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Champ vs. Champ (1980)
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Champ vs. Champ (1980)
Original name: 지옥 12관문
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A gang leader targets the daughter of an enemy who's been promised to a local fighter. After losing his leg to a poison arrow, the fighter learns to fight again using a metal leg.
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, cult film
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, karate, handicapped, heroes, master warrior, train, military, gang, supernatural, battles, supernatural ability, chases and races, vigilantism, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, ambition, disability, clergy, underdog, one man army, master villain, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 80s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out rough, serious, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, master warrior, heroes, kung fu, brawl, violence and fight mostly in Action, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Champ vs. Champ: Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977), Fist 2 Fist (2011), Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1979), The Executioner (1974), The Expert (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, samurai, fight, handicapped, supernatural, kung fu, injustice, tough heroes, battles, heroes, uninhibited rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time: 70s
Place: japan, china
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100%
 3.5
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Fist 2 Fist (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: master warrior, redemption, haunted by the past, moral dilemma, rivalry, ambition, martial arts, fight, tough guy, martial arts training, guilty conscience, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1979)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin kung fu, heroes, betrayal, blind woman, partner, violent content, dishonesty, escapades, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Executioner (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, heroes, gangster, drug dealing, leadership, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Expert (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, prison, murder, psychopath, heroes, serial killer, vigilantism, martial artist, kung fu, martial arts, vigilante, death row ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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43%
Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin ...
Style: cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, shaolin monk, fight, wuxia, village, master warrior, heroes, shaolin, tough heroes, legends and myths ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Crippled Masters (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn to combine their martial arts skills and seek revenge ...
Style: cult classic, disturbing, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, handicapped, cripple, exploitation, heroes, disability, misfit, confined, master criminal, danger ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Magnificent Guardsmen (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chan is asked by a young, wealthy lady to take her sick brother to a particular doctor in order to be cured. To reach this doctor, Chan and a handful of travelling companions must pass through bandit-infested wild country. They meet and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, heroes, siblings relations, heroic mission, on the road, escapades, clergy, race against time, obsessive quest, rivalry, danger ...
Time: middle ages
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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New Fists of Fury (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung-Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, heroes, master warrior, wartime life, school, murder, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes ...
Place: taiwan, asia, hong kong
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39%
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Underground (2007)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ambition, heroic mission, escapades, fighting crime, heroes, rivalry, danger, master warrior, underdog, ultimatum, battles ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Game of Death II (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When ...
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, karate, revenge, sword fight, one against many, heroes, katana, government agency, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan (Chan) until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the "snake fist" fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, grindhouse, cult classic, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, vengeance, wuxia, fight, heroes, hand to hand combat, medieval, master warrior, mentor, martial artist, orphan ...
Time: year 2016
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, violence, master warrior, sword fight, rivalry, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wong Fei Hung must deal with both foreign threats and the nationalist Red Lantern Society in this continuation of the popular kung fu series.
Style: anamorphic, cult classic
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu fighting, kung fu classic, medieval, wong fei hung, good versus evil, violence, revenge, fight, sword fight, sword duel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Snake-Crane Secret (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, kung fu, kung fu classic, family relations, heroes, master warrior, qing dynasty, gangster, violent content, tough heroes, master villain ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ninja in the Dragon's Den (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty enemy.
Style: scenic, fast, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, samurai, karate, exploitation, kung fu classic, shaolin, revenge, battles ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Dragon Lee takes on five warriors who were sent by the emperor to discover who's behind the rebels plotting his downfall.
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Dragon Bruce Lee, Part II (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While transporting funds for independence movement, Lee Han-saeng is shot in the legs by the Japanese military police. He recovers from his wounds with the help of Jang Geo-chil, an independence fighter, and his daughter, Wan-ah. When the Japanese ...
Plot: bare chested male, violence, martial arts, karate, beefcake martial arts, kung fu, beefcake, tough guy, kung fu classic, fight, taekwondo, martial artist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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American Shaolin (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into ...
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, china, asia, beijing china
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35%
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Kung Fu Killer (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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The Blade (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being ...
Style: perverse, serious, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sword duel, kung fu, wuxia, medieval, ninja, swordplay, handicapped, swashbuckler, heroes, hopes, orphan ...
Time: 90s
Place: east asia, hong kong, asia
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34%
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Blackbelt (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century
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33%
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ex-kickboxing champion turned sports photographer Max Havoc again finds himself in Guam on a publicity photo shoot. Max's helpful ways land him in the lives of the vacationing sisters Jane and Christy Goody who have acquired a rare jade dragon, ...
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, heroes, gangster, rivalry, danger, kickboxing, violence, martial artist, fistfight, love interest, warrior ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dragon Kong, a victor of a millionaire's martial-arts contest, is about to begin the most dangerous mission of his life. For his prize, the millionaire's ravishing daughter Susan, has been stolen - kidnapped by a Ninja sect headed by Tiger ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, violence, ninja warrior, asian, kung fu, fight, kung fu classic, action violence, duel, fistfight, ninja magic ...
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Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form of deadly kung fu. Seeing his ...
Style: cult classic, action adventure, semi serious, stylized
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the not too distant future, scientists begin to conduct research on the Power Glove, a device that will yield unimaginable power. But the gloves... In the not too distant future, scientists begin to conduct research on the Power Glove, a device ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: master warrior, hand to hand combat, good versus evil, save the world, vengeance, rivalry, one man army, superhuman powers, special agent, tough heroes, hopes, imaginary ...
Time: future, near future
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Kung Fu Fever (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A training manual supposed used by Bruce Lee himself has mysteriously disappeared and is highly sought after by good and evil alike.
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, friend, violence, master warrior, kung fu fighting, karate, martial artist, hand to hand combat, kung fu master, fistfight, brawl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Fighter (1995)
Genre: Action, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 1865. A young French officer, travelling the U.S. in search of the murderer of his best friend, gets involved in a struggle between poor farmers and a rich landowner. To help the farmers, he offers them his "Savate" (French kickboxing) ...
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: kickboxing, martial arts, fight, competition, master warrior, soldier, kickboxer, revenge, best friend, military, lone wolves, vengeance ...
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Protector 2 (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham ...
Style: rough, exciting, suspenseful, serious, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Maximum Cage Fighting (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jimmy Garren, a former Tae Kwon Do world champion, is now retired and a widowed father to ten-year-old Katie. So when he's challenged by a famous cage fighter-and former rival Nick "the Nasty" Harper-to a fight, he refuses...until ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspense
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, one man army, tough heroes, rivalry, ambition, save the day, righting the wronged, battles, athlete and trainer, daring rescue, vigilantism, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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