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On Deadly Ground (1994)
27K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long as it's making money for him.
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, funny, spiritual, political, suspense, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, corruption, oil company, corporate greed, conspiracy, oil rig, one against many, oil, one man army, tough heroes, revenge, justice, heroes, corporate crime, fight, vengeance, rivalry, danger, save the day, heroic mission, environmentalism, violence spree, righting the wronged, violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s, 1990s
Place:
alaska, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about car chase, violence, martial arts, shootout, rivalry, gun and pistol mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like On Deadly Ground: Fire Down Below (1997), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Under Siege (1992), The Expendables (2010), Sweepers (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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102K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, bloody, suspenseful, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dolph Lundgren is Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. His son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
angola
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c., miami, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, manly
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: 96 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, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
110K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 133 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:
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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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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 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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Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
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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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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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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Place:
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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:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 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:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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