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Just Heroes (1989)
 6.4
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Just Heroes (1989)
Original name: 義膽群英
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: heroic, cult classic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gunfight, martial arts, combat, revenge, violence, death, betrayal, diving, brutality, boat, blood, warehouse, informant, falling from height, fistfight, bloodbath, assassination, mexican standoff, tragic event, murder of an innocent person, shootout, gangster, car crash, hand to hand combat ...
Place: hong kong
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out heroic, realistic, serious and crime drama films with plots about violence, blood, bloodbath, blood splatter, martial arts, gun fu and gore mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Just Heroes: Guns of Dragon (1993), A Hero Never Dies (1998), Rich and Famous 2 (1987), Bullet for Hire (1990), Legacy of Rage (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Guns of Dragon (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: a HK cop (Mark Cheng) comes to New York City to try and patch things up with his estranged wife (Yvonne Yung Hung), only to find that the criminal (Patrick Lung Kong) that made his life hell in Hong Kong has also come to the States.
Plot: revenge, blood, brutality, police officer killed, pistol, gangster, death, massacre, violence, kidnapping, ambush, exploding airplane ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 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 ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, heroes, gunfight, triad, prostitute, partner, gangster, battles, hitman, friends, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Rich and Famous 2 (1987)
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, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, betrayal, gangster, gang, rivalry, tragic hero, friendship, buddies, hopes, ambition, criminal heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Bullet for Hire (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a ...
Style: bloody, black comedy, dark comedy, heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, hitman, killer, contract killer, female police officer, triad, gun fu, impersonating a police officer, interpol, death of child, undercover, loss of mother ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Legacy of Rage (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 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, cult classic, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, heroic bloodshed, gun fu, fight club, triad, revenge, gangster, heroes, friends, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The triangular relationship between Lap (Joey Wang). Rick (Kenny Bee) and Cheung (Tony Leung) is the backbone of this film. Lap's father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. ...
Style: heroic, crime drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, police, asian gangster, gun fu, loyalty, assassination, gunfight, rescue, tragedy, mexican standoff, tragic event ...
Place: hong kong, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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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 ⇓
72%
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Tiger Cage (1988)
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, police corruption, frame up, partner, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Fury in Red (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A cop/gangster actioner involving seedy corporate dealings tied with ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
Plot: police, released from prison, gun fu, trauma, shootout, carnage, fbi agent, police violence, trap, murder of a pregnant woman, gang violence, police brutality ...
Place: los angeles, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bullet in the Head (1990)
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: cult classic, suspense, realistic, bleak, perverse ...
Plot: vietnam war, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, betrayal, friendship, drug addiction, kung fu, war, survival, triad, gangster, blood ...
Time: 20th century
Place: vietnam, hong kong, china, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Boxer from Shantung (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 1930s, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place: shanghai, hong kong, china
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Rich and Famous (1987)
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: cult classic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, wedding, gangster, betrayal, gang, urban, godparent, gambling, siblings relations, gory, rich and poor ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Requital (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Heroic Bloodshed movie from 1992
Style: bloody
Plot: triad, martial arts, helicopter, mexican standoff, loss of family, mob violence, inheritance, assassination, fight, bloodbath, bar fight, gunfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Hunting List (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding, and immediately resumes his relationship with old flame May and rejoins his old friend Cramp in a drug operation. But times are different, and their big boss Lui now cares more about ...
Style: heroic, bloody
Plot: heroic bloodshed, rape, bloodbath, brutality, violence, death, blood, massacre, mexican standoff, caught having sex, business, friend ...
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Long Arm of the Law IV: Underground Express (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The final entry in Michael and Johnny Mak's Long Arm of the Law series, Underground Express once again tells a story of gangsters versus police, focusing on the difference between how both factions act depending if they're coming from Hong ...
Style: suspense, crime drama, heroic, poliziottesco, banned
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, betrayal, massacre, sadism, blood, violence, propaganda, falling from height, child murder, boat, undercover ...
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Flaming Brothers (1987)
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, friends, hitman, working undercover, siblings relations, martial arts, culture clash, heroes, gang, society, fighting crime ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong, macau, thailand
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
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, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, vigilantism, good versus evil, friendship, bloody violence, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, shootout, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, new york, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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On the Run (1988)
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 ⇓
59%
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Sworn Brothers (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Superstar Andy Lau and Cheung Kwok Keung are heroic bloodshed brothers in the riveting triad saga Sworn Brothers! Lau (Andy Lau) is a fast-rising enforcer with the triads, but beneath his "bad" exterior is the sworn brother of Cheung ...
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, shootout, gun fu, drug, police officer killed, hostage, police station, brutality, hospital, violence, courtroom, blood ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Casino Raiders (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min.
Story: For most of the running time it's business as usual as gamblers Andy Lau and Alan Tam pull scams when they're not exposing them for casinos and incurring the wrath of a family of Japanese gangsters before Tam marries rich girl Idy Chan and ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, casino, gambling, organized crime, friendship, abusive boss, brawl, machete, yakuza, gang violence, strangulation, prostitute ...
Place: singapore, 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
Plot: drug cartel, showdown, military, brutality, violence, blood, police, fistfight, smuggling, martial arts, swat, bloodbath ...
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Killer (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, manly
Plot: hitman, assassin, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gunfight, friendship, triad, revenge, one last job, yakuza, violent, mob boss ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gun fu, blood, violence, brutality, fight, mexican standoff, gunfight, martial arts, kung fu, war violence, bloodbath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Weapons of Death (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Napoli spara! (internationally released as Weapons of Death and Naples shoots) is a "poliziottesco" film directed by Mario Caiano in 1977. It is an unofficial sequel of Napoli violenta, of which reprises the character of Gennarino (still ...
Style: poliziottesco, hood, perverse
Plot: police, gangster, police officer, gang, ghetto, mafia, justice, car crash, shootout, gun fu, murder, corruption ...
Time: 70s
Place: napoli italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Long Arm of the Law (1984)
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, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, organized crime, big city, gun fu, triad, gangster, walled city, violent content, partner, store, working undercover, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Hong Kong Godfather (1991)
Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the boss of a highly profitable Triad family is forced to flee from Hong Kong, rival gangs swoop in to steal any piece of the action they can. York Koo (Andy Lau) becomes the family's acting boss, and must do what he can to handle the ...
Style: crime drama, heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, police officer killed, police corruption, person on fire, mafia, betrayal, sex, funeral, violence, crime boss, hospital ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
50%
No Compromise (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cop goes after a husband-and-wife team of criminals who are expecting the birth of their first child.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: con artists, ambush, hospital, hostage, chase, blood, violence, doctor, police officer killed, nightmare, bullet wound, child in peril ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Dreaming the Reality (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: MOON LEE and YUKARI OSHIMA have been trained as assassins by their adoptive father FOK. The pre-credits sequence details their training at a very early age, and clearly differentiates the personalities of the two girls/women; the vicious nature of ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, strong female lead, killer, mission, gun fu, slaughter, carnage, shootout, combat, loss of sister, female martial artist ...
Place: indonesia, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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City War (1988)
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, police, criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, rivalry, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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