Movies like Silent Assassins
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Silent Assassins (1988)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
ninja, woman with a gun, martial arts, revenge, agent, police officer, violence, scientist, assassin, kidnapping, death, weapons, sword fight, rescue, blood, formula, ambush, decapitation, empire
Most similar movies to Silent Assassins
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about martial arts, violence, ninja, sword fight, hand to hand combat, fistfight and katana mostly in Action, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Silent Assassins: Challenge of the Ninja (1986), Ninja USA (1985), Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi (2004), Fists of Iron (1995), Ninja Death (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mark, a local cop is investigating a string of jewel robberies. He soon discovers that the men behind the crimes is the notorious"Red Devil" and his band of Ninjas. Mark teams up with Billy, a man out for revenge.
Plot:
ninja, corrupt cop, motorcycle gang, fistfight, police officer, training, sword fight, hand to hand combat, martial arts, ninjitsu, crooked cop, revenge ...
Time:
year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
149
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two cops are investigating a drug ring that may be led by an American man who saved them when they were kids. But when he kidnaps one's wife, they must fight through an army of ninjas to save her.
Style:
scenic
Plot:
ninja, death, ninja warrior, katana, ninjitsu, rape, sex, wedding, kidnapping, strangulation, police, blood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll ...
Style:
historical drama
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, sexploitation, betrayal, blood, violence, japanese culture
Place:
japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Dale Hartwell's best friend gets killed, he swears revenge on the bloodthirsty promoter and fighter who did it.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, competition, fight, female fight, kickass, sex scene, male female relationship, white lie, newscaster, nunchaku, flashback, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when ninjas inexplicably show up and jeopardize Tiger's prostitution ring.
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, brothel, katana, death, ninja warrior, ninja magic, ninja master, brawl, fistfight, hand to hand combat, action violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Chuck Connors stars in this routine martial arts feature as the Colonel. He sends agents Sonny (Mike Kelly) and Dennis (George Nichols) to Taiwan in search of microfilm containing experiments on genetic engineering. The agents soon find themselves ...
Style:
independent film, serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, warrior, fight, agent, death, ninjitsu, frame up, destiny, heroes, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lightning bolt strikes the grave of Bruce Lee. However, that is as much as Bruce Lee has to do with it. Then a kung fu instructor starts a quest to avenge a friend's death, and on the way has a romance with a girl with similar problems. He ...
Style:
surprise ending, bizarre
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, exploitation, zombie, karate, kung fu classic, murder, showdown, combat, jeet kune do, male female relationship, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a dangerous top-secret formula is stolen, a government agent traces the thieves back to a mysterious island and a secret-society of Ninja's.
Plot:
ninja, shootout, agent, disembowelment, formula, organized crime, blood, good versus evil, revenge, top secret, violence, kidnapping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A ninja hero stealthily sets out to get revenge upon the mobsters who murdered his brother.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
ninja, katana, ninjitsu, martial arts, action violence, hand to hand combat, sword fight, schlock
Place:
thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
As he struggles to rescue his kidnapped family, a martial arts expert vows to seek revenge against the abductors
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, exploitation, knight, revenge, sword fight, ninja master, hand to hand combat, action violence, ninja magic, camp, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off ...
Plot:
ninja, ancient, katana, assassin, bureaucrat, martial arts, sword fight, violence, town, samurai
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Four Chinese germ warfare scientists are kidnapped by a Japanese organisation.
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, execution, shootout, final showdown, showdown, combat, ninjitsu, soldier, pistol, gangster, massacre ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Story:
An army of evil purple ninjas do battle with sadistic yellow ninja to stop an assassination plot.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, assassination, politics, politician, car chase, sword fight, senator, assassination plot, farmer, fight
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former ranger sits in prison awaiting his execution when an international organization frees him and assigns him to crush a deadly spy ring.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, spy, blood, terror, fight, death, rape, torture, rat, violence, acid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man of mystery with no memory is haunted by a vicious crime lord and a band of lethal assassins from a secret government agency. A "Protector"...from an unlikely source joins the man in the battle to save the economic world and recapture ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
crime boss, protection, assassin, amnesia, government, agent, kidnapping
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A noble-minded ninja rejects corruption and works with an undercover cop to defeat the evil student of his old master.
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, hanging, chainsaw, toast, murder, undercover cop, sword, falling from height, skating, revenge, bar fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A twenty year old feud between Ronald, a benevolant village leader and Roger, an evil tyrant, leaves Ronald dead and Roger running the village with an evil bunch of ruffians. Ronald's three children have been split up and are now young adults. ...
Plot:
ninja, katana, revenge, violence, ninjitsu, master warrior, kung fu master, hand to hand combat, village, stranger, kendo, ninja master ...
Time:
year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action
Country: South Africa
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When local soccer team The Eagles fall prey to a series of onslaughts from a mysterious gangster only a week before the championship final, the team turns to the one man that can help save their chances at victory – Joe Bullet (Ken Gampu). Joe ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
soccer, martial arts, blaxploitation, football team, criminal underworld, assassin, kidnapping, sexploitation, violence, exploitation, gangster
Place:
south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, woman with a gun, police detective, master warrior, police investigation, one woman army, tough heroes, law enforcement, master criminal, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang Yun-piao pays the unwitting Li a ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, revenge, murder, kung fu master, violence, motorcycle, undercover, foreplay, female nudity, death, secret ...
Place:
thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Style:
stylized, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, female martial artist, gang war, blacksmith, betrayal, femme fatale, vengeance, brutality, treasure, medieval ...
Time:
year 2012, 19th century, 15th century, 2010s
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It is said that a corpse should be exhumed and moved every 30 years to ensure continued fortune and prosperity for its descendants. As the time limit is nearing for his grandfather's corpse, TV station boss Kelvin Chow (Kelvin Kwan, Tales from ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
vampire, martial arts, murder, vampire hunter, medieval, deadly creature, monster, curses spells and rituals, death, revenge, chase, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Terrorists from all countries are to be reunited in order to join forces against their governments. The USA army notice it. A group of assassins, waiting in jail to be executed by firing squad get the chance to be exonerated if they participate in ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, intergender wrestling, violence, mixed martial arts, partner, tough heroes, heroes, rivalry, military, escapades, partners against crime, terrorism ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary is enlisted back into the life to rescue the boyfriend of the daughter of a powerful mogul.
Plot:
woman with a gun, terminator, kidnapping, bare chested male, gangster, helicopter, kidnapper, ninja, kidnapped, boxer shorts, bathtub
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. Jake must engage in a battle that will put ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kidnapping, terrorism, rescue, race against time, wiretap, missing person, parents and children, lone wolves, government agency, danger, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, thailand, hawaii, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style:
anamorphic, cult classic
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, medieval, wong fei hung, good versus evil, violence, revenge, fight, sword fight, sword duel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The headless corpse of the Chao Clan patriarch and the theft of a jade tiger set in motion another successful collaboration between three of the biggest names in swordplay action dramas: director Chu Yuan, martial arts novelist Ku Lung, and kung-fu ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, violence, revenge, blood, death, kung fu classic, anti war, plot twist
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being ...
Style:
perverse, serious, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, sword duel, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, ninja, swordplay, handicapped, swashbuckler, heroes, hopes, orphan ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east asia, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jimmy Garren, a former Tae Kwon Do world champion, is now retired and a widowed father to ten-year-old Katie. So when he's challenged by a famous cage fighter-and former rival Nick "the Nasty" Harper-to a fight, he refuses...until ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one man army, tough heroes, rivalry, ambition, save the day, righting the wronged, battles, athlete and trainer, daring rescue, vigilantism, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien (the Korean kicking ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, sword fight, sabotage, whodunit, plot twist, blood, false identity, death, violence
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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