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Pushed to the Limit (1992)
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Pushed to the Limit (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst when Mimi's boyfriend Nick is wounded and her younger brother is shot to death for trying to stiff local druglord Harry Lee. Lee is the toughest and meanest criminal figure in all of Southern California and if you double-cross him, you won't live to see the sun set. Not only does Lee rule his own empire, he also runs the Kumite, a gladitorial fight ring where warriors battle to the death. Mimi knows the police can't touch Lee with a ten foot pole and so she enlists the aid of her martial arts friend Master Vern to teach her kickboxing and tai chi so she can prepare for combat. Vern doesn't think Mimi is ready for Kumite, as it is a place where only one warrior can be left standing and breathing and the one who loses dies.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: female bodybuilder, wrestling, female fight, martial arts, revenge, fight, competition, women's wrestling, kickass, murder, female wrestler, femme fatale, heroes, investigation, master warrior, master criminal, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, criminal's revenge, tough heroes, gangster, violent content, game of death ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, vengeance, heroes, murder, fight and deadly mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pushed to the Limit: The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995), Shootfighter II (1996), City of Fear (2000), Raven Hawk (1995), Angel Town (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Shootfighter II (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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City of Fear (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When reporter Steve Roberts acts on a call from his good friend, Charlie, urging him to report on a hot scientific story in Bulgaria, he ends up in a world of disappearance, death and deception.
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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Raven Hawk (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
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Duration: 106 min.
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Place: los angeles, usa, california
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100%
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Beyond Fear (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: independent film
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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