Movies like Hot War

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Hot War (1998)
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Hot War (1998)
Original name: 幻影特攻
Genre: Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Blue, Tango, and C.S. are CIA research scientists working on Project VR Fighter, which is designed to train any unskilled person into a magnificent combat agent. Tango and C.S. decide to undergo the training themselves, because Alien, the international terrorist, has killed C.S.’s fiancée and kidnapped Blue for his conspiracy. However, the side effects of Project VR Fighter cause problems between the two friends and their mission is soon put into jeopardy.
Plot: martial arts, combat, fight, kung fu, violence, sword fight, gunfight, blood, last man standing, fistfight, jet ski, shootout, gun fu, carnage, massacre, eastern, fighting, falling, gun, stabbing, blood splatter, gun duel, gun sau, stylized violence

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Most similar movies to Hot War

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out heroic, suspenseful, serious and realistic films with plots about violence, blood splatter, blood, martial arts, gunfight, kung fu and shootout mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Hot War: Coolie Killer (1982), Asian Cop: High Voltage (1994), The Last Conflict (1988), Gangland Odyssey (1990), Bloody Brotherhood (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Coolie Killer (1982)
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the countryside, where he aims to find out who's behind this and to gain the strength to fight back. Helping him is local girl Tong, whilst chasing Ko ...
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, hitman, revenge, gun fu, shootout, carnage, gunfight, fistfight, kung fu, last man standing, fight, knife fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Asian Cop: High Voltage (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Donnie Yen is back with a vengeance in this electric action thriller. The star of Fist of Fury, Hero and Highlander goes up against Hong Kong's deadliest gangsters in a no holds barred duel to the death. Donnie Yen has proven to be one of ...
Plot: martial arts, cop, combat, blood, death, brutality, violence, kung fu, bloodbath, gunfight, fight, karate ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Passionate Killing in the Dream (1992)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman can see through the mind of a serial killer. But can she use her talents to alert the police to the killer's next move or will the killer catch on and track her down...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: exploitation, motorcycle accident, combat, sex, death, female nudity, brutality, violence, blood, martial arts, fistfight, female martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Last Conflict (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Interpol officer Dickson Kwan is sent to Hong Kong to investigate in a fake passport forgery case and collaborates with officer Pau Sei and Lau Ting Kin. Due to different approaches on investigating, Dickson and Sei often get into conflicts. Later ...
Plot: kung fu, gunfight, fight, martial arts, martial artist, machete, fistfight, blood, brutality, violence, gun fu, shootout ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Gangland Odyssey (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A retired cop is summoned by his ex-boss to save his kidnapped son from the hands of a deadly Japanese triad. Action violence and a little romance makes GANGLAND ODYSSEY a promising treat!
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, yakuza, gunfight, sword duel, kung fu, sword fight, martial arts, son, blood, violence, brutality, gun fu ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bloody Brotherhood didn't make much of a splash at the HK box office (just reaching that "magic" two-week theatrical run where most HK movies reach the break-even point) and it's gone largely ignored by fans, even though it stars ...
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, kung fu, combat, police officer killed, boat, fistfight, dead girl, bloodbath, armed robbery, child killed, fight, security guard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Ballistic Kiss (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cat is a killer-for-hire intends on finding his nemesis wesley for revenge. When cat finally meets his long-awaited opponent a chain of events led to cat holding a policewoman hostage. They gradually begina a precarious relationship that may or may ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, hitman, killer, contract killer, shootout, cemetery, violent, combat, martial artist, fight, diving, gunfight ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dragon Fight (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to defect to L.A. to make a name for himself. When Jimmy learns of Tigers plan to defect, an attempt to ...
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu, combat, gun fu, carnage, shootout, car crash, slaughter, artist, irony of fate, triad ...
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Escape from Brothel (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: . A hapless couple struggles to escape the clutches of an evil crime boss
Style: controversial, transgressive
Audience: adult
Plot: female nudity, rape, house, truth, gun fu, slaughter, shootout, nudity, carnage, electrocution, massacre, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.8
 200
Killer Angels (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three female cops form a special unit and get their main witness out of the clutches of a gang. The witness holds the key to Chu Chung Sing, a gang-lord who runs a night-club. They will have to face a ruthless but sentimental killer.
Style: bloody, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, strong female lead, female martial artist, cop witness relations, gory, car chase, gang, chase, chases and races, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Fire Phoenix (1990)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After stumbling across a mob hit, a man must run for his life, trying to stay ahead of vicious mercenaries after the $1 million bounty placed on his head.
Plot: kung fu, gun fu, blood, violence, combat, martial arts, martial artist, gunfight, fistfight, blood splatter, gun, mob ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Angel of Vengeance (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the vein of HARD BOILED and NAKED KILLER comes this action-crime thriller in which two young women caught in a power struggle among a trio of mobsters must struggle to survive in a world run by vice and corruption.
Plot: nudity, shootout, violence, blood, female nudity, death, sex, brutality, combat, revenge, rape, rape and revenge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Another Meltdown (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, die hard, martial arts, best friend, criminal heroes, undercover, partners against crime, confined, chases and races, daring rescue, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, europe, hong kong, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt (1995)
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 ⇓
42%
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Man Wanted (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and ...
Style: crime drama, heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, undercover cop, shootout, gun fu, violence, blood, brutality, police officer killed, hospital, police, revenge ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Red Shield (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pair of detectives are after a smuggling ring, and when they come to the leader, they need back-up by a navy seals team - as the traffickers possess not only drugs, but heavy military equipment.
Style: poliziottesco
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Mercenaries From Hong Kong (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In Hong Kong, a weapon dealer has a special computer chip, which is needed to build a secret missile. He is trying to sell it to a foreign goverment. The local secret police, the CIA and an enemy band is looking for him, but he has a very rich and ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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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 ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, non stop action ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Stabilizer (1986)
Genre: Action
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. Meanwhile, Rainmaker has kidnapped the famous Professor ...
Plot: fight, murder, revenge, blood, violence, massacre, death, brutality, gunfight, martial artist, diving, bloodbath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Y2K Bug. Real Warfare vs Electronic Gaming. Peter Tong, a carefree Hong Kong youngster, finds himself drawn into the web of a deadly espionage conspiracy. A clandestine organization schemes to use the Y2K Bug to cause mayhem throughout Asia. To ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the world, conspiracy, undercover, master criminal, escapades, cyberspace, chase, government agency, rivalry, life is a bitch, danger, spy ...
Time: turn of the century, y2k, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: singapore, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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.
Style: neo noir, heroic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, frame up, killer, contract killer, hitman, assassination, murder, false accusation, who done it, chases and races, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Memorial Day (1998)
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 ⇓
31%
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Whiteout (2000)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, cliffhanger
Plot: hostage, terrorist group, reluctant hero, tough guy, wilderness, terrorist, captive, showdown, money, violence, heroic bloodshed, martial arts ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
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Story: Dumas is alone in Costello's office when a girl offers him a thousand dollars to take her father, the famous scientist Klaus von Hermann, to his hotel. Dumas accepts the appointment but von Hermann is killed in front of the hotel. The scientist ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Men from the Gutter (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story: From its evocative title to its gritty filming to its gutsy plot, this sizzling crime thriller struck a chord with international audiences. The robberies, ambushes, double-crosses, and murders multiply as a hitman, a robber gang, and two obsessed ...
Style: heroic, neo noir
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Chinatown Connection (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: The plot concentrates around John (Bruce Ly), a policeman who reforms violent police officers by teaching them martial arts, and a trigger happy cop, Houston, played by Majors. Predictably enough, the two are paired together and they set out to find ...
Style: independent film
Plot: buddy cop, martial arts, katana, heroes, ninjitsu, showdown, violence, tough guy, hand to hand combat, ninja, brawl, kung fu ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee) comes to visit his sister and finds that the town is being overrun with members of the Arian brotherhood. These Arian brothers certainly weren't expecting a Taekwondo expert to show up. Tommy and his sister's ...
Style: suspense, independent film, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, small town, heroes, kung fu, gunfight, violence, karate, fighter, racism, chases and races, society, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
Style: cult classic, scenic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tough heroes, fight, triad, fight club, fight scenes, karate, epic battle, monster, wuxia, wu shu ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.3
 75K
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style: brutal, bloody, exciting, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, assassin, vengeance, kung fu, one man army, revenge, martial artist, one against many, ninja master, sword fight, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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