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The Killing Machine (2010)
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Original name: Icarus
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Trained KGB assassin, EDWARD GENN (code name ICARUS), worked years ago as a sleeper agent in America. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, he quickly found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled existence, EDWARD tries to start over. He assumes a new identity, starts a family and tries to start his own legitimate business that could potentially pull him out of his world of being a hitman.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bloody, neo noir, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, secret identity, danger, confined, tough heroes, special agent, professional killer, murder, tough guy, hitman, female nudity, chinese mafia, triad, heroes, killer, kidnapping, undercover, profanity, chases and races, rivalry, sexual content, strong violent content, gangster, sex, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, vancouver, british columbia, hong kong, vancouver british columbia canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about shootout, gunfight, gun, fistfight, heroes, martial arts and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Killing Machine: The Russian Specialist (2005), Witness to a Kill (2001), American Yakuza (1993), Silent Trigger (1996), Deadly Outbreak (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 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:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Style:
suspense, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
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hitman, professional killer, killer, assassin, professional, soldier, terrorism, showdown, violence, kickboxing, firing squad, karate ...
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100%
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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:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, pentagon, washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daughter, profanity, fugitives, tough heroes, survival, danger, hostage, father daughter relationship, forest, border patrol, martial arts, computer cracker ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, thailand, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, one man army, tough heroes, save the day, on the run, hostage, undercover, danger, train, one against many, gunfight, die hard ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police detective, partner, tough law enforcer, rivalry, fighting the system, law enforcement, workplace, dishonesty, uncover truth, workplace situations, one man army ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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797
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada
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Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
878
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kick-box champion David Sloan arrives in Rio de Janeiro for an exhibition fight. He and mentor Xian take pity on Brazilian rascal Marcos Coasta, an urchin who offers guide services but routinely steals from tourists for himself and his older sister ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, intense, brutal ...
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, tough heroes, fight, heroes, gory, danger, kidnapping, shooting, tough guy, one against many, mixed martial arts ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vienna, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
israel, middle east, los angeles, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 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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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, spy, secret agent, martial arts, one man army, good versus evil, on the run, race against time, heroes, political conspiracy, murder, danger ...
Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxer, fbi, news reporter, special agent, tough heroes, siblings relations, working undercover, chases and races, undercover, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
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:
cliffhanger, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
female assassin, voyeur, female mercenary, female killer, stasi, mountain, skinny dipping, seduction, love, sex, voyeurism, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, east germany
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100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank ...
Style:
sexy, fast paced, action packed, exciting, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
miami, florida, usa, france
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, killer, sniper, one man army, assassin, danger, revenge, fight scenes, assassination, conspiracy, gun fu, genetically altered ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, europe, st. petersburg russia, istanbul turkey, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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