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Subterfuge (1996)
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he's now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they're being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.
Plot:
torture, muscleman, beefcake, spy, martial arts, law enforcement, shark, airplane, motorcycle, jail, brother brother relationship, fistfight, scuba diving, underwater fight, hand grenade, tied to a chair, explosion, underwater scene, man in swimsuit, speedboat
Place:
black sea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and exciting films with plots about martial arts, fistfight, rivalry, violence, heroes, explosion and tough guy mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Subterfuge: Red Scorpion 2 (1994), Come Spy with Me (1967), Deadly Heroes (1993), Final Impact (1992), Acts of Betrayal (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
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