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Vanguard (2020)
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Original name: 急先锋
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Taiwan, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, undercover agent, medieval, computer cracker, female warrior, mission, fight, kidnapping, heroes, rescue, danger, rescue mission, secret agent, hostage, murder, battles, teamwork, assassination attempt, disguise, police raid, showdown, fistfight, commando unit, hand to hand combat, fighter pilot ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, tower bridge london, middle east, africa, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, surprise ending, suspenseful and black comedy films with plots about martial arts, chase, murder, gunfight, violence, pistol and fight mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Vanguard: Expend4bles (2023), Police Story 4: First Strike (1996), Supercop (1992), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017), The Expendables (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Expendables square up against an arms dealer who commands the might of a massive private army.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
australia, hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, cult classic, intense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, intense, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
latin america, new orleans, somalia, fictional island
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
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Place:
eastern europe, africa
Similarity:
100%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, humorous, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
china, hong kong, los angeles, california, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Thailand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
danger, escapades, blood, murder, war, survival, rescue, hopes, society, culture clash, catastrophe, gunfight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east, baghdad iraq
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, action thriller, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: France, China, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
year 2015, year 1995, 90s, 2010s, year 2010 ...
Place:
french riviera, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, cia agent, disguise, mission impossible, train wreck, spy thriller, undercover agent, cia, artificial intelligence, secret service ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, italy, amsterdam, venice, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, Georgia, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The next installment in the franchise.
Style:
suspense, saga, ambiguous ending, anamorphic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA, China, UK, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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67%
45K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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50%
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, italy, senegal, alps, iceland ...
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Country: China, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Iceland, United Arab Emirates
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Story:
Chinese archeology professor Jack teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate lost Magadha treasure. In a Tibetan ice cave, they find the remains of the royal army that had vanished together with the treasure, only ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Mexico
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Style:
saga, entertaining, stylized, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
car, car race, racing, spy, chase, revenge, car chase, female villain, fast car, fight scenes, kidnapping, street racing ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, action comedy, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
28%
58K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
Style:
buddy comedy, surprise ending, spy action
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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