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Sunburn
Sunburn (1979)
, 1h41
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, Paul Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman

A private eye named Dekker goes to Acapulco to investigate a murder and hires the beautiful Ellie Morgan to pretend to be his wife.
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons (1980)
, 1h30
Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray

War erupts between Earth and Mars after a manned mission to the Red Planet results in an attack on the city of the Mysterons. The World President is threatened with assassination but ultimately saved from a Mysteron reconstruction of Spectrum's top agent, Captain Scarlet, which is released from Mysteron control and re-enters Earth's service ("The Mysterons"). However, the Mysterons successfully assassinate the Director General of the United Asian Republic ("Winged Assassin").
Cry of the Innocent
Cry of the Innocent (1980)

Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport, Walter Gotell, Cyril Cusack, Jim Norton

An American insurance executive seeks vengeance for the death of his wife and child in Ireland.
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981)

Directed by Robert Lynn
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Sur la Lune, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Francis Matthews

An attempt to survey the Mysterons' planet, Mars, with a space probe is threatened when a scientist attached to the project is killed and duplicated by the Mysterons ("Shadow of Fear").
Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire (1979)

Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Angela Mao, Tao-liang Tan, Lo Lieh, Chang Yi

Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire is a story about a search for the second half of a treasure map, but it's conveniently forgotten at various points. Angela Mao plays the daughter of a warlord and has a secret identity as the masked freedom fighter Violet, who rides the country righting wrongs and organizing rebels. Tien Peng plays a mysterious stranger who comes to town looking for the other half of the map. Lo Lieh and Tan Tao Liang play prison inmates who escape and end up actually being ex-comrades with Tien Ping and assisting he and Violet in apprehending Master Wu (Chang Yi), the security chief who does most of the fighting for the warlord. Master Wu turns traitor in order to get the map.
The Buddha Assassinator
The Buddha Assassinator (1980)

Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Hwang Jang-lee, Corey Yuen

Prince Tsoi (Hwang Jang Lee) is the cruel lord of the Ching regime. He has earned his high rank by using his Lohan Fist techniques to destroy the Ming rebels, who, in turn have targeted Prince Tsoi for assassination. Enter Shao Hai (Meng Hoi), a naive kung fu scholar who earns a living by acting as a janitor for the local Shaolin Temple. The monks here apparently don't take their positions too seriously, as they spend their days bullying Shao Hai instead of praying or practicing the martial arts. Shao Hai lives with his Aunt who adopted him, and learns the martial arts from his drunken master Uncle (Chien Yuet San, doing his best Sam the Seed routine), formerly a head monk of the local temple. The day Prince Tsoi comes to the temple, Shao Hai watches the arrival from the roofs above. He sees incognito rebel assassins about to attack Prince Tsoi, and yells out to the Prince to take cover. Upon hearing Shao Hoi's warning, the guards leap into action and chase off the rebel offenders. Prince Tsoi then shows his gratitude towards Shao Hai for potentially saving his life.
Life Gamble
Life Gamble (1978)
, 1h35
Directed by Chang Cheh
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Philip Kwok, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui, Lo Mang, Chiang Sheng, Dick Wei

A complex story, about a stolen piece of jade which falls into the hands of a habitual gambler (Wang Lung Wei) and his arrogant anti-hero body guard (Fu Sheng), a knife throwing expert. Various individuals want the jade from Lung Wei for their own purposes (to get rich or to return it to its owner), particularly a con-woman played by Shirley Yu and her hired help to get it played by Lo Mang who hide in a small hotel, Xiao Qiang (played by Lin Chen-Chi) and her hired help played by Chiang Sheng, and a handless off and on villain played by Lu Feng. Previously Xiao Qiang and Chiang Sheng offered a duel to Lu Feng to defeat his new sword technique and if he lost he would lose his hand. The sword was made by a blacksmith played by Kuo Chui who formerly made weapons for kung fu experts with his only payment being for the experts to teach him their kung fu style, therefore Kuo himself is an expert at various forms of kung fu. However, he retired from making weapons after Lu Feng used his new sword to try to kill Kuo.
The Daredevils
The Daredevils (1979)

Directed by Chang Cheh
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Philip Kwok, Lo Mang, Chiang Sheng, Chan Shen

The Venoms (all on the same side, including Lu Feng!), a group of broke street performers take on a corrupt general (Wang Li) who has assumed power by assassinating his superior. The son of the murdered general (Lo Mang), now homeless, turns to his friends to help him get revenge. The smartest of the bunch (Kuo Chui) initially thinks it’s a bad idea as the army, led by Wang Li has guns and rifles. Kuo eventually comes up with a successful plan to steal some guns to get revenge but guards arrive before they can get bullets (thus, worthless guns). After Lo Mang decides to go solo, he is killed by Wang Li’s kung fu. Kuo, and the other three venoms decide to use brains instead of brawn to take revenge for Lo Mang. Lu Feng poses as a visiting government official with the other venoms as his assistants, and as a peace token offers Wang Li the stolen guns (with Wang Li not knowing they are his guns originally). Wang Li thinks Lu Feng will promote him so he agrees to a fake plan by Lu Feng to go get more guns from a warehouse and send his soldiers to a non-existent battle. Wang Li and his three of his best fighters go to the warehouse but are ambushed by the Venoms as they get revenge for Lo Mang and his father.
City of Blood
City of Blood (1983)

Directed by Darrell Roodt
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Joe Stewardson, John Carson

A coroner becomes involved with a prostitute, while investigating a series of murders.
Hong Kong 1941
Hong Kong 1941 (1984)
, 1h40
Directed by Po-Chih Leong, Po-Chih Leong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip, Kien Shih, Paul Chun, Ku Feng, Wu Ma

The film takes places shortly before and during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. The story of three young friends focuses on their sufferings as Hong Kong falls under oppressive occupation.