Z-Grade Action Flix
by P-burt | created - 21 Jun 2018 | updated - 05 Jul 2020 | PublicShithouse Action of 80's and 90's
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1. Sloane (1985)
94 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
Richard Thursby is murdered and his wife Janice is being abducted. Former cop and martial arts expert, Philip Sloane, is retained by family and flies to Manila in search of clues.
Directors: Dan Rosenthal, Richard Belding | Stars: Robert Resnick, Debra Blee, Raul Aragon, Victor M. Ordonez
Votes: 222
2. The Final Sanction (1990)
R | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After war breaks out between the U.S. and Russia, the two countries decide to settle the conflict by putting its two best warriors into an arena in a fight to the death.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Ted Prior, Robert Z'Dar, Renée Cline, William Smith
Votes: 200
3. Rage to Kill (1987)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Heron. General Turner has led a violent coup on this ... See full summary »
Director: David Winters | Stars: James Ryan, Oliver Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Cele
Votes: 433
4. Terminator II (1989)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Christopher Ahrens, Haven Tyler, Geretta Marie Giancarlo, Fausto Lombardi
Votes: 1,909
5. Cocaine Wars (1985)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama
A DEA undercover agent who works for the biggest cocaine exporter of the region refuses to perform a hit for the drug lord. The assignment becomes personal and decides to strike back before it's too late.
Director: Héctor Olivera | Stars: John Schneider, Kathryn Witt, Royal Dano, Federico Luppi
Votes: 392
6. Miami Connection (1987)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Music
A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
Directors: Woo-sang Park, Y.K. Kim | Stars: Y.K. Kim, Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Maurice Smith
Votes: 6,596
7. Raw Force (1982)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of martial-arts students is heading to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward D. Murphy | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Geoffrey Binney, Hope Holiday, Jillian Kesner
Votes: 2,281
8. Robowar (1988)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A clone/mix of PREDATOR, RAMBO, and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and fantastic electronic music.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo
Votes: 1,365
9. The Annihilators (1985)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and is being terrorized by a vicious street gang. He calls some of his GI buddies, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of the gang.
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Jim Antonio, Sid Conrad, Gerrit Graham, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Votes: 711
10. Mayhem (1986)
89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The bloody saga of two strangers brought together by a common need - to find the women they've lost. Rachel ran away, Misty was kidnapped; but nothing will stop Dino and Ziggy in their ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Raymond Martino, Pamela Dixon, Robert Gallo, Wendy MacDonald
Votes: 94
11. Thunder (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A native American named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Bo Svenson, Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 599
12. Dead End City (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Thriller
The government's new urban renewal policy results in street gangs fighting for control of the inner cities. While most of the residents flee, one factory owner determines to fight the gangs for his property.
Director: Peter Yuval | Stars: Dennis Cole, Gregory Scott Cummins, Christine Lunde, Robert Z'Dar
Votes: 163
13. Death Code: Ninja (1987)
86 min | Action
International intrigue surrounds this battle for possession of a secret war map that could mean the end of the world.
Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Mike Abbott, Judy Barnes, Tao Chiang, Yuan Chuan
Votes: 86
14. Death Flash (1986)
98 min | Action, Crime
A cop, accused of accidental murder, goes after drug dealers who are holding his sister and her friend.
Director: Tony Zarindast | Stars: A.J. Nay, Doreen Alderman, Monica Agren, Kenny Bates
Votes: 36
15. Double Target (1987)
102 min | Action, Adventure, War
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ... See full summary »
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson
Votes: 417
16. Eye of the Tiger (1986)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen
Votes: 2,515
17. Silk 2 (1989)
R | 85 min | Action, Thriller
SYNOPSIS - Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugglers who are after a priceless Asian Scroll. Silk will stop at nothing to get ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Monique Gabrielle, Peter Nelson, Jan Merlin, Maria Claire
Votes: 241
18. Silk (1986)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Cec Verrell, Bill McLaughlin, Joe Mari Avellana, Frederick Bailey
Votes: 494
19. Strike Commando (1987)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, War
In the Vietnam war, an American soldier survives a botched mission, with help from a group of locals who perceive him as a hero. He's sent back for a reconnaissance mission, only to find his helpers massacred by a brutal Russian soldier.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Reb Brown, Christopher Connelly, Louise Kamsteeg, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 1,144
20. Future Force (1989)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a cop protects a reporter from crooked, renegade cops who think she knows too much about them.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: David Carradine, Robert Tessier, Anna Rapagna, William Zipp
Votes: 1,179
21. Summertime Killer (1972)
PG | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Stars: Karl Malden, Olivia Hussey, Christopher Mitchum, Raf Vallone
Votes: 458
22. Hell on the Battleground (1988)
R | 92 min | Action, War
Vietnam: The battle-tested Seargents Casey and Lance have to accompany a young Lieutenant and a group of newly arrived teenage soldiers on a practice trip in the jungle. But the trip turns ... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: William Smith, Fritz Matthews, Ted Prior, Chet Hood
Votes: 143
23. Deadly Prey (1987)
R | 88 min | Action, Thriller
A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Troy Donahue, Ted Prior, Fritz Matthews
Votes: 3,464
24. Samurai Cop (1991)
Unrated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.
Director: Amir Shervan | Stars: Robert Z'Dar, Mathew Karedas, Janis Farley, Mark Frazer
Votes: 10,076
25. Born Killer (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
Two deranged and homicidal escaped convicts terrorize a group of survivalists engaged in a paint-ball war.
Director: Kimberley Casey | Stars: Ty Hardin, Ted Prior, Fritz Matthews, Durrell Nelson
Votes: 135
26. Jungle Assault (1989)
R | 85 min | Action
When general Mitchell's daughter joins South American rebels, he asks two of his ex-soldiers, Becker and Kelly, to get her back. They soon discovers that the rebels are in league with Russians.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: William Smith, William Zipp, Ted Prior, Maria Rosado
Votes: 122
27. Night Wars (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they had in the dream. They... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Brian Edward O'Connor, Cameron Smith, Steve Horton
Votes: 229
28. Raw Justice (1994)
R | 92 min | Action, Thriller
Mayor Stiles' daughter Donna is killed the night after a lousy date with the shy Mitch. Of course this makes him the main suspect. When Mitch gets free on bail, Styles hires ex-cop Mace to follow him.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: David Keith, Robert Hays, Pamela Anderson, Leo Rossi
Votes: 1,453
29. White Fury (1989)
R | 84 min | Action, Drama
Two ruthless criminals take two teenage couples hostage at a remote mountain cabin in Colorado following a botched bank robbery.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Deke Anderson, Sean Holton, Douglas Harter, Christine Shinn
Votes: 79
30. Invasion Force (1990)
R | 83 min | Action
A film crew shooting a movie finds itself battling against terrorists trying to take over a city.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Renée Cline, Walter Cox, Douglas Harter, Richard Lynch
Votes: 134
31. Stone Cold (1991)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, Arabella Holzbog
Votes: 10,026 | Gross: $9.29M
32. Code Name Zebra (1987)
94 min | Action
A group of Vietnam War veterans declare war on Los Angeles drug dealers and the Mafia.
Director: Joe Tornatore | Stars: James Mitchum, Mike Lane, Timothy Brown, Joe Donte
Votes: 66
33. L.A. Wars (1994)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama
A trigger-happy ex-cop goes undercover in a mafia organization under the guise of protecting the crime boss's daughter from a new rival, which ignites a bloody war on the streets of L.A.
Directors: Tony Kandah, Martin Morris | Stars: Vince Murdocco, Mary E. Zilba, A.J. Stephans, Johnny Venokur
Votes: 397
34. Omega Syndrome (1986)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Ken Wahl, George DiCenzo, Xander Berkeley, Nicole Eggert
Votes: 365
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