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Bad Ass (2012)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, grindhouse, action comedy, action thriller, action packed, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
lone wolves, vigilante, vigilantism, vietnam veteran, revenge, murder, rivalry, elderly, tough heroes, vietnam war, gang, friend, heroes, city, golden retriever, superhero, violence, gory, villain, domestic violence, subculture, corruption, bus, law enforcement, urban ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to Bad Ass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, rough, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, revenge, vengeance, rivalry, vigilante, vigilantism and heroes mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Bad Ass: Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Inferno (1999), Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015), Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), The Equalizer (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, rough, action thriller ...
Plot:
murder, tough heroes, vigilantism, fighting crime, partners against crime, society, elderly, aging, rivalry, vigilante, vietnam veteran, meme ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by ...
Style:
black comedy, suspense, funny, detective, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
amusement park, gunfight, cop, investigation, black, vengeance, die hard, machine gun, violence, car, frame up, guy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, usa, detroit, michigan ...
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, martial arts, vengeance, tough heroes, drifter, heroes, hostility, buddies, lone wolves, vigilantism, gang, biker ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend ...
Style:
exciting, rough, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, vigilantism, rivalry, partners against crime, aging, danger, heroes, elderly, vigilante, meme, old people, superhero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, dark comedy, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, gory, homeless, violence spree, social decay, fighting crime, violence, bum, prostitute, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, usa, canada, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to ...
Style:
parody, grindhouse, absurd, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
machete, blood, vigilante, fight scenes, sexual content, terrorist plot, gory, assassin, female fighter, lone hero, tough heroes, violent ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, texas, washington d.c., austin texas, cuba ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and ...
Style:
serious, rough, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, special agent, tough heroes, law enforcement, loss of partner, chases and races, danger, revenge, brutality, martial arts, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, bucharest, eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, murder, revenge, gangster, female nudity, gang, volunteer, ghetto, redneck, cowboy, heroes ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's a hard crime story about a Philadelphia shop owner who has enough of the criminals' violences and ravages. He organizes a patrol of civil people. It all starts to go wrong because his team's actions are taken as racial ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, violence, vigilantism, urban, murder, killing, brutality, blood, teenager, exploitation, vietnam war ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, hostage, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, fighting crime, master criminal, heroes, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
Similarity:
20%
209K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, drug dealing, danger, going straight, criminal heroes, hitman, tough heroes, prison, violence, prisoner, organized crime, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, harsh, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, gang, vigilante, justice, vigilantism, gangster, brutality, violent, character change, tragic event ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
bolivia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides ...
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
childhood trauma, violence, vigilante, vengeance, vigilantism, policewoman, dead mother, pimp, criminal, murder, haunted by the past, lone wolves ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style:
detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, rape, violence, rape and revenge, interracial rape, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, woman in jeopardy, one man army, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
Style:
semi serious, rough, realistic, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, murder, female killer, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, vengeance, on the run, disorder, nothing goes right, danger, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, austin texas
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style:
humorous, clever, light, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, journalism, media, mexican standoff, partner, buddies, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Danny Trejo plays 'Bullet' a tough cop who takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, one man army, kidnapping, tough law enforcer, vigilantism, corruption, drug dealing, law enforcement, danger, family relations, father daughter relationship, extortion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, california, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams). An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary. Karl signs on as a new substitute teacher in ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, vigilantism, high school, die hard, tough heroes, ghetto, ak 47, interracial, education, gangster, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, vietnam, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, stylized, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, violence, gory, violent, chase, murder, vengeance, gunfight, death, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, vietnam, new jersey, asia, usa ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being brutally assaulted, an incident which also saw the death of his parents and the rape of his younger brother (which mentally scarred him to the point of having to be institutionalized), Maco Gutierrez has devoted his life to fitness and ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Plot:
martial arts, journalism, tough heroes, vigilantism, fighting crime, hopes, righting the wronged, buddies, orphan, superhero, vigilante, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to exchange ransom money to recover the statuette, but the trade ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, vietnam war, torture, car crash, chinese mafia, private investigator, triad, murder, revenge, gangster, partner, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Liam Case is a garbage man whose life hasn't quite turned out the way he expected it would. In order to impress the girl of his dreams, Liam plans an elaborate heist that will culminate with him jumping in to save the day at the last minute. ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, murder, life is a bitch, twists and turns, robbery, rivalry, revenge, bank teller, gang, framed for murder, bank robbery, vigilante justice ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, cuba
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, vengeance, working undercover, danger, rivalry, secret agent, undercover, espionage, revenge, murder, investigation, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gang, murder, police investigation, vengeance, working undercover, gangster, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, undercover, vigilante, corrupt cop ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, baltimore
Similarity:
18%
180K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style:
serious, detective, bleak, controversial, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, police detective, violence, tough law enforcer, killer, urban, murder, zodiac killer ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vendetta, vigilante, vengeance, police, murder, vigilantism, revenge, gang, rivalry, violence spree, violent, wartime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, fighting the system, uncover truth, police detective, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, vengeance, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
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