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Lay It Down (2001)
, 50minutesOrigin USA
Genres Action
Themes Films about religion
The two Destin brothers are about to collide with eternity. When older Ben (Sean McEwen) chooses the narrow road, he forces his younger brother Pete, and the people around him, into a head-on encounter with life and death.
Absolute Deception (2013)
, 1h29Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Emmanuelle Vaugier
When a widowed reporter is informed by an FBI agent that her deceased husband has just been murdered, the two join forces to uncover a web of deceit that is shocking and more deadly than anyone could imagine.
Expelled from Paradise (2014)
, 1h44Directed by Seiji Mizushima
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Rie Kugimiya, Shin-ichiro Miki, Megumi Hayashibara, Hiroshi Kamiya, Kotono Mitsuishi, Tōru Furuya
Angela Balzac is an agent at the space station DEVA, whose inhabitants have no physical bodies, their minds digitized and processed into a virtual reality environment. After failing to track down the hacker known as "Frontier Setter", who had infiltrated DEVA's systems dozens of times to gather allies for his cause with no success, she is tasked to look for him down on Earth, now a barren planet where the rest of the humans live. After being given an organic body and sent to the surface, Angela meets Dingo, her contact on Earth, who cuts off all communications with her base, in order to prevent Frontier Setter from discovering their location as well, despite her protests.
The Sensei (2008)
, 1h35Directed by Diana Lee Inosanto
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Diana Lee Inosanto, Keith David, Louis Mandylor, Sab Shimono, Emily Kuroda, Tzi Ma
Set in Colorado, the story takes place in 1985 during the rise of the AIDS panic. McClain Evans is a gay high school student, constantly the target of bullying in his town. Karen O'Neil is a woman haunted by the death of her pro-boxer fiance, Mark Corey. After a five-year absence, she returns to her family, who runs a successful martial arts school. When McClain is attacked by three local teens, his mother, Annie, asks Karen to teach her son martial arts so that he can defend himself. Karen's family is fearful of anti-gay retaliation, so Karen is forced to secretly teach McClain at night. When word of this reaches her family, and the small-town community, violence erupts, and family and friendship are challenged, forcing Karen to reveal her own dark and tragic secret to those she loves most.
Kill Switch (2008)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Steven Seagal, Holly Dignard, Daniella Evangelista, Chris Thomas King, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Rector
Steven Seagal stars as a tough cop, Jacob King, whose brutal methods have gained him a legendary reputation among his colleagues. Seemingly indifferent to the fact his twin brother was murdered in front of him as a child, Seagal investigates a series of brutal killings, most involving young, attractive women. The murderer, Lazerus, played by Michael Filipowich, leaves cryptic, astrological clues at the crime scenes. At the same time, another murderer, Billy Joe Hill (Mark Collie), is killing women. King finds him and kicks him out a window, after which Hill seeks revenge by murdering Celine (Karyn Michelle Baltzer), whom he believes to be King's girlfriend.
The Minority (2006)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Carson Grant
Jake Jackson is a happy, positive young black professional who has a good job and a relationship. As Jake goes about his daily routine, he sees incidences of racism around him which are perplexing to him because he never had experienced them himself. But all this changes one day, when one of his white co-workers asks if he would be interested in a date. When Jake turns her down, she becomes upset. She concocts an incident at work which gets Jake fired from his job. This incident begins Jake's experience with racial bias. During Jake's job search, he continues to be bombarded with racial incidents from the police, security guards, job interviewers, and store owners. By the end of the film Jake is a changed man, frustrated, angry, and exhausted from all the racial bias he has experienced. However, Jake's luck changes when he encounters a wanted serial killer.
Voyage of Terror (1998)
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Lindsay Wagner, Michael Ironside, Martin Sheen, Brian Dennehy, Horst Buchholz, William B. Davis
A disease specialist (Lindsay Wagner) is on a cruise ship with her daughter when a virus breaks out on board. While she communicates with Washington, the Chief Engineer (Michael Ironside) plans a mutiny.
Bombay Clipper (1942)
, 1hDirected by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors William Gargan, María Montez, Irene Hervey, Turhan Bey, Lloyd Corrigan, Mary Gordon
Bury Me an Angel (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Barbara Peeters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Dan Haggerty
A female biker (Dixie Peabody) seeks to avenge the death of her brother.
A Common Man (2013)
, 1h34Directed by Chandran Rutnam
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross
The film starts in a room full of bomb making material and newspaper articles about LTTE bombings in Sri Lanka, the screen then cuts to a typical busy morning in Colombo. "The Man" (Ben Kingsley) plants five bombs around the city; on a public bus, in a shopping mall and the Polgoda police station, on an intercity train, and at the Katukurunda Airfield. The man then establishes his mini control station on top a skyscraper in Dehiwala and calls the police chief Morris Da Silva (Ben Cross) and informs him that if four prisoners are not released, the bombs will be detonated.
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
, 1h31Directed by Jonathan Sanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Eric Stoltz, Horst Buchholz, Patrick Stewart, Cyrielle Clair
During World War II and a few months prior to the Normandy landings, Gus Lang, an Allied agent, is sent to occupied France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans - one of the key people with intimate knowledge of when and where the D-Day invasion will actually occur. Several people will help him to succeed: a secret friend of the Allies, a vital German officer who is a highly placed mole, and the French resistance. The SS, however, will try to block their plans.
Cover Girl Models (1975)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Lindsay Bloom, Mary Woronov, Vic Díaz, Tony Ferrer, Joonee Gamboa, Ken Metcalfe
Three fashion models travel from Los Angeles to Hong Kong for a shoot. Barbara accidentally comes in possession of some microfilm and is chased by secret service agents. Claire tries to get a role in a film. Mandy tries to make it as a model and falls for their photographer.
Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Kevin Sorbo, Dina Meyer, Sasha Mitchell, Steven Seagal, Vincent Klyn, Michael Paré
A U.S. Marine special ops team awakens from a hypersleep in a locked-down underground laboratory complex with no memory of who they are and why they are there. They realize that something's wrong since they're all alone – the complex is abandoned. The team is forced to learn who put them to sleep ten years earlier and why – as they discover a creature has infiltrated the complex.
Darktown Strutters (1975)
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Action
Actors Trina Parks, Shirley Washington, Roger E. Mosley, Zara Cully, Dick Miller, Milt Kogan
Double Bang (2001)
, 1h39Directed by Heywood Gould
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors William Baldwin, Jon Seda, Adam Baldwin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Sofia Milos, Richard Portnow
A policeman's corrupt partner is killed by a hit man. The policeman gets involved with the criminal gang responsible for the killing in order to seek revenge and to 'bring down' the gang's boss.