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- DirectorTodor ChapkanovStarsScott AdkinsTeodora DuhovnikovaAlon AboutboulIn the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for.
- DirectorBen RamseyStarsMichael Jai WhiteJulian SandsEamonn WalkerIn Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsGary DanielsMalcolm McDowellCostas MandylorBased on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.
- DirectorSiu-Hung LeungStarsGary DanielsChuck JeffreysFrank GorshinMartial arts action film finds a retired detective returning to action to stop a martial arts master with steel fingers who is killing champions from all sports.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsTony JaaPhetthai VongkumlaoPumwaree YodkamolWhen the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
- DirectorRichard PepinStarsChad McQueenGary DanielsGeorge MurdockIn the near future, street gangs have their own city zones where cops can't go. Two tough cops are sent undercover in one of them to investigate an illegal cure for AIDS. But they must first fight in a deathmatch, and the match is fixed.
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsRainRick YuneNaomie HarrisA young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsRobert PatrickMark DacascosScott WolfTwo brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsMark DacascosStacey TravisGeoffrey LewisEx-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence. A master of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, Stevens pledges to straighten out a dozen of the school's worst students by teaching them this demanding and highly-disciplined fighting style. Slowly, his program begins to work, giving the students new hope and purpose. But the local drug lord, himself a martial arts expert, vows to stop Stevens' positive influence. Now Stevens must fight to save his own life, as well as the lives of his rebellious young students.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsYuk Long WongLouis KooIsabella LeongThree young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenLouis KooRay LuiA hot-headed inspector takes on a small but powerful Vietnamese-Chinese gang, after a series of crimes and murder attempts committed and putting an undercover cop and his girlfriend in great danger.
- DirectorErnesto Díaz EspinozaStarsMarko ZarorJosé Luís MóscaLoreto AravenaA former hit-man for a drug cartel becomes a vigilante to pay for his sins and find redemption.
- DirectorDennis LawStarsJing WuRonald ChengMiki YeungA young man learns the fighting techniques of Sanda from a coach. The two become best friends as the young man prepares to enter an underground tournament, competing against some of the top fighters of the world.
- DirectorWai-Lun LamStarsWenzhuo ZhaoShu QiAndrew LinA patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon tangle with the charismatic but evil leader of the Japanese cult Aum Shinryuu.
- DirectorNewt ArnoldStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDonald GibbLeah Ayres"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsJon FooKelly OvertonCary-Hiroyuki TagawaJin Kazama witnesses the death of his mother Jun by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. After finding a Tekken ID he decides to seek out vengeance for his mother's death.
- DirectorWych KaosayanandaStarsKane KosugiCary-Hiroyuki TagawaRade SerbedzijaSuffering from amnesia, a young man trying to discover his true identity is kidnapped by an underground crime organization and turned into a ruthless assassin.
- DirectorSteven E. de SouzaStarsJean-Claude Van DammeRaul JuliaMing-Na WenIn the midst of a civil war in South East Asia, a general intensifies the climate of violence by kidnapping 63 UN delegates. To free the hostages, a colonel leads a group of fighters, who will have to use all their skills to be successful.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStarsGary DanielsKenneth TigarFiona HutchisonA radical militia group chooses a California teacher as the prime specimen to clone for its army.
- DirectorTony JaaPanna RittikraiStarsTony JaaDan ChupongSarunyu WongkrachangContinuing from Ong Bak 2's 1440s, Prince Tien fails to revenge his parents' murder by the evil new ruler. The beaten Tien is rescued. Can he bring peace to the kingdom?
- DirectorTony JaaPanna RittikraiStarsTony JaaSarunyu WongkrachangSorapong ChatreeA young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsDave BautistaAlain MoussiGina CaranoA kick boxer is out to avenge his brother.
- DirectorRashane LimtrakulStarsJeeJa YaninKazu Patrick TangNui SaendaengA violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.
- DirectorCharlie NguyenStarsJohnny Tri NguyenVeronica NgoDustin NguyenFrance employs local secret agents in Vietnam 1922 to eliminate resistance. The rebel leader's pretty daughter gets captured. Later an agent seems to have fallen in love with her and helps her escape. He flees, too. Lots of martial arts.
- DirectorThanh Son LeStarsJohnny Tri NguyenVeronica NgoHoang Phuc NguyenTwo mercenaries have the same goal but different motives. When Trinh's daughter is kidnapped, she's forced to recover a stolen hard drive with codes to Vietnam's first satellite in order to save her.
- DirectorFabien GorchonStarsFabien GorchonLaurent BusonDidier BusonFour actors must use their martial arts skills to save a girl.
- DirectorSteve WangStarsMark DacascosKadeem HardisonJohn Pyper-FergusonA prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsDonnie YenSimon YamSammo Kam-Bo HungA near retired inspector and his unit are willing to put down a crime boss at all costs while dealing with his replacement, who is getting in their way. Meanwhile, the crime boss sends his top henchmen to put an end to their dirty schemes.
- DirectorLee Seung-wonStarsJe-Heon ChoiPark Chul-minKim Dae-hyunA former police investigator decides to go to a prison island to revenge the brutal killings of his family.
- DirectorLe-Van KietStarsVeronica NgoMai Cát ViThanh Nhien PhanWhen her daughter is kidnapped, a desperate yet determined mother treks through her former gang's turf in Saigon to track down the abductors.
- DirectorPanna RittikraiStarsSorapong ChatreeKerttisak UdomnakKrittiya LardphannaA group of "fight club" friends, whose styles vary from Muay Thai, Capoeira to Kung Fu and Tai Chi, must join forces and fight for their lives in a daring rescue of a kidnapped friend.
- DirectorJames MarkStarsChris MarkJessica ClementDenis AkiyamaA troubled high school student discovers the truth behind his hidden abilities.
- DirectorJimmy HendersonStarsCeline TranLaurent PlancelTharoth SamWhat started as a simple escort mission will soon turn to chaos as the prisoners of Koh Kla take over the prison grounds. A special task force [Jean-Paul Ly, Dara Our, Tharoth Sam] gets trapped in the prison will have to fight their way out for survival, to protect a key witness [Savin Phillip].
- DirectorIsaac FlorentineStarsGary DanielsBryan GenesseBarbara CramptonA bounty hunter protects his dead brother's wife in a lawless world after a comet has devastated much of earth.
- DirectorPanna RittikraiStarsNappon GomarachunSantisuk PromsiriDan ChupongA group of athletes helping a poor village must stop an evil tyrant and his men from terrorizing the village.
- DirectorPanna RittikraiStarsNantawooti BoonrapsapDan ChupongKessarin EktawatkulThe Assassins' Code - Stick to the mission. Never take your eyes off the target. Show no mercy. Natee (Dan Chupong) became a killer for one reason- to discover who killed his parents. As he gets closer to uncovering a secret network of power and corruption, he's double-crossed on a job, making him a target and putting everyone he loves in danger. Betrayed, exposed, and hunted by the deadliest killers in the business, now Natee has a new code. Be faster. Stronger. Hit harder. Survive. Director, fight choreographer of ONG BAK and mentor to action star Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai reunites with Dan Chupong of BORN TO FIGHT (2004) in his final film.
- DirectorPierre MorelStarsCyril RaffaelliDavid BelleTony D'AmarioIn the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and an ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
- DirectorPatrick AlessandrinStarsCyril RaffaelliDavid BellePhilippe TorretonDamien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
- DirectorAriel ZeitounJulien SeriStarsChâu Belle DinhWilliams BelleMalik Diouf7 guys from Paris' suburbs like challenges like climbing tall buildings and doing parkour - especially with cops/flics chasing them. When a kid fan urgently needs a heart the Yamakasis try to find a way.
- DirectorCamille DelamarreStarsPaul WalkerDavid BelleRZAAn undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.
- DirectorChung-Chi LiJing WuStarsJing WuCelina JadeKara WaiA female cop befriends a mysterious martial arts drifter, who turns out to be a deadly assassin.
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsTony JaaJing WuSimon YamWhile undercover officer Kit is taken prisoner by the syndicate, he befriends his keeper and discovers an organ trafficking ring.
- DirectorDonnie YenStarsDonnie YenCarman LeeDayo WongFung Hin-Man (Donnie Yen) is a legendary warrior who lives now elderly, along with a friend, their memories and their remorse. When a young man comes to him, Fung tells him the story of when he saved the villagers from their oppressors and speaks of the death of the woman he loved. But the young man does not know that it is actually a hit man who wants to kill Fung for the fame that this murder would bring.
- DirectorJingle MaStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiCung LeJeeJa YaninThe rivalry between two bounty hunters intensifies as they both attempt to track down a destructive device known as the "Hand of God."
- DirectorRon YuanStarsAnna AkanaMark DacascosTeresa TingAncient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy.
- DirectorPearry Reginald TeoStarsD.Y. SaoLayton MatthewsBrian LeAfter being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
- DirectorJean-Marc MinéoStarsJon FooCaroline DuceyMichaël CohenAfter witnessing the brutal murder of his parents, a young boy is raised by a martial arts master who grooms him to be a lethal killer. Some 20 years later, it's time to take revenge on the assassins who destroyed his childhood.
- DirectorJulaluck IsmaloneDavid IsmaloneStarsJawed BerniDavid IsmaloneJakkrit KanokpodjananonA former boxer, Mike, moves to Thailand to start a new life when he is robbed and left with nothing...until he meets Yo, a skilled Muay Thai boxer, and his beautiful wife. The new friends soon enter an underground fight club called "Fighting Fish" in order to make the money they desperately need to survive, but in this dangerous world, losing is not an option.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsMatt MullinsDon WilsonCynthia RothrockWhen an American cop witnesses his mentor's murder in a trade deal gone wrong, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Thailand. But despite the bounty on his head and pressure to leave the country, he teams up with an ex-military mercenary out to settle a score of his own to bring the killers to justice. Their quest for vengeance brings them face-to-face with a band of notorious criminals who vow to take them down if the jungle's natural elements don't kill them first.
- DirectorRaimund HuberStarsDaniel O'NeillPraya LundbergGwion Jacob MilesFour backpackers arrive in Thailand to party and drink. A gambling game goes wrong and with their lives on the line they desperately decide to kidnap a billionaires daughter. Things go wrong when her 'father' doesn't play ball and prefers to use the kidnapping to further his own interests.
- DirectorAlex PadruttOliver JuhrsStarsMike MöllerMartin BadenBartholomäus KowalskiA fighter with a heart of gold finds himself drawn into an Internet-streaming underground martial arts tournament.