Movies like Excessive Force
If you like "Excessive Force" you are looking for neo noir, exciting and tense movies about / with martial arts, conspiracy, police, suspense, gunfight, police shootout and gangsters themes of Action genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Excessive Force (1993)
1K
Where to Watch
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, police, suspense, gunfight, police shootout, gangsters, betrayal, jazz, heroes, friendship, undercover, vengeance, rivalry, working undercover, law enforcement, police corruption, good versus evil, one man army, dishonesty, sex, mafia, drugs, revenge, musician ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Excessive Force
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, law enforcement, martial arts, murder, deadly, gunfight and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Excessive Force: Crooked (2006), Mission of Justice (1992), Recoil (1998), Out for Blood (1992), Private Wars (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
466
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, partners, police investigation, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangsters, buddy cop, hitman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Olsen (Brigitte Nielsen) has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend (Tony Burton) is killed by ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilantism, injustice, rivalry, police detective, tough heroes, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, working undercover, fistfight, vigilante ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
686
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detective Ray Morgan accidentally kills the son of a mob boss. The mob boss orders to have Morgan killed unknowing that the assassin killed Morgan's wife and kids. Now Morgan's out for revenge..and he'll do it his own way
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, suspense, violent, gangsters, car chase, martial arts, bank robbery, death of son, murder of family, vendetta, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, drug dealing, heroes, martial arts, murder, tough heroes, police detective, tough law enforcer, society, life is a bitch, vigilantism, investigation ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, gang, heroes, one against many, alcoholic, urban setting, manipulation, rivalry, lone wolves, save the day, law enforcement, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Also search:
Movies similar to The Raid 2
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, rivalry, confined, law enforcement, gang, mission gone awry, tough heroes, male female relationship, anti heroine, female villain, undercover, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, british columbia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. Jake must engage in a battle that will put ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kidnapping, terrorism, rescue, race against time, wiretap, lone wolves, government agency, parents and children, missing person, suspense, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, thailand, hawaii, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun ...
Style:
bloody, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, martial arts, prison, police detective, betrayal, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, drug dealing, government agency, leadership ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
697
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, bodyguard, stalking, vietnam war, investigation, criminal heroes, vigilantism, gangsters, psychopath, suspense ...
Time:
20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
mountain, heist, ski resort, terrorist plot, hostile takeover, hostage, terrorism, good versus evil, heroes, resort, female mercenary, female assassin ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east germany, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Also search:
Movies similar to Lethal Weapon
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangsters, dishonesty, law enforcement, track down, death in the family, suspense ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, hitman, vigilantism, drug dealing, partners against crime, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, urban ghetto, drug dealer, crime fighter, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
591
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
kickboxing, interpol, kickboxer, spy, fight, martial arts, fistfight, one man army, tough guy, one against many, lust, showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, swat team, murder, psychopath, serial killer, vigilantism, heroes, martial arts, kung fu, martial artist, wrongfully committed, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
488
Genre: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
martial arts, murder, rivalry, vengeance, assassination, police corruption, frame up, good versus evil, vigilantism, dishonesty, track down, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Also search:
Films like Walking Tall
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
FBI agent Tracy Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon, Tracy's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
martial arts, news reporter, fbi, tough heroes, siblings relations, working undercover, law enforcement, undercover, heroes, rivalry, special agents, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police protection, suspense, revenge, vigilante, one man army, police officer, murder, master warrior, heroes, gangsters, bounty hunter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, fighting crime, special agents, undercover, revenge, mafia, gang, working undercover, manhunt, dishonesty, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, seattle, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, secret agents, undercover, working undercover, hitman, government agency, heroes, starting over, murder, female agent, suspense ...
Place:
usa, florida, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating
Plot:
tough cop, tough guy, heroes, martial arts, drug dealing, warrior, brutality, gunfight, police brutality, showdown, suspense, gangsters ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Also search:
Movies like Black and Blue
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, medieval, woman with a gun, femdom, police detective, police investigation, master warrior, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, spiritual
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, secret agents, martial arts, spy, undercover, race against time, nuclear bomb, espionage, track down, rescue, special agents, heroic mission ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, amsterdam, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, intense, melancholic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police officer, fight, mafia, police, revenge, gangsters, chase, hitman, police investigation, justice, car chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, texas, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
serious, sexy, exciting, tense, ridiculous ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, chase, revenge, vigilantism, police, suspense, gangsters, fighting crime, drug dealing, rivalry, partners, working undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, hong kong, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
black market, revenge, organ, suspense, kidnapping, police detective, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, immigrants, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, poland, usa, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Also search:
Movies similar to Hard Target
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Killer gets orders from a video game named The Silencer.
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, spy, undercover, assassination, frame up, one man army, terrorism, special agents, law enforcement, heroes, government agency ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An homage to the action films of the early 1980s, Cherry Bomb follows a young dancer and her quest for revenge against the group of men that brutally assaulted her. Seeing no justice coming from within the system Cherry enlists the help of her ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
gang rape, revenge, rape, police corruption, murder, betrayal, brother sister relationship, woman in danger, siblings relations, rivalry, dishonesty, strong female presence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
630
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, missing person, disorder, rescue, vengeance, investigation, mistaken identity, law enforcement, gangsters, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, suspense, nypd, police, nude, swat team, vigilantism, police corruption, graphic violence, renegade, courtroom, injustice ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroes, female fight, working undercover, contests and competitions, law enforcement, ambition, rivalry, master warrior, vengeance, graphic violence, tattoo ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
