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American Yakuza (1993) IMDb WikiData
American Yakuza
director: Frank A. Cappello actor: Viggo Mortensen / Ryo Ishibashi
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Nov. 30, 2025 watched
Saw it originally in the cinema in the UK in 1994, thought then it was a superior low-budget action flick with a superior star, then unknown Viggo Mortensen. A lot of action but also character, too. I even got the cinema to give me the promotional cardboard cutout once its run was over.

I'll try not to wait another three decades before seeing it again!
1990s Action AnzuLawson Crime FrankACappello
Fail Safe (1964) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fail Safe
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Henry Fonda / Walter Matthau
other title: A prova di errore / Fejl-sikker
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Ladyhawke (1985) TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Ladyhawke
director: Richard Donner actor: Matthew Broderick / Rutger Hauer
other title: Ladyhawke og lommetyven / A Mulher Falcão
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Clue (1985) Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Clue
7.5 (6 ratings) director: Jonathan Lynn actor: Tim Curry / Eileen Brennan
other title: Signori, il delitto è servito / Clue - O Jogo do Crime
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Addams Family Values (1993) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Addams Family Values
7.8 (8 ratings) director: Barry Sonnenfeld actor: Anjelica Huston / Raúl Juliá
other title: La famiglia Addams 2 / Det bli'r i familien Addams
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Red Sun Rising (1994) NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Red Sun Rising
director: Francis Megahy actor: Don Wilson / Terry Farrell
other title: Sole rosso sangue / Soleil rouge
Thomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho. He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder. Soon they discover that Jaho is preparing a gang war and weapon smuggling ring. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
Aug. 13, 2025 watched
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars as a Japanese cop who must overcome culture shock (i.e. US racism and cars much larger than back home) and learn the Power of the Laser Finger.

Not bad... for a Don "The Dragon" Wilson movie, if you know what I mean, and if you're a sucker for 90s action like I am.
1990s Action BMovieBonanza DonWilson EdwardAlbert
Enemy of the State (1998) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Enemy of the State
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Tony Scott actor: Will Smith / Gene Hackman
other title: Nemico pubblico / Perigo Público
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday shopping. Unbeknownst to Dean, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the trail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious NSA official named Reynolds. Using satellite surveillance, bugs, and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves while also framing him for murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, he attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
The Hidden (1987) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Hidden
director: Jack Sholder actor: Kyle MacLachlan / Michael Nouri
other title: L'alieno / Dødsruten
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Hard Target (1993) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hard Target
director: John Woo actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme / Arnold Vosloo
other title: Senza tregua / Perseguição Sem Tréguas
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Trouble in Mind (1985) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Trouble in Mind
director: Alan Rudolph actor: Kris Kristofferson / Keith Carradine
other title: Stati di alterazione progressiva / Vidas em Conflito
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
Nov. 22, 2025 to watch https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/trouble-in-mind
https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/264339/trouble-in-mind

"standout... a flawed, timely, neo-noir set in the fascist future of the 80’s"
@ryan@social.miyaku.media
1980s AlanRudolph AlbertHall DirkBlocker Divine
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
director: Jake Kasdan actor: John C. Reilly / Jenna Fischer
other title: Walk Hard - La storia di Dewey Cox / A Vida é Dura
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) IMDb WikiData
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
director: Fred Waller actor: Cab Calloway / Sidney Easton
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Die Hard (1988) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
Die Hard
8.2 (13 ratings) director: John McTiernan actor: Bruce Willis / Alan Rickman
other title: Trappola di cristallo / Assalto ao Arranha-Céus
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Dec. 27, 2025 watched
One of my all time faves! An action movie with just the right sprinkling of vulnerability, character and humour.

1st watched in the cinema, in Leicester Square.
Last rewatched: in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
1980s Action AlanRickman BruceWillis Faves
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.
Tomb Invader (2018) WikiData IMDb
Tomb Invader
director: James Thomas actor: Gina Vitori / Tammy Klein
other title: Invasores de tumbas
Archaeologist Alabama Channing sets off to uncover the ancient tomb of Quin Shi Haung, which promises riches and answers to family mysteries.
Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991) IMDb WikiData
Alligator 2: The Mutation
director: Jon Hess actor: Joseph Bologna / Dee Wallace
other title: Alligator 2 - Die Mutation / Alligator 2 - The Mutation
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
Top Secret! (1984) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Top Secret!
7.8 (5 ratings) director: Jim Abrahams / Jerry Zucker actor: Val Kilmer / Lucy Gutteridge
other title: Ultra Secreto / Top Secret !
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
The Octagon (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Octagon
director: Eric Karson actor: Chuck Norris / Karen Carlson
other title: Mænd uden nåde / A Fortaleza Secreta
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.