Ex special forces movies and TV shows – page 5

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 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
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 5.9
 1K
Slaughter (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gangster, vietnam war, organized crime, murder, black, profanity, heroes, vigilantism, mobster, male nudity, black hero ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, south america
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 4.9
 337
True Vengeance (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ex-naval intelligence officer is forced to assassinate a CEO when his daughter is kidnapped by the Yakuza.
Style: independent film, crime drama
Plot: yakuza, martial arts, kung fu, jungle, gunfight, assassination, brawl, sword duel, duel, katana, fistfight, sword fight ...
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 6.9
 59K
Traitor (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, terrorism, islam, religion, conspiracy, faith, bomb, twists and turns, cia, propaganda, traitor, spy ...
Time: year 2008, year 1978, 21st century
Place: chicago, sudan, los angeles, nice france, toronto ontario canada ...
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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Treat Williams finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson to the football jocks responsible.
Style: christian film, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, american football, vigilantism, die hard, teacher, education, college, undercover, samurai sword, tough girl, working undercover, college life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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 5.2
 880
Street Knight (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, cannon, vigilantism, kung fu, police detective, teenage life, gang, hostage, gangster, gang warfare, city life, against the odds ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 4.5
 1K
Snake Eater (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as a tough loner, he returns to find the band of backwoods ...
Style: futuristic, perverse, independent film, psychotronic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, hicksploitation, heroes, kidnapping, voyeur, confined, soldier, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s
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The Protector (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style: perverse, action adventure, retro, crime drama, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, mixed martial arts, gunfight, buddy cop, mitsubishi, combat, kickass, partner, gangster, kidnapping, rescue ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: hong kong, new york, usa, china, asia ...
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The Russian Specialist (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, gangster, danger, gang, death, payback, kidnapping, prostitute, vigilante, soldier, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 7.6
 275K
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style: suspense, exciting, humorous, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police, gunfight, reluctant partners, chase, buddy, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, police partner, police officer, cop, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills
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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Mars. Days before Halloween 2071. Villains blow up a tanker truck on Highway One, releasing a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing a bigger, even more devastating biochemical attack, an astronomical reward is offered for the arrest and capture ...
Style: anime, adult anime, witty, atmospheric, adult animation ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mars, terrorism, space opera, chase, outer space, bounty hunter, revenge, martial arts, danger, terrorist, partner, heroic mission ...
Time: future, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, space western, asia
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 7.7
 273K
First Blood (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style: cult classic, serious, suspense, exciting, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, one man army, vietnam war, manhunt, soldier, tough heroes, tough guy, danger, police brutality, escape, bad cop, lone wolves ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: vietnam, washington state, usa, arizona
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Escape from L.A. (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dystopia, post apocalyptic, race against time, post apocalypse, heroic mission, dystopian future, apocalypse, earthquake, catastrophe, chaos and mayhem, one man army, danger ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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Distant Thunder (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: vietnam war, suicide, homelessness, war trauma, hidden treasure, starting over, hopes, military, dealing with death, soldier, unfulfillment, buddies ...
Time: 80s, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, washington state, asia, illinois
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 4.5
 582
Bounty Hunters (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jersey Bellini is a bounty hunter who forms an uneasy partnership with a rival to capture a fugitive. But the hunters soon discover that the crook is also the man the mob most wants dead! Ready to battle anyone in their way, these hard-hitting ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, gangster, hostage, on the run, rivalry, chase, one woman army, tough heroes, heist, on the road, fugitives, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
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The Born Losers (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A ruthless motorcycle gang rides into a California town and terrorizes its denizens.
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: biker, motorcycle, bike, gang, vigilante, exploitation, hippie, vietnam war, native american, gangster, motorcycle gang, outlaw ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: vietnam, california, usa, asia
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ...
Style: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, tough heroes, fight scenes, good versus evil, terrorism, heroes, master warrior, one man army, mortal combat, vengeance, island ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, usa, caribbean
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style: entertaining, funny, laugh out loud, intense, dark comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, fight scenes, supernatural ability, super villain, female warrior, villain turns good, violence, extreme violence, alien creature, graphic violence, giant monster, evil genius ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, washington d.c., america, south america, louisiana
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 5.4
 16K
I Am Wrath (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: revenge, murder, police corruption, vengeance, danger, brutality, violence, paranoia, sociopath, gangster, vigilante, vigilantism ...
Place: ohio, columbus ohio
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 6.2
 7K
Billy Jack (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
Style: independent film, grindhouse, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hippie, rape, vigilante, counterculture, vigilantism, small town, swing, kung fu, revenge, culture clash, violence, tough guy ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: new mexico, vietnam, usa, asia, arizona
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 3.1
 2K
Hydra (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transported to a deserted island where the super ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, scary, suspense ...
Plot: survival, monster, creature, eaten alive, criminal heroes, human prey, chases and races, deadly creature, escapades, heroes, danger, legends and myths ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
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 8.0
 1.1M
Deadpool (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style: exciting, stylized, absurd, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: superhero, revenge, fight scenes, immortality, escapades, anti hero, mutant, comic book, dark hero, weapons, violence, dark humor ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, new york
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style: action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, revenge, rambo, weapons, vietnam war, violent, prisoner, prison, chase, violence, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, arizona, asia
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 5.8
 5K
Gridlocked (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, action packed ...
Plot: die hard, murder, corrupt cop, actor, violence, betrayal, interview, danger, swat team, couples, conspiracy, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, new york
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United States of Al (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Riley, a marine combat veteran, is struggling to adjust to civilian life in Ohio and the interpreter, Al, who served with his unit in Afghanistan, has just arrived to start a new life in America.
Style: feel good, sitcom, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Plot: friendship, social problems, changing lives, friends, lifestyle, new life, socially awkward, lifestyle change, social satire, satire, ex soldier, ex special forces ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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Batman: Year One (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: Two men come to Gotham City: Bruce Wayne after years abroad feeding his lifelong obsession for justice and Jim Gordon after being too honest a cop with the wrong people elsewhere. After learning painful lessons about the city's corruption on ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, tense, light, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: batman, superhero, vigilante, vigilantism, police corruption, corruption, partners against crime, organized crime, brutality, comic book, partner, fighting crime ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 80s
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The Professionals (1977)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked ...
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, law enforcement, cop, espionage, gentleman, car chase, police, intelligence, odd couple, fandom, wartime, secret agent ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: england, britain, europe
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are ...
Style: stylized, witty, humorous, action comedy, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, cold war, secret service, reluctant partners, cia, culture clash, espionage, chase, secret agent, cia agent, mission, race against time ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2015, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, germany, london, east germany, usa ...
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 7.6
 639K
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, India, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Style: funny, psychotronic, entertaining, bloody, action comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, hitman, anti hero, mutant, supernatural power, invulnerability, mission, one man army, dark hero, comic book, sarcasm, superpower ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: tokyo, asia, japan, hong kong
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