Red Scorpion is a 1988 American action film starring Dolph Lundgren and directed by Joseph Zito.
Lundgren appears as a Soviet special forces ("Spetsnaz") operative sent to assassinate an anti-communist rebel leader in Africa, only to side with the rebels.
Universal Soldier is a 1992 American military science-fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, produced by Allen Shapiro, Craig Baumgarten, and Joel B. Michaels, and written by Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch, and Dean Devlin.
The film tells the story of Luc Deveraux, portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme, a former U.S. Army soldier killed in the Vietnam War in 1969, and returned to life following a secret military project called the "Universal Soldier" program.
However, he finds out about his past, though his memory was erased, and escapes with a young TV journalist (Ally Walker). Along the way, they have to deal with the return of his archenemy, Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), who had lost his sanity in the Vietnam War, and became a mentally unwell megalomaniac, intent on killing him and leading the Universal Soldiers.
Ambulance is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Michael Bay.
It is a remake of the 2005 Danish film. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as adoptive brothers who hijack an ambulance after robbing a bank and take a paramedic (Eiza González) and an injured police officer (Jackson White) hostage.
The film was first announced in 2015 and went through several crew changes. In 2020, Bay came on board to direct after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his plans to shoot a different film. Filming took place in Los Angeles, in the midst of the pandemic, with cinematographer Roberto De Angelis. The score was composed by Lorne Balfe.
Blown Away is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, and Lloyd Bridges, and follows a Boston bomb squad member pursuing an Irish bomber, who recently escaped from prison and is targeting the other bomb squad members.
Tango & Cash is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film starring Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance, and Teri Hatcher. The film follows Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash, the titular pair of rival police detectives, who are forced to work together after a criminal mastermind frames them for murder.
The film was chiefly directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, with Albert Magnoli and Peter MacDonald taking over in the later stages of filming, with Stuart Baird overseeing postproduction. The multiple directors were due to a long and troubled production process, which included numerous script rewrites and clashes between Konchalovsky and producer Jon Peters over creative differences.
Tango & Cash was released by Warner Bros. in the United States on December 22, 1989, the same day as Always. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box-office success, earning over $120 million on a $54 million budget.
Punisher: War Zone is a 2008 vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher.
Rather than a sequel to 2004's The Punisher, the film is a reboot that follows the war waged by vigilante Frank Castle / Punisher (played by Ray Stevenson) on crime and corruption, in particular on the disfigured mob boss known as Billy "Jigsaw" Russoti (Dominic West).
The film is directed by Lexi Alexander, from a screenplay written by Nick Santora and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. It is the third feature film adaptation of the Punisher, the second reboot thereof and the first of two films to be produced under the Marvel Knights production banner, which focuses on films for mature audiences.
Development of a follow-up to The Punisher began two months before its release. The film was initially developed as a sequel, with Thomas Jane reprising the title role. Jane departed the project in 2006, and Ray Stevenson was announced as his replacement in July 2007. Filming began in October 2007 in Montreal, Canada.
The Punisher is a 2004 vigilante action film loosely based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher.
It was directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, who co-wrote the film with Michael France. The film stars Thomas Jane as the eponymous antihero who seeks revenge against Howard Saint (John Travolta), a crime boss who ordered the deaths of the former's family.
The film's plot was mainly inspired by two Punisher comic book stories: the 1994 miniseries The Punisher: Year One, by writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, and the 2000–01 miniseries Welcome Back, Frank, by writer Garth Ennis. Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh agreed to direct the film during its development stage, despite a dispute with Marvel Enterprises, marking his directorial debut.
The Punisher is a 1989 vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher.
The film was directed by Mark Goldblatt and written by Boaz Yakin.
It stars Dolph Lundgren in the title role, a vigilante who wages war on the Mafia and Yakuza. Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, and Kim Miyori appear in supporting roles.
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker.
The film opens in 1804, when seven vampires clad in gold masks are resurrected by Count Dracula (played by John Forbes-Robertson).
A century later, Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), known in the world for his exploits with Dracula, is recruited by Hsi Ching (David Chiang) and his seven siblings after giving a lecture at a Chinese university to take on the vampires.
The film is a British-Hong Kong co-production between Hammer Film Productions and Shaw Brothers Studio.
Hard Rain is a 1998 action thriller film directed by Mikael Salomon, written by Graham Yost, produced by Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn, and starring Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and Ed Asner.
The film centres on a small Indiana town amidst a natural disaster where a gang attempts to pull off a heist and survive man-made treachery.
Kung Fu: The Movie is a 1986 made-for-television film and the first in a series of sequels which continued the story of the Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, first introduced in the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu.
David Carradine reprises the role of Caine. The role of his son, Chung Wang, is portrayed by Brandon Lee in his acting debut. The film aired on Brandon's 21st birthday on February 1, 1986.
The role of Master Po is also reprised by Keye Luke and The Manchu is portrayed by Mako.
In the film, the show's hero, Kwai Chang Caine (Carradine), is forced to fight his hitherto unknown son, Chung Wang (Lee).
Legacy of Rage is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed by Ronny Yu.
The film stars Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, and a special appearance by Bolo Yeung, who appeared alongside Lee’s father Bruce Lee in his posthumous 1973 film Enter the Dragon.
It was Lee's first leading film role and the only Hong Kong production he worked on.
The film follows an average joe on a quest to save his girlfriend from a drug dealer, after being framed for the murder of a corrupt police officer.
The Crow is a 1994 American gothic supernatural superhero film directed by Alex Proyas and written by David J. Schow and John Shirley, based on the 1989 comic book series by James O'Barr.
It stars Brandon Lee in his final film role, as Eric Draven, a rock musician who is resurrected from the dead to seek vengeance against the gang who murdered him and his fiancée.