTravel
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Blue Thunder (1983)
Blue Thunder
John Badham actor: Roy Scheider / Warren Oates …
other title: Tuono Blu / Operação Thor …
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
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Wheels on Meals (1984)
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Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Jackie Chan / Sammo Hung Kam-Bo …
other title: Il mistero del conte Lobos / Wheels On Meals …
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
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Tank Girl (1995)
Tank Girl
Rachel Talalay actor: Lori Petty / Naomi Watts …
other title: Tank Girl - Detonando o Futuro
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
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Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
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André Szöts actor: Steve Inwood / Louise Fletcher …
other title: Grizzly II: The Predator / Grizzly II: El concierto
Grizzly II: Revenge (sometimes stylized Grizzly II. Revenge, also known as Grizzly II: The Predator and Grizzly II. The Concert) is a 1983 American action thriller horror film that was not properly released until 2020. It was directed by André Szöts and is a sequel to the 1976 film Grizzly directed by William Girdler and David Sheldon. The film is about a giant grizzly named Tawanda who seeks revenge after her cub is killed by poachers.
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American Sniper (2014)
American Sniper
★ 6.7 7 ratings
Clint Eastwood actor: Bradley Cooper / Sienna Miller …
other title: Sniper Americano / El francotirador
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
Watched Aug. 30, 2025
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Robot Wars (1993)
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Albert Band actor: Don Michael Paul / Barbara Crampton …
other title: Guerre di robot / Robotjox 2 - Krieg der Stahlgiganten …
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
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Excessive Force (1993)
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Jon Hess actor: Thomas Ian Griffith / Lance Henriksen …
other title: Excessive Force - Im Sumpf der Gewalt / Fuerza excesiva …
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
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The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
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Jim Wynorski actor: Louis Jourdan / Heather Locklear …
other title: Il ritorno del mostro della palude / O Segredo do Pântano …
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object of affection.
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Swamp Thing (1982)
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★ 5.8 5 ratings
Wes Craven actor: Louis Jourdan / Adrienne Barbeau …
other title: Il mostro della palude / Perigo no Pântano …
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...Even if it costs him his life.
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction
★ 8.7 67 ratings
Quentin Tarantino actor: John Travolta / Samuel L. Jackson …
other title: Pulp Fiction: Tempo de Violência / 低俗小说 …
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from New York
★ 7.2 14 ratings
John Carpenter actor: Kurt Russell / Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. …
other title: 1997: Fuga da New York / Flugtaktion New York …
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Watched
Aug. 19, 2025
Another collaboration between Kurt and John that somewhat presciently explores the rise of the incarceral state and authoritarianism in the US. With plenty of great action scenes to boot.

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