Movies like Shock Wave

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Shock Wave (2017)
 6.3
 4K
Shock Wave (2017)
Original name: 拆彈專家
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, action thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, tragic ending, independent film ...
Plot: bomb, swat team, revenge, police officer, mercenary, hostage, murder, gunfight, secret police, police shootout, police officer taken hostage, martial arts, disaster, asian, judiciary, armed forces, die hard, death of hero, survival, bank robbery, terrorist, money, teacher, police, gang ...
Time: 2010s
Place: hong kong, china
Keyword: chinese

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Most similar movies to Shock Wave

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, neo noir, suspense and independent film films with plots about held at gunpoint, blood, violence, murder, hostage, blood splatter and pistol mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Shock Wave: Running Out of Time (1999), Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022), Police Story: Lockdown (2013), Line of Duty (2019), AKA (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Running Out of Time (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
Style: suspense, neo noir, dramatic, sexy, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terminal illness, thief, heist, revenge, cross dressing, race against time, chase, swat team, heroic bloodshed, buddy cop, gunfight, die hard ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 3K
Shock Wave 2 (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a bomb went off unexpectedly during a police operation to disarm it, bomb disposal officer Poon Shing-Fung got caught in the blast and lost one of his legs. Poon decided to leave the police service. Three years later, the police suspect Poon, ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: bomb, amnesia, police officer killed, police shootout, false accusation, undercover cop, undercover, escapades, danger, memory loss, die hard, war ...
Place: china, hong kong, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, perverse ...
Plot: espionage, secret agent, organized crime, mission, female warrior, spy, investigation, special agent, fighting crime, secret mission, cia agent, entertainment ...
Time: 2020s
Place: china, new york, rio de janeiro, asia, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, realistic, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, danger, law enforcement, group of strangers, save the day, heroes, fight, brutality, released from prison, negotiation, brother sister relationship, tragedy ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
 5.3
 9K
Line of Duty (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming ...
Style: suspense, action thriller, crime thriller, entertaining, surprise ending ...
Plot: police, police officer, investigation, friendship, heroes, kidnapping, police detective, brutality, criminal, murder, one man army, undercover cop ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.6
 13K
AKA (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.
Style: captivating, serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: investigation, undercover agent, criminal, agent, fight, mob boss, special agent, criminal gang, fighting crime, criminal underworld, political conspiracy, one against many ...
Time: 2020s
Place: libya, tunisia, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.9
 2K
Gen-X Cops (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, undercover, tough cop, police investigation, save the day, tough law enforcer, female martial artist, partners against crime, martial arts, kung fu, cop, bad guy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 3.5
 5K
A Day to Die (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot: gang, sniper, commando, organized crime, teamwork, home invasion, problem, needing money, criminal, money problems, ex soldier, swat team ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 6K
The Defender (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Style: scenic, cult classic, romantic, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, hitman, bodyguard, witness, kung fu, chase, assassin, police, kung fu fighting, wuxia, gangster, assassination attempt ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Acts of Violence (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the ...
Style: disturbing, tense, exciting, intense, action adventure ...
Plot: abduction, human trafficking, vigilantism, brother brother relationship, murder, police, kidnapping, vigilante, criminal, drug, police officer, heist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: cleveland ohio, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Code of Honor (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style: tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot: bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, murder, brutality, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, fbi agent, chase, killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.1
 6K
Close Range (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, exciting, freeze frame ...
Plot: revenge, rescue, martial arts, on the run, crime boss, corrupt cop, pursuit, chase, crooked sheriff, uncle niece relationship, husband wife relationship, niece ...
Time: 2010s
Place: arizona, southern usa, texas, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.1
 96K
Ambulance (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: criminal, ambulance, hostage, heist gone wrong, hospital, fear, homosexual, mob boss, gunfight, betrayal, police, car chase ...
Time: future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 4.7
 2K
Countdown (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot: countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, bomb, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, criminal, violence, mercilessness ...
Time: year 2016
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.7
 1K
Quick (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Gi-soo, Myeong-sik and Ah-rom were members of the same notorious motorcycle gang. They enjoyed their days roaming the streets recklessly on the motorcycles. Now, Gi-soo works as a motorcycle delivery man, Myeong-sik is a motorcycle cop and Ah-rom is ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, twisted ...
Plot: chase, danger, terrorism, save the day, woman in danger, escapades, bomb, biker, gang, delivery, motorcycle, crime boss ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: korea, seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 7.7
 54K
Hard Boiled (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
Style: stylized, bloody, intense, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gun fu, gunfight, gangster, violence, martial arts, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, mafia, triad, buddy cop, murder, partnership ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.7
 16K
Point Blank (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
Style: captivating, bleak, tense, brutal, action thriller ...
Plot: ambulance, corruption, gang, hospital, police, betrayal, police detective, violence, deception, machismo, organized crime, conspiracy ...
Time: 2010s
Place: cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Movie in collections
 4.3
 2K
Operator (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, police, police officer, hostage, chaos, haunted by the past, criminal, manipulation, danger, redemption, betrayal, husband wife relationship ...
Place: atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 3.7
 2K
Cartels (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Plot: drug lord, female warrior, battles, violence, organized crime, betrayal, witness protection, crime boss, chase, deception, soldier, government agent ...
Place: eastern europe, romania, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.8
 8K
The Courier (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style: suspense, captivating, entertaining, exciting, crime thriller ...
Plot: police, female warrior, one woman army, danger, survival, crime boss, bomb, messenger, gunfight, chase, trap, chases and races ...
Time: 2010s
Place: tower bridge london, washington d.c., empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.0
 144K
Extraction II (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot: rescue, assassin, mercenary, violent, heroes, combat, army, exploration, survival, blood, revenge, violence ...
Time: 2020s
Place: vienna, armenia, austria, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.0
 123K
Den of Thieves (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, bank robbery, police brutality, tough guy, strip club, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, investigation, fbi, divorce ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Movie in collections
 3.1
 1K
He Who Dares (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, soldier, daring rescue, danger, escapades, confined, law enforcement, fear, money, chase, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.6
 34K
Sleepless (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: organized crime, undercover cop, kidnapping, police corruption, tough cop, female warrior, rescue, father son relationship, brutality, race against time, police detective, car chase ...
Time: year 2017
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.8
 5K
Restless (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, perverse ...
Plot: investigation, police officer, criminal, police, police corruption, corrupt cop, accident, corrupt law enforcer, blackmail, hidden truth, police inspector, corrupted ruler ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Asian Connection (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot: drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, police, violence, organized crime, death, crime boss, betrayal, arms dealer ...
Place: bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.5
 17K
Momentum (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, female protagonist, female assassin, heist, conspiracy, tough girl, hand to hand combat, female killer, one woman army, woman with a gun, bank, robbery ...
Place: cape town south africa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Protector (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style: perverse, action adventure, retro, crime drama, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, mixed martial arts, gunfight, buddy cop, mitsubishi, combat, kickass, partner, gangster, kidnapping, rescue ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: hong kong, new york, usa, china, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.8
 12K
The Courier (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: female warrior, delivery man, one against many, dark heroine, black ops, ex special forces, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, mystery woman, haunted by the past, attempted murder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: washington d.c., new york, tower bridge london, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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