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The Dragon from Russia (1990)
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The Dragon from Russia (1990)
Original name: 紅場飛龍
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave alive. However, he is eventually tracked down, and kidnapped along with a young Manchurian, Yao - whose memory is erased so that he can be trained in martial arts. Yao's work as an assassin becomes more complicated, however, when he sees his old lover again and his real memories come flooding back.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, fast, anime
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, superhero, heroes, gang, hitman, kidnapping, murder, undercover, best friend, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, assassination attempt, danger, mind game, fighting crime, on the run, assassination, criminal heroes, partners against crime, gangster, violence, assassin, friend ...
Time: 80s
Place: russia, asia, hong kong
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Dragon from Russia

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about martial arts, heroes, rivalry, deadly, danger, chases and races and vengeance mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Dragon from Russia: Angel Terminators (1992), A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993), Hit Team (2001), Dragonwolf (2013), Outside the Law (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Angel Terminators (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Hong Kong policewomen (Ida and Hon) take on a Japanese boss who has returned from a seven-year exile to retake his old turf.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, hot chick, strong female lead, female fight, fight, women, cop, gunfight, partner, police detective, estate ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang Li-ching) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng Kai-wah), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things ...
Style: fast, exciting, rough, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, violent content, strong female presence, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, fugitives, love and romance, danger, betrayal, confined, kidnapping ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
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89%
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Hit Team (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, fighting crime, gang, partners against crime, danger, rivalry, disability, partner, law enforcement, undercover, paralysis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 3.0
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Dragonwolf (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Devil's Cauldron, a city where depravity and violence has forged a society in which only the lethal and callous can survive, two young men who possess the intellect and ferocity to flourish, carve a name for themselves as the most efficient ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, femme fatale, hitman, dishonesty, danger, betrayal, criminal heroes, rivalry, siblings relations, chaos and mayhem, gangster, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Outside the Law (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, secret agent, undercover, vengeance, danger, working undercover, hitman, starting over, government agency, heroes, murder, spy ...
Place: usa, colombia, florida
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71%
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Sasori (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a band of assassins invade the home of their target Hei Tai they find only his lovely, innocent, bride-to-be, Nami and force upon her a cruel dilemma: either she kills her fiancee’s sister or they kill her fiancee. Trapped, and unable to ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: women's prison, revenge, life turned upside down, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes, confined, life is a bitch, fugitives, martial arts, murder, prison life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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71%
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, martial arts, yakuza, assassination, superhero, killer, triad, female assassin, assassin, sniper, karate, drug cartel ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: asia, tokyo, kyoto japan, hong kong
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68%
 4.3
 288
Small Tiger (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ho Mei Fong is a young woman in trouble, running from a gang of criminals with something of importance hidden in her purse. She dies in Chien Chen's taxi while trying to escape, but not before hiding the purse. Chien Chen is now involved ...
Style: serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, gangster, heroes, tough heroes, fighting crime, gang, chases and races, partners against crime, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, kung fu master ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Vanquisher (2009)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After completing a covert mission in southern Thailand, CIA agent Gunja finds herself forced to fight off operatives who've been ordered to take her out at all costs. She survives and after two years of laying low, re-emerges in Bangkok to face ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, hitman, secret agent, save the day, escapades, danger, law enforcement, undercover, heroes, women, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Twin Daggers (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A shady Los Angeles martial arts assassin is hired by a beautiful woman to avenge the death of her parents, who were killed by her evil twin sister. But when the hit man tracks down his target, he finds himself strangely attracted to her. Trapped ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot: hitman, martial arts, vengeance, moral dilemma, fall in love, danger, frame up, vigilantism, rivalry, undercover, secret agent, battles ...
Time: 1930s
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Dreadnaught (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A short-tempered, violent criminal named "White Tiger" is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his identity. One person he unsuccessfully tries to kill several ...
Style: serious, exciting, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, criminal, psychopath, heroes, vengeance, gang, undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Vigilante (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: martial arts, murder, vengeance, rivalry, assassination, vigilantism, dishonesty, good versus evil, police corruption, frame up, violence, vigilante ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. After beginning a relationship with a noodle vendor, she decides to travel to South Korea to complete one last job. Unfortunately, the dead ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, neo noir ...
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Plot: chase, assassination, gang, vengeance, survival, betrayal, frame up, gory, undercover, danger, assassination attempt, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
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64%
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The Purifiers (2004)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The story of martial arts clubs who have created their own city infrastructure after tiring of government initiatives. Responding to the greed and corruption creeping into the other clubs, headed by capitalist-wannabe Moses, The Purifiers battle to ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future
Place: england, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Wolf (Donnie Yen) is a war veteran who recounts the tale of his legendary youth to a young upstart killer (Edmond Leung). Flashback to a post-World War 2 time when the young Wolf (Yen) is wandering the Chinese countryside in search of his missing ...
Style: scenic, bloody, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Fighting Madam 2 (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mona, Billy and Elaine are a tough trio known as the "Angels." While they are on vacation in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), they find out that one of Billy's school-chums is now a gun-runner plotting a revolution in Malaysia with his ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, strong female lead, fight, jungle, female martial artist, strong violent content, strong female presence, partner, gory, police investigation, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Hawk's Vengeance (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Eric Hawke a British Marine, attends the funeral of his policeman brother who he discovers has been attempting to investigate the mysterious kidnappings and murders of a local Asian street gang. The clues seem to point to a rival Nazi white ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, murder, vigilantism, hitman, marine, canuxploitation, violent content, gangster, gang, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: england
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59%
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Wild 7 (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: To combat rising crime and terrorist activities in Japan, the Japanese National Police Agency authorizes the formation of a secret motorcycle unit known as the Wild 7. The motley group consists of reformed convicts - ranging from simple thugs to ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fighting crime, danger, political corruption, dishonesty, partner, motorcycle chase, law enforcement, partners against crime, superhero, violent content, misfit partners ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Yuki is the last surviving royal of the House of Takemikazuchi or Takemikazuchi no Hime (たけみかずち の ひめ), who live in a futuristic post-apocalyptic isolationist world where they use their skills as former Mikado guards to become ...
Style: stylized, serious, suspenseful, fast, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future
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Sticks of Death (1986)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man masters the ancient art of arnis with the help of his grandfather to get revenge on a group of crooks who attempted to beat him to death.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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52%
Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Shadow Boxer (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tai chi, violent content, gangster, tough heroes, heroes, rivalry, vigilantism, master warrior, one man army, vengeance ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Urban Fighter (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The "Bloods" are the most intimidating and violent gang in the city. A lawless city... where gangs rule the streets... The vicious and blood thirsty murderer Slater is their leader. The city is his domain... he rules! There are those who ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Shamo (2007)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on the Japanese Manga about Ryo Narushima, a talented, college-bound student who murders both of his parents in cold blood. He is sent to a reformatory where he trains in karate under Kenji Kurokawa, a man imprisoned after trying to ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
TEKKEN: Kazuya's Revenge (2014)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young man, Kazuya Mishima, wakes up alone in an unfamiliar hotel room without any recollection of who he is or how he got there. He is tormented by flashes of his past and by the face of an ominous stranger. The next thing he knows, Kazuya is ...
Style: serious, rough, futuristic, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Assassin's Game (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Legendary hitman Vet Jones never expected to accept another mission. But when his son fails to assassinate an important target, and a powerful crime boss gives Jones an ultimatum - finish the job or his son dies - Jones has no choice but to accept. ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sniper, hitman, parents and children, family relations, disorder, violent content, martial arts, master warrior, danger, heroes, tough heroes, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Don of the Dons (2014)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: The Don of Dons is a forced love story with murderous pulp action. Mr. Brown, a man that is pushed beyond his limits must find a mythical figure only known as the Mad Sam. If he fails, the gangsters that have kidnapped the love of his life will kill ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang, chases and races, master criminal, danger, violence spree, kidnapping, race against time, violent content, forced into action, urban ghetto, mysterious character ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ninja Terminator (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers. Ninja mayhem by Godfrey Ho intercut with multiple scenes from Stafferyui Bulcheonggaek
Style: funny, fast, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, terminator, master warrior, magic, good versus evil, fighting crime, escapades, undercover, heroes, superhero ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Hard Justice (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun ...
Style: bloody, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, martial arts, prison, government agent, corruption, undercover agent, karate, convict, gunfight, fistfight, special agent, partner ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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