Movies like Trained To Kill
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Trained To Kill (1989)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
vietnam war, mafia, revenge, kung fu, karate, heroes, violence, motorcycle, warrior, murder, tough guy, criminal, kickboxing, crime boss, sword fight, gunfight, helicopter, master warrior, kickboxer, vengeance, blood, kendo, death of father, ak 47, martial artist ...
Time:
80s
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Trained To Kill
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, serious, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about fistfight, heroes, brawl, martial arts, hand to hand combat, pistol and tough guy mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Trained To Kill: Cyborg Cop III (1995), Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994), To the Death (1992), Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992), Moving Target (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A cop tries to stop a scientist's experiments to turn students into cyborg-mercenaries. Contains violence and strong language.
Style:
suspense, futuristic, tech noir, independent film
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, gunfight, martial arts, hand to hand combat, tough guy, fistfight, androids and robots, superhuman powers, technology, man versus machine, killer robot ...
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100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Style:
suspense, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, spy, exploitation, shootout, one man army, karate, ak 47, duel, fight, brawl, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, kickboxer, revenge, sexploitation, martial arts training, fight, boxing, bare chested male, combat, male female relationship, showdown ...
Place:
south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, spy, exploitation, woman, vigilante, heroic bloodshed, martial artist, karate, kickboxer, fistfight, one man army ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
murder, terrorist, fight, terrorism, revenge, gunfight, manhunt, kickboxing, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, showdown ...
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A former CIA agent lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son. When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly ...
Style:
independent film, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
die hard, kickboxing, spy, boat, exploitation, betrayal, combat, showdown, teacher, machine gun, chase, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
kickboxing, martial arts, fight, heroes, battles, martial artist, one man army, gunfight, post apocalypse, strip club, murder, corrupt cop ...
Time:
near future
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, heroes, drug dealing, martial arts, murder, vigilante, uninhibited rivalry, criminal's revenge, vengeance, fighting crime, dishonesty, society ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
tough guy, tough cop, heroes, warrior, drug dealing, martial arts, brutality, police brutality, gunfight, showdown, gangster, woman with a gun ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
768
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, bodyguard, stalking, vietnam war, investigation, violence against women, vigilantism, criminal heroes, psychopath, gangster ...
Time:
20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Movies like Belly of the Beast
640
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
kickboxing, interpol, kickboxer, spy, martial arts, fistfight, tough guy, one against many, hand to hand combat, one man army, lust, showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Don "the Dragon" Wilson is a man pursued. Branded a cop-killer, he must fight simply to stay alive, and to clear his name... with the very police who framed him.
Style:
independent film, suspense
Plot:
manhunt, kickboxing, exploitation, pistol, blood, karate, martial artist, kickboxer, violence, kung fu, one against many, martial arts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mixed martial arts, prison, murder, psychopath, heroes, serial killer, vigilantism, martial artist, kung fu, martial arts, vigilante, death row ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Terrorists take over a nuclear weapons launch site, but don't count on a humble military courier, who happens to be making a visit
Style:
independent film
Plot:
kickboxing, die hard, exploitation, fight, combat, showdown, female nudity, bare breasts, heroes, master warrior, terrorist, terrorism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An ex-Marine finds out a old buddy is leading a private army of mercenaries. When an ex-Marine refuses to join an old friendship's personal army of mercenaries a deadly violent battle erupts between the two men! And this is not good.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, machine gun, blood, violence, pistol, murder, frame up, ambush, fight, false accusation, ex marine, warrior ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Jake Turner is back on a rescue mission to liberate an attractive female Drug Enforcement officer captured and held prisoner by an American drug lord in the jungles of Colombia.
Plot:
jungle, drug, special forces, shootout, heroes, master warrior, village, commando, karate, soldier, damsel in distress, blood ...
Place:
latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two rivals, one a cop and the other a martial arts teacher team up to save a little girl from a terrorist and his henchmen.
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, boxer, skinny dipping, female nudity, teacher, girl, shootout, gangster, kickboxing, pistol, organized crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Deep within the steaming tropical jungles of Vietnam is a Viet Cong terrorist training camp, run by an ex-Green Beret, William Marshall. A roving photographer stumbles upon the hidden camp and starts to take pictures. He is caught and summarily ...
Plot:
vietnam war, mission, war criminal, shootout, gun fu, special forces, murder, vietnam veteran, violence, father son relationship, spy, pistol ...
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
monster, vietnam veteran, war game, target practice, rape, human prey, psychiatric hospital, revenge, bare chested male, shootout, heroes, mental institution ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An embittered satellite expert gets the opportunity for revenge against the USA by aiding terrorists in a plan to destroy the country's military base.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
die hard, evil computer, holiday horror, revenge, kung fu, hand to hand combat, irony of fate, heroes, master warrior, blood, good versus evil, machine gun ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, police investigation, danger, partner, chases and races, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style:
retro, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, medieval, mixed martial arts, drug lord, shootout, explosions, law enforcement, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film
Plot:
post apocalypse, cop, time travel, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, con artists, shootout, one man army, one against many, martial arts, fistfight, bar brawl ...
Time:
near future, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
martial arts, two man army, police shootout, karate, police detective, siblings relations, kgb, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, fighting crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the Hong Ku School, Miyamoto (Lo Lieh) to surpass all ...
Style:
fast paced, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, karate, kung fu, fight, bare chested male, master warrior, heroes, showdown, jeet kune do, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
On Earth in the future Don "The Dragon" Wilson takes on a sinister corporation that trades in black market human body parts. He single handedly manages to restore law and order in a motion picture tour de force guaranteed to thrill science ...
Style:
tech noir, independent film, futuristic
Plot:
stripper, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, terminator, kung fu, martial arts, kickboxing, female nudity, machine gun, fight, warrior, brawl ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A cop tracks down the mobster who escaped his custody while being escorted cross-country to stand trial.
Style:
neo western, independent film
Plot:
hitman, mafia, shootout, serial killer, fistfight, modern western, police shootout, car, villain arrested, ak 47, police detective, love interest ...
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Vietnam vet named soldier is hired to find a biker gang called Hell's Fury, which kidnapped, drugged, and raped a young girl, and exact revenge.
Style:
perverse, independent film
Plot:
kickboxer, biker, male objectification, martial arts, mixed martial arts, hand to hand combat, sex, kickboxing, caught having sex, sex on first date, bare chested male, vietnam veteran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, heroes, gangster, drug dealing, leadership, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one man army, heroes, athlete's life, rivalry, vengeance, gang, gunfight, violence, corrupt cop, rapper, interracial ...
Place:
british columbia, afghanistan, middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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