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A Hero Never Dies (1998)
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Original name: 真心英雄
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There is a spectacular shootout, in which both Martin and Jack are severely wounded. The leader of Jack's gang was at the hotel, unlike Martin's, and escapes. Afterwards, both gang leaders, Mr. Fong of Martin's and Mr. Yam of Jack's, go to a general and make peace. Meanwhile, both Jack and Martin are hospitalized. Martin's legs are amputated, and his girlfriend whores herself in order to get them back into Hong Kong.
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fairy tale, heroic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, heroes, gunfight, triad, martial arts, gang, hitman, friends, battles, gory, destiny, master criminal, leadership, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, partner, police investigation, buddies, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, gangster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong, thailand
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Most similar movies to A Hero Never Dies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and heroic films with plots about gangster, gunfight, heroic bloodshed, violence, bloodbath, rivalry and shootout mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like A Hero Never Dies: Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994), Vengeance (2009), The Mission (1999), Legend of the Wolf (1997), Legacy of Rage (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
heroic, realistic, serious, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, gunfight, martial arts, gangster, law enforcement, heroes, betrayal, danger, dishonesty, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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, heroic bloodshed, hitman, vengeance, gangster, danger, murder, chef, professional killer, gunfight, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, macau, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.
Style:
crime drama, bloody, art house, neo noir, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, heroic bloodshed, professional killer, hitman, gunfight, triad, master criminal, organized crime, mafia, street crime, crime family, martial arts ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wolf (Donnie Yen) is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer (Edmond Leung). Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf (Yen) is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing ...
Style:
scenic, bloody, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, rivalry, hitman, sword duel, martial artist, brutality, violence, sword fight, fight scenes, combat, criminal's revenge ...
Place:
asia, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May ...
Style:
heroic, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, heroic bloodshed, gun fu, doomed romance, triad, kung fu master, chinese mafia, fight club, revenge, gangster, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, yakuza, organized crime, homosexual, gay love, crime family, triad, big city, violence, gangster, murder, gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
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:
heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, triad, gunfight, street crime, organized crime, killer, hitman, big city, contract killer, gangster, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Style:
crime drama, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, wedding, gangster, gang, betrayal, rich and poor, godparent, urban, gory, gambling ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
Style:
sexy, suspense, neo noir, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminal illness, revenge, thief, cross dressing, race against time, chase, heist, buddy cop, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, negotiator, maverick cop ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
34%
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:
heroic, crime drama, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, gangster, partner, buddies, rivalry, society, leadership, fighting crime, undercover, partners against crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia, macau, thailand
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this "cops and robbers" film, a raid on a jewelry store staged by a band of amateur hold-up artists goes horribly wrong, leading to a shoot-out. The elite Organized Crime Bureau team, headed by Captain Ching King Gen, is poised to go ...
Style:
heroic, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gunfight, rivalry, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal heroes, store, wooing, heist, disorder, mugging ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Style:
crime drama, cult classic, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, betrayal, gangster, partner, violent content, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, gang, going straight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
31%
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, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, bloody violence, friendship, shootout, vigilantism, father daughter relationship, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, good versus evil, gunfight, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, china, new york, usa, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The assassination of a gang lord triggers a power struggle amongst his men. Who will win the game the righteous or the villain?
Style:
cult classic, heroic
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gunfight, gun fu, shootout, carnage, car crash, betrayal, blood, brutality, revenge, death, violence ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Beast Cops is a visceral and hard-hitting exploration of the dichotomous existence of two cops charged with upholding the law, while balancing on a moral ...
Style:
crime drama, neo noir, heroic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cop, triad, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, kung fu, street crime, chinese mafia, martial arts, murder, gang, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 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 ...
Style:
crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, big city, chinese mafia, armed robbery, triad, gun fu, gangster, ex soldier, illegal immigration, criminal gang, walled city ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police corruption, martial arts, partner, gangster, disorder, law enforcement, gang, drug dealing, crime gone awry, dishonesty, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong, singapore
Similarity:
27%
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544
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:
heroic, cult classic, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, criminal, police, violent content, partner, gangster, partners against crime, criminal heroes, buddies ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
27%
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, cult classic, heroic, fast, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, police officer, fight club, police, gangster, betrayal, frame up, police corruption, partner, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
heroic, neo noir, crime drama, bloody, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, police, chinese mafia, triad, swat team, heist, violent content, heroes, vengeance, escapades, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, China
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, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, undercover, police investigation, partners against crime, dishonesty, law enforcement, heroes, police corruption, hitman, police detective, gangster, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
25%
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:
crime drama, heroic, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, betrayal, chase, hostage, gangster, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, social misfits, gang, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
25%
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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, ...
Style:
neo noir, bloody, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gun fu, gangster, wooing, chaos and mayhem, police corruption, working undercover, wrongfully committed, gory, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
malaysia, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Style:
tense, crime drama, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, triad, criminal heroes, right hand man, heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, underworld, brotherhood, organized crime, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan (Siu-Ming Lau) and his son Kit (Wong Kit). Having previously tried to shut down the gambling den and take over by paralyzing Fan and framing Kit for ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gambling, revenge, triad, heroic bloodshed, murder, kidnapping, underworld, fight scenes, casino, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
24%
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, hitman, friendship, starting over, heroic bloodshed, frame up, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, babies and infants, professional killer, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
east asia, china, macau
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass ...
Style:
stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, police detective, women, espionage, fish out of water, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, scotland yard, asia, scotland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, realistic, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
vietnam war, friendship, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, betrayal, epic battle, kung fu, drug addiction, survival, triad, chinese mafia, shootout ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam, saigon, china, hong kong, asia ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style:
neo noir, heroic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, car chase, triad, chinese mafia, cop, heist, battles, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, on the run, confined ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
23%
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