Movies like Detonator 2003
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Detonator (2003)
443
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, terrorism, one man army, save the day, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, race against time, special agent, chases and races, fbi, die hard, heroes, campaign, government agency, state affairs, revenge, fight, agent, kidnapping, fire, bomb, false identity ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Most similar movies to Detonator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, danger, chases and races, terrorism, rivalry, heroes and undercover mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Detonator: Target (2004), Greenmail (2002), Lethal (2005), The Point Men (2001), Shadow Man (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
676
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, chases and races, one man army, law enforcement, danger, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, undercover, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
100%
381
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After huge explosions rip through a chemical processing plant, Alexander Scott, the leader of the radical extremists, is apprehended by a beautiful but tough ATF agent. While in jail, a series of bombings take place, killing innocent people. Scott ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, save the day, police investigation, leadership, race against time, heroes, environmentalism, terrorism, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, danger, escapades ...
Similarity:
100%
432
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, female gunfighter, save the day, rescue, one man army, danger, government agency, espionage, dishonesty, law enforcement, confined, undercover ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, terrorism, bodyguard, espionage, undercover, female assassin, murder of a nude woman, female warrior, secret agent, assassination, assassination attempt, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, jerusalem, austria, zurich switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, undercover, heroes, espionage, one man army, save the day, tough heroes, secret agent, terrorism, race against time, danger, master criminal ...
Place:
europe, romania, bucharest
Similarity:
100%
377
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles a deadly plague called the 'Pandora' virus is stolen from a high-security installation...
Style:
futuristic, rough, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, terrorism, virus, plague, secret agent, one man army, race against time, danger, government agency, law enforcement, save the day, hijacking ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, one man army, law enforcement, save the day, partner, disorder, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, danger, die hard, shopping mall ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, hostage, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, fighting crime, master criminal, heroes, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They'll never see him coming... It's Personal. It's War. A blinded ex special agent is given his sight back by a special serum in order for him to stop a nuke that's hidden somewhere in the city. Things are just starting to ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough girl, tough guy, secret agent, tough heroes, terrorism, manhunt, chases and races, race against time, vengeance, danger, law enforcement, undercover ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend ...
Style:
perverse, cult classic, hood, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
female martial artist, martial arts, kung fu, kickass women, terrorism, fight, police, police shootout, hot chick, women, woman, gangster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, terrorist, undercover, daring rescue, save the day, heroes, rescue, president, dishonesty, law enforcement, head of state ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
864
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 266 min.
TV show
Story:
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, female agent, terrorist, fbi, murder, save the day, investigation, rivalry, race against time, danger, rebellion, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, chicago, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
259
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, covert operation, spy, hostage, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, survival, confined, danger, undercover, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, terrorism, drug abuse, undercover, confined, police investigation, drug dealing, secret agent, working undercover, kidnapping, addiction, danger ...
Place:
spain, barcelona, usa, europe, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, daring rescue, rescue, save the day, heroes, danger, tough heroes, master criminal, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, terrorist, virus, one man army, terrorism, heroes, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, master criminal, danger, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
israel, pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Stacie Randall plays Harley, a Special Forces agent-turned-investigator, who arrives on the scene of an apparent mob hit to help the local police. In actuality, she's hunting down Francis Lydell, her former C.O. and lover, who shot her in the ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, woman with a gun, female fighter, terrorism, one woman army, female fight, woman fights a man, women, die hard, assassination, chases and races, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A hotheaded Alaskan customs agent (Sean Patrick Flannery) unwillingly teams up with a coldhearted but beautiful Soviet agent (Ursula Karven) to capture a rogue Russian general (Arnold Vosloo), selling a shipment of deadly nerve gas. Tensions and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, terrorism, fugitives, hostage, danger, partner, politics, state affairs, chases and races, one man army, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, alaska
Similarity:
100%
763
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stalking, wilderness, outdoor sex, infidelity, martial arts, undercover, espionage, government agency, danger, rivalry, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
Similarity:
100%
488
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller, Action
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that ...
Style:
fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, natural disaster, die hard, fire, tower, secret agent, heist, hijacking, good versus evil, undercover, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
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949
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, rough, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, disaster, danger, aviation, rivalry, chases and races, escapades, law enforcement, undercover, airport, insubordination ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, murder, terrorist, propaganda ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, manhunt, government agency, rivalry, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Terrorists capture a Soviet missile submarine and they are intent on using it to unleash a barrage of missiles onto the US West Coast. American special services are called up to intercept and stop the terrorists before they can complete their ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting
Plot:
submarine, underwater, terrorism, terrorist, military, save the day, army investigation, escapades, undercover, rivalry, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, assassination, senator, bomb squad, investigation, danger, undercover, police detective, government agency, politics, special agent ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber who is inexplicably causing Dr. Hayes' patients to explode.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, law enforcement, danger, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, chases and races, rivalry, murder investigation, bomb, swat team, medical, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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