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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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Winners & Sinners (1983) Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb
奇謀妙計五福星
director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Richard Ng Yiu-Hon …
other title: Winners & Sinners: Five Lucky Stars / Winners and Sinners …
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
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Peking Opera Blues (1986) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
刀馬旦
8.0 (5 ratings) director: Tsui Hark actor: Brigitte Lin / Sally Yeh …
other title: Peking Action Blues / Peking opera blues
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.
March 8, 2026 watched
Action-comedy-thriller set in the aftermath of the downfall of the Qing Empire.

Great fun (although it gets a bit heavy in the last quarter).

https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/peking-opera-blues
1980s Action ActionComedy BrigitteLin CherieChung
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Lady Reporter (1989) NeoDB IMDb
師姐大晒
director: Mang Hoi actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Elizabeth Lee Mei-Fung …
other title: Born to Fight / Une Flic de Choc 2 …
Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Ronny Dak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.
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The Human Tornado (1976) TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Human Tornado
director: Cliff Roquemore actor: Rudy Ray Moore / Lady Reed …
other title: Der Bastard / Dolemite II …
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
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Mars Attacks! (1996) Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mars Attacks!
7.1 (8 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
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Hot Fuzz (2007) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Hot Fuzz
7.2 (18 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
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Maximum Impact (2017) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Максимальный удар
director: Andrzej Bartkowiak actor: Alexander Nevsky / Mark Dacascos …
other title: Máximo impacto / Максимальный удар
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.
Dec. 28, 2025 watched
The FSB are the good guys! Rashist money bought a lot of foreign B-listers, but not much of a movie.

Mark Dacascos at least enjoys himself hamming it up as an "evil Jean-Claude Van Johnson", a fading martial arts star who has become a hitman with a penchant for terrible disguises & accents. I'd pay to see him in "Shaolin Cop"!

Kelly Hu gorgeous & confident, but we never got a fight with her & Mark.

Alexander Nevsky shows all the charisma of a block of wood.

Tom Arnold, Eric Roberts, Danny Trejo, Bai Ling, Matthias Hues & Billy Baldwin showed up to collect their cheques. Actually, I don't think Billy even showed up, just did it remotely.

https://watch.mometu.com/feature/maximum-impact
2010s Action ActionComedy AlexanderNevsky AlphonsoMcAuley
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Violent Night (2022) TMDB
Violent Night
director: Tommy Wirkola actor: David Harbour / John Leguizamo …
other title: Una notte violenta e silenziosa / Noite Violenta …
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
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Bad Black (2016) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Bad Black
director: Nabwana IGG actor: Nalwanga Gloria / Alan Hofmanis …
A mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid in an effort to regain a family heirloom from Uganda’s toughest gang.
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Kung Fu Hustle (2004) IMDb NeoDB TMDB Douban
功夫
8.6 (29 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Yuen Qiu …
other title: Kung Fusion / Kung Fu Zão …
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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Pedicab Driver (1989) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
群龍戲鳳
director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Nina Li Chi …
other title: 群龍戲鳳
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) IMDb WikiData
The Long Kiss Goodnight
director: Renny Harlin actor: Geena Davis / Samuel L. Jackson …
other title: Spy / A Profissional …
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
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Yes, Madam! (1985) TMDB IMDb
皇家師姐
director: Corey Yuen Kwai actor: Michelle Yeoh / John Shum Kin-Fun …
other title: Yes, Madam / Ultra Force 2 …
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
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Firewalker (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Firewalker
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Chuck Norris / Louis Gossett Jr. …
other title: Il tempio di fuoco / Caminho de Fogo …
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
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The Blues Brothers (1980) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb KevGa-NeoDB WikiData
The Blues Brothers
8.8 (5 ratings) director: John Landis actor: Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi …
other title: The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues / Blues Brothers …
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
March 1, 2026 watched
One of my all time faves!

Seen multiple times over the decades. This latest watch (28 February 2026) was of the extended version (2hrs 28mins), which I missed in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
1980s Action ActionComedy ArethaFranklin CabCalloway