Movies like The Protector 1998

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The Protector (1998)
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The Protector (1998)
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 both a past and a kidnapped son.
Style: independent film
Plot: agent, assassin, kidnapping, crime boss, amnesia, government, protection, crime lord

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The Company Man (1998)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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