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Big Bad Mama (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Big Bad Mama
director: Steve Carver actor: Angie Dickinson / Tom Skerritt …
other title: F.B.I. e la banda degli angeli / Krudt, knald og kællinger …
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.
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An Eye for an Eye (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
An Eye for an Eye
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / Christopher Lee …
other title: Triade chiama canale 6 / Olho por Olho …
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
April 5, 2026 watched
As an action fan, I've seen some real dreck. But this was actually a pretty well made thriller.

Sure it has its fair share of tropes, the fights aren't the most impressive I've seen, and I saw the twist coming a mile off, but it was coherent and well-paced and kept me engaged. After having just seen Norris in Slaughter in San Francisco and Lee in Starship Invasions, An Eye for An Eye was a relief!

(NB brief but delightful hamming from Stuart Pankin.)

Missed watching it in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, caught up with it later.
Mako SteveCarver ChristopherLee MattClark ProfessorToruTanaka
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The Forbidden City (2025) NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
La città proibita
director: Gabriele Mainetti actor: Yaxi Liu / Enrico Borello …
other title: La città proibita / Kung Fu in Rome
In the suburbs of Rome two very different souls intersect. One is the son of a restaurant owner who disappeared with his lover. The other is a young mysterious woman who has arrived from China in search of her missing sister.
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Silent Rage (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Silent Rage
director: Michael Miller actor: Chuck Norris / Ron Silver …
other title: Terrore in città / Raiva Silenciosa …
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
March 29, 2026 watched
A sub-Carpenteresque scifi-horror, not great but Chuck does manage to emote and is fully manscaped. Not enough martial arts.

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
USA SciFi RonSilver Action Horror
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Slaughter in San Francisco (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
黃面老虎
director: Lo Wei actor: Don Wong Tao / Chuck Norris …
other title: Massacro a San Francisco / Yellow Faced Tiger (aka Slaughter In San Francisco) …
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
March 24, 2026 watched
Poor dialogue but good pacing & plenty of fights. But too much Chuck Norris body hair!

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
director: Gordon Hessler actor: John Phillip Law / Caroline Munro …
other title: Il viaggio fantastico di Sinbad / Sinbads gyldne rejse …
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
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A Bittersweet Life (2005) TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
달콤한 인생
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Kim Jee-woon actor: Lee Byung-hun / Kim Yeong-cheol …
other title: Bittersweet life / Doce Tortura …
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
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Land of the Free (1998) IMDb WikiData
Land of the Free
director: Jerry Jameson actor: Jeff Speakman / William Shatner …
other title: Land of the Free - Tödliche Ideale / Universal Fighter …
A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.
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Free Fire (2017) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Free Fire
director: Ben Wheatley actor: Cillian Murphy / Brie Larson …
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
March 31, 2026 watched
So there's this shootout... the end. :D

Does one thing, but does it well.

Trigger:
Mentioned on an episode of No Such Thing As A Fish
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Street Wars (2011) TMDB IMDb
Street Wars
director: Wayne Rose actor: Steven Seagal / Kyle Cassie …
other title: True Justice - Guerriglia urbana / Street Wars - Krieg in den Straßen …
When Officer Elijah Kane and his team of undercover cops discover a new lab drug flooding through the nightclubs of Seattle, they struggle to eliminate it from the streets immediately. As if dealing with a dozen dead ravers isn't enough, the cops begin to act as security guards for an obnoxious documentarian. They quickly become privy to the filmmaker's arrogance as he attempts to make a film regarding Seattle's underbelly.
March 22, 2026 watched
A two-part episode from the TV show True Justice (2011-2012) marketed as a straight-to-DVD movie in some countries.

I went into it expecting crap and I was not disappointed!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, whose denizens & jokes made it bearable!
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
大话西游之仙履奇缘
8.5 (22 ratings) director: Jeffrey Lau actor: Stephen Chow / Athena Chu Yan …
other title: Sai yau gei: Sin leui kei yun / A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella …
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
March 21, 2026 watched
Trigger: chat with student

I could understand and enjoyed Part 1. But in Part 2, maybe because I was a bit sleepy, maybe because I waited a week between watching the two parts, maybe because there was so much time travel, body swapping, reincarnation, love triangles, sisters & sisters-in-law etc, I just could not keep track of who was who, who was in love with who and so on. Until I just couldn't care anymore. 🤷‍♀️

https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/a-chinese-odyssey-part-2-cinderella
HongKong StephenChow 1990s Fantasy Action
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Once Upon a Time in China (1991) NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
黃飛鴻
8.0 (6 ratings) director: Tsui Hark actor: Jet Li / Yuen Biao …
other title: Era uma vez na China / Il était une fois en Chine …
Set in late 19th century Canton, this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung against foreign forces' plundering of China.
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Eastern Condors (1987) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
東方秃鷹
director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Yuen Biao …
other title: Operation Eastern Condors / Comando infernal …
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
招半式闖江湖
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun …
other title: Karate Bomber / Le Protecteur …
A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒
8.6 (18 ratings) director: Jeffrey Lau actor: Stephen Chow / Karen Mok …
other title: Chinese Odyssey (Part I), A / A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box …
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
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Commando Ninja (2018) NeoDB WikiData IMDb TMDB
Commando Ninja
director: Benjamin Combes actor: Eric Carlesi / Philippe Allier …
John Hunter is Vietnam Green Beret Veteran, Half Commando, Half Ninja, whose daughter has been abducted by a secret Ninja Organization, led by a Central-American dictator, who wants to create a new-world order — through time.
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Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) TMDB IMDb
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
director: Brian Clemens actor: Horst Janson / John Cater …
other title: Capitan Kronos - Cacciatore di vampiri / Captain Kronos - Vampirjäger …
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr. Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
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Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
director: Andy Sidaris actor: Ronn Moss / Dona Speir …
other title: Agguato alle Hawaii / Hawaii Raiders …
A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for druglord Seth Romero. Seth, his henchmen, and other island undesirables launch a full-scale assault on the duo. If they're going to survive, they'll need the help of agent Rowdy Abilene and his partner/kickboxing expert Jade.
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The Adventures of Hercules (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Adventures of Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Milly Carlucci …
other title: Le avventure dell'incredibile Ercole / Die neuen Abenteuer des Herkules …
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
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Dreamscape (1984) IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
Dreamscape
director: Joseph Ruben actor: Dennis Quaid / Max von Sydow …
other title: Dreamscape: fuga nell'incubo / A Morte nos Sonhos …
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.