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When the Cobra Strikes (2012)
390
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. When he arrives to the United States to finalize what appeared to be a simple transaction he is soon double-crossed and becomes caught up in a contraband forcing him to overcome an opponent far more lethal and deadlier than he has ever met.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, crime drama, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, rivalry, danger, betrayal, dishonesty, tough heroes, smuggling, yakuza, master warrior, profanity, vengeance, obsessive quest, violent content, pardon, drugs/alcohol, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Most similar movies to When the Cobra Strikes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and rough films with plots about rivalry, danger, martial arts, heroes, violent content, vengeance and master warrior mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like When the Cobra Strikes: Street Warrior (2008), Assassin's Game (2015), Urgency (2011), Jackers (2010), Mexican Gangster (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.
Style:
serious, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, underground fighting, gladiator, vengeance, contests and competitions, rivalry, vigilantism, tough heroes, deathtrap, cage fighting, underground tournament, danger ...
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master warrior, family relations, parents and children, hitman, disorder, violent content, heroes, on the run, tough heroes, danger, martial arts, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
312
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Returning home after difficult negotiations with potential customers, an employee of the Los Angeles-based pharmaceutical company, Tony West realizes that his wife is captured, while its unit and return home unscathed criminals require $ 50,000 in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
danger, rescue, ultimatum, confined, abduction, uncover truth, rivalry, kidnapping, chases and races, nudity, profanity, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
525
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A high-speed accident on the freeways of Los Angeles reveals a turf war between two competing car theft rings of sexy all-girl crews. Brandy Martinez, a young streetwise cop is assigned by lieutenant Baynes (Steven Bauer) to go undercover and ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, working undercover, gang, partner, chases and races, car chase, danger, love and romance, woman with a gun, car, car race, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, south america, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Johnny Sun is a Mexican American with a white mother and Mexican dad. He witnesses his parents murder and gets his revenge years later, leading to a hard life as a gangster in drugs and smuggling. He tries to keep his borther from the life and finds ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, gang, society, going straight, family relations, urban ghetto, murder, revenge, smuggling, brother brother relationship, gangsta ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the 16th century in Chosun dynasty, HWANG Jung-hak and LEE Mong-hak create the “Grand Alliance” with the united dream of a better world. While the new leader LEE dreams of eradicating this world of all its corruption and becoming king ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, martial arts, political unrest, rivalry, danger, sword fight, vengeance, dishonesty, assassination attempt, politics, escapades, sword ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Max, having forsaken his life as a former world kick-boxing champion to redefine himself as a world class photographer, is on his way to photograph top tennis star and athlete Suzy Blaine. While on assignment, Max uncovers a crime ring and relies on ...
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, resort, gang, rivalry, tough heroes, criminal, kickboxing, showdown, fighting crime, martial artist, underground fighting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Over five thousand people illegally cross the border each day. There are areas where crime is at its highest, where criminals prey upon these defenseless groups. An elite task force is put together with high expectations of solving this problem that ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, partners against crime, illegal immigration, danger, escapades, government agency, heroes, desert, daring rescue, immigrant, immigration, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
SUPREME CHAMPION is a fun, sexy, stylized and fast paced fight action thriller about honor and courage featuring eight world class mixed martial arts champions.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, rivalry, contests and competitions, danger, tough heroes, cage fighting, abduction, blackmail, mixed martial arts, kickass, underground fighting, intergender wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 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
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, murder, rivalry, good versus evil, master warrior, tough heroes, chaos, danger, escapades, underground fighting, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, ...
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, tough heroes, drug abuse, wedding, female fight, underground fighting, kickboxing, kung fu, violent content, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action
Country: China, USA, Taiwan
Duration: 120 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, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, vengeance, moral dilemma, danger, fall in love, undercover, rivalry, frame up, vigilantism, teenage life, twins ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, china, asia, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, marine, vengeance, chases and races, tough heroes, gangster, danger, master warrior, rivalry, urban ghetto, fight, shooting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
33%
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, exciting, futuristic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, master warrior, hitman, amnesia, danger, dishonesty, memory loss, tough heroes, rivalry, heroes, mortal combat, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Scott Kane (Drew Fuller), a man with a checkered past is trying to live a clean life. When his son Owen falls ill, Kane finds his only option is to turn to Daniel Morgan (William Atherton), the local kingpin of the criminal underworld. Morgan offers ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, betrayal, wanted, vengeance, rivalry, going straight, family relations, fight, on the run, uncover truth, abduction, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
China, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation, is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society – who will fight to restore justice to its people.
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wu shu, martial arts, hopes, rebellion, drug dealing, righting the wronged, good versus evil, rivalry, society, danger, escapades, master warrior ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroes, underground fighting, female fight, boxer, violent content, working undercover, contests and competitions, vengeance, ambition, rivalry, master warrior ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
31%
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
Plot:
martial arts, gang, fighting crime, vengeance, rivalry, vigilantism, society, tough heroes, gangster, murder, danger, heist ...
Time:
future
Place:
england, scotland, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
'A New Beginning' focuses around the story of Leung, the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, family relations, danger, gangster, rivalry, bodyguard, hitman, rescue, betrayal, chinese mafia, triad, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, asia, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
31%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, femme fatale, gangster, chaos and mayhem, siblings relations, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle race, rivalry, gang, betrayal, vengeance, biker, tough heroes, dishonesty, social relations, motorcycle chase, bike, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Johnny Wayne (Clint Browning) is an ex-racer who is serving time in prison after crippling a young boy during an illegal street race. Wayne, having been traumatized by the events, vows to never race again, and is soon released as a reformed citizen. ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, mockbuster, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
street racing, obsession, chases and races, contests and competitions, going straight, racing, auto racing, danger, rivalry, murder, carsploitation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, working undercover, undercover, danger, vengeance, secret agent, murder, government agency, heroes, starting over, martial artist ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, florida, colombia
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, yakuza, danger, contests and competitions, vengeance, law enforcement, loss of partner, master criminal, drug dealing, heroes, master warrior, fighting crime ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action
Country: China
Story:
This rousing martial arts chronicle tells the timeless story of the young Chan Jun, a world-renowned character from Chinese cinema. With plenty of knock out fight sequences, this stirring kung-fu spectacle is a slam-bang actioner from start to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
save the day, martial arts, daring rescue, rivalry, danger, heroic mission, escapades, vengeance, gang, save the princess, friendship, warrior ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A female Chinese cop teams up with a lady kung-fu master to stop two female Japanese gangsters from stealing a valuable painting.
Style:
crime drama, fast, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, yakuza, triad, painting, violent content, dishonesty, escapades, love and romance, uncover truth, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, contests and competitions, rivalry, cage fighting, ambition, danger, fight, competition, fight club, violent content, friend, media ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Zheng Zhou is the most feared warrior from the Shaolin Dynasty in China. His fighting and weapons skills are legendary. But when his parents are killed and sister kidnapped, he turns to a life of drugs and crime that will almost kill him. With the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, danger, rivalry, violence, smuggling, drug cartel, chinese mafia, triad, martial arts, profanity, strong violent content, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, south america, china
Similarity:
29%
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, rough, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kung fu, violent content, strong female presence, love and romance, vengeance, kidnapping, law enforcement, violence spree, rivalry, confined, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
29%
754
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex scene, betrayal, tough heroes, political conspiracy, working undercover, murder, soldier, danger, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, state affairs, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
29%
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