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Captured Alive (1997)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Charter pilot Nick Baskin takes 5 strangers on a flight that is shot down. Taken by hillbillies in West Virginia, they are used to help transport toxic waste.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, atmospheric, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, toxic waste, abduction, hostage, isolation, survival, escape, cat and mouse, confrontation, claustrophobia, exploitation, hostile takeover, violent, criminal conspiracy, mountain, corruption, manhunt, moral ambiguity, man versus nature, martial arts, violence, female nudity, helicopter, airport, hillbilly ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
west virginia
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Most similar movies to Captured Alive
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and noir films with plots about survival, revenge, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, chase, martial arts and isolation mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Captured Alive: Friday Foster (1975), Black Dawn (2005), The Dallas Connection (1994), Tiger Claws II (1996), Hot Ticket (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, woman with a gun, exploitation, murder, conspiracy, nude black woman, black, photograph, photography, african american, tough girl, lady ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
female assassin, striptease, sex scene, making love, erotica, female nudity, microchip, sexual attraction, sex in a hot tub, femme fatale, assassin, woman with a gun ...
Place:
texas, dallas texas, paris france, washington d.c., hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, detective
Plot:
martial arts, portal, female warrior, woman with a gun, murderer, killer, past, evil man, crime boss, pistol, brutality, police investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two beautiful hostages find themselves pitted against cold-blooded killers intent on escaping with a million dollars in 'laundered' currency. Stranded in an alpine wilderness, the hunters and the hunted play an action packed cat and mouse ...
Style:
suspense, intense, crime thriller, tension, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
68%
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.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, fast paced, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gunfight, man on the run, chase, bounty, cat and mouse, male protagonist, survival, violent, moral ambiguity, urban, martial arts, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the fatal crash of a small airplane in the high Sierras, six greedy strangers clash over a fortune in stolen gold. The torturous trip down the mountainside becomes a frightening ordeal as each has his own plans for the gold.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, independent film
Plot:
treasure, stolen gold, greed, survival, betrayal, mistrust, isolation, paranoia, power struggle, suspicion, desperation, mountain ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Phillip and Suzanne are retired from the spy game, living peacefully off the grid. That's until their whereabouts are discovered by Vlad, the vengeful brother of their target from the first film.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, dark, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, spy, violence, retribution, survival, chase, assassination, cat and mouse, hand to hand combat, vigilante, moral ambiguity, ruse ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
After a prison transfer goes wrong, a dangerous mercenary and a naive police officer must work together to escape an island full of hostile prisoners.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, noir
Plot:
survival, escape, prison break, island, mercenary, remote island, violent, partnership, moral ambiguity, hostage situation, isolation, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action
Country: Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A security specialist (Nancy Bolan) is hired to deliver a valuable computer. She is joined by her former lover who has plans of his own for the computer.
Style:
suspense, fast paced, funny, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, exploitation, female protagonist, final showdown, strong female lead, betrayal, conspiracy, cat and mouse, espionage, bait, female vigilante, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.The rescue mission becomes a desperate attempt to survive, escape the island and elude the sinister presence that seeks to harm them.
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
rescue mission, survival, escape, island, mercenary, mission, struggle for survival, isolation, military, cat and mouse, chase, manhunt ...
Similarity:
48%
850
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Tactical Neutralization Team, or T.N.T., is a squad of elite soldiers sent on top-secret, near-suicidal missions around the world. After one of their missions ends in failure, team member Alex decides he's had enough of the special-op life ...
Style:
tense, suspense, cliffhanger, independent film
Plot:
special ops, military, black ops, betrayal, assassination, rogue agent, cat and mouse, violent, manhunt, ex military, survival, paranoia ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two ruthless criminals take two teenage couples hostage at a remote mountain cabin in Colorado following a botched bank robbery.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, bleak, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
snowboarding, hostage, bank robbery, survival, isolation, mountain cabin, winter, showdown, violent, gunfight, chase, cat and mouse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Action movie directed by Emmett Alston.
Style:
action packed, suspense, tense, noir, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, jungle, rescue mission, rescue attempt, warlord, hand to hand combat, hostage, ransom, showdown, kung fu, violent ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A retired MMA world champion gets caught up in an underground fight club called the "Blood Circus" and must fight to survive and save his family.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, tense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
mixed martial arts, violent, fight club, revenge, redemption, rescue mission, kidnapping, father son relationship, family drama, survival, male protagonist, hostage ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style:
tense, intense, detective, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, corruption, sheriff, cover up, hostage, investigation, rescue mission, small town, conspiracy, betrayal, suspicion, cat and mouse ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
43%
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered by members of a drug gang, an undercover CIA agent tracks them down, but they escape and flee to their hideout, a fortress in South America. Knowing he can't count on the local authorities for aid, he calls on one of ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Colonel John Taylor enlists billionaire inventor Leor Teska to fund a secret black site, testing Teska's new nano technology for military applications, developed by scientists. When one of the test subjects, Brock Cortez, escapes, Teska's ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
40%
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Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, indie film, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, survival, filmmaking, cat and mouse, hunted, violent, claustrophobia, siege, behind the scenes, criminal gang, survival horror, home invasion ...
Similarity:
39%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, action packed, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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203
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-con single mom Kiki rebuilds her life and regains custody of her teen daughter, until her violent drug-dealer ex returns. To protect herself and her daughter, she must eliminate him without getting caught.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, emotional, noir ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, protective mother, drug dealer, female protagonist, revenge, redemption, ex convict, single mother, family bonds, confrontation, urban, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
36%
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Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
A captain in pursuit of escaped prisoners must survive harsh climates and unravel a mystery involving sensitive documents.
Style:
tense, captivating, intense, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, dark, intense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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339
Genre: Action
Country: Mexico
Story:
An aging and injured former MMA champ is forced back into a deadly Mexican underground fight circuit to save is girlfriend who is kidnapped by a mysterious cartel leader and criminal mastermind.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, independent film, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When an American cop witnesses his mentor's murder in a trade deal gone wrong, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Thailand. But despite the bounty on his head and pressure to leave the country, he teams up with an ex-military ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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405
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After being tricked into thinking his best friend, and caretaker is dead, Vietnam Vet, and mentally disabled person has no other choice but to enter The Arena Of Death!
Style:
action drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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