Movies like The Big Heat
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The Big Heat (1988)
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Original name: 城巿特警
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A cop (Waise Lee) is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, he decides to find the killers with the help of his buddy, a young cop and an inspector from Kuala Lumpur.
Style:
neo noir, bloody, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gangsters, undercover, master criminal, gays and lesbians, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, police investigation, partners, witnessing a crime, police detective, wooing, dishonesty, golden years, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, chaos and mayhem, wrongfully committed, drugs, revenge ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, malaysia, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about rivalry, blood, violence, gangsters, gunfight, law enforcement and gun mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Big Heat: Long Arm of the Law: Part 2 (1987), Tiger Cage (1988), The Longest Nite (1998), City War (1988), A Better Tomorrow II (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, hostage, chase, betrayal, gangsters, graphic violence, rivalry, immigrants, confined, master criminal, law enforcement, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are ...
Style:
bloody, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroic bloodshed, police officer, police, fight club, kung fu, betrayal, gangsters, frame up, police corruption, police detective, tough heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, killer, organized crime, conspiracy, restaurant, criminal heroes, hidden identity, police investigation, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, revenge, criminal, police, arms smuggling, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, vengeance, partners against crime, criminal's revenge, gangsters ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, perverse, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gangsters, gunfight, friendship, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, bloody violence, father daughter relationship, good versus evil, vigilantism, vengeance, police officer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, new york, hong kong, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gunfight, martial arts, dishonesty, leadership, gang, criminal heroes, betrayal, fighting crime, undercover, rivalry, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
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neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
frame up, killer, heroic bloodshed, assassination, murder, false accusation, who done it, on the run, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, track down ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, murder, hitman, police investigation, master criminal, track down, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, vengeance, gangsters, murder, heroic bloodshed, chef, gunfight, violence, suspense, mafia, gang ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man (Fatty) returns home to find his wife with another man. He goes to a bar and begins to drink, waking up the next day to find that he owes a mafioso money for killing his wife. Not wanting to pay the money, he enlists a malitia organization ...
Style:
controversial, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
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heroic bloodshed, hitman, murder, brutality, child killed, psychopath, tough heroes, assassination, one man army, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tam is Lui Tai, an Interpol agent assigned to protect a famous religious leader, the Daka Lama, who's targeted for death by the militant Japanese terrorist group, the Red Army. Lui Tai hooks up with the Daka Lama in Singapore, but a Red Army ...
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boys' night
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heroic bloodshed, martial arts, gunfight, terrorism, hospital, airport, hitman, rivalry, assassination, gangsters, heroes, clergy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, gunfight, violence, martial arts, undercover, organized crime, mafia, heroic bloodshed, murder, partnership, suspense, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Donnie Yen Chi-Tan, a hair-trigger cop, goes on the lam with Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lum, a prim lawyer, after they witness a botched robbery attempt. The police think they're the perpetrators, while the real crooks (including Mortal Kombat star ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fire of Conscience is an 2010 Hong Kong action/thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Ren. The Chinese name is derived in one of the action scenes where Lai has to chase Ren through a street of dragon dance.
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boys' night
Plot:
murder, tough heroes, investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty, prostitute, loss of wife, suspense, brutality, mitsubishi, gangsters, torture ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ultra-violent and ultra-gritty tale of desperate Chinese would-be jewel thieves hoping to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Naturally, things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of ...
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Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he ...
Style:
stylized, neo noir, bloody, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, gang, organized crime, gunfight, revenge, fight club, female fight, suspense, kung fu ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
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exciting, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
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boys' night
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martial arts, drug lord, fighting crime, kung fu, fight, gang, police investigation, rivalry, working undercover, vigilantism, arrest, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
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boys' night
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heroic bloodshed, swat team, heist, police, loss of partner, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, vigilantism, heroes, escapades, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former ...
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rough, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An early movie of Chow Yun-Fat. The story is about two brothers going into opposite directions in life. One leaves the triads to become an honest citizen, the other stays triads member. But in the end both hold together. A typical HK movie storylin ...
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 ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
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43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 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 ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early ...
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 ⇓
41%
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 ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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