Movies like Universal Squadrons
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Universal Squadrons (2011)
668
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Captain Lance Deakin has returned home after serving his country in Iraq. In his civilian life, he is a Texan ranch handler who lives with his partner, Becca. Deakin tries to get back into his simple way of life but strange images, memories and flashbacks of the war keep coming back to him.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
soldier, uncover truth, danger, homecoming, military, memory loss, army, gunfight, conspiracy, life is a bitch, woman in danger, dishonesty, bad trip, superhuman powers, violent content, martial arts, combat, violence, u.s. army, american soldier, taekwondo, blood, veteran, war veteran, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
texas, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and realistic films with plots about heroes, danger, martial arts, rivalry, hand to hand combat, gunfight and gun mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Universal Squadrons: Vivegam (2017), The Way of War (2009), Overkill (1996), Behind Enemy Lines (1997), Storm Catcher (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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179
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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65%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, tough guy, conspiracy, heroes, one man army, dishonesty, state affairs, political conspiracy, false accusation, fighting the system, chases and races ...
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90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, heroes, vengeance, profanity, shootout ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
59%
814
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form of Kelly McCord. It turns out that the serial killer is an entire army of disgruntled CIA ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fearsome warrior from the Kingdom of Samarza arrives in America to assassinate a high school girl. The girl does not know it, but she is the last living heir to the Kingdom. A noble guard arrives in America to protect the young princess.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man has been trained in a deadly form of hand-to-hand combat using ballistics and firearms. He is one of the few Americans who has perfected it, which makes him the CIA's best weapon against International Terrorism.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one against many, terrorism, danger, undercover, heroic mission, battles, escapades, rivalry, showdown, covert operation, spy ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a team of Shaolin-trained kung fu actors is about to get their break in Hollywood, a mysterious and sadistic Director forces them to run a gauntlet through Los Angeles. The Director films their every move as they prove their prowess by ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
44%
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Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
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459
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, cliffhanger
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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38%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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488
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, perverse, retro, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker (Brian Schulz), however, Hell is just the beginning. Trapped outside a Viet Cong village, Stryker takes two bullets to the leg. Sent home from the war, he discovers his ex-girlfriend ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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