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Extreme Justice (1993)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.
Style:
independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, detective, crime drama, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, reluctant partners, vigilante, vigilantism, secret organization, revenge, gang, crooked cop, revolt, nypd, buddy cop, die hard, murder, undercover, police station, police corruption, partner, police detective, investigation, politics, stalking, master criminal, rebellion, frame up, journalism ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 1990s
Place:
south america, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about murder, gunfight, pistol, violence, police, shootout and partner mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Extreme Justice: Renegades (1989), The Mod Squad (1999), White Sands (1992), Stone Cold (1991), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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100%
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