20 movies like Direct Action, ordered by similarity : Die Hard(1988), John Wick(2014), Jackie Chan's Police Story 2(1988), Blood and Bone(2009), The Foreigner(2017), Demolition Man(1993), The Equalizer(2014), Line of Duty(2019), Beverly Hills Cop III(1994), RoboCop(2014), Conflict of Interest(1993), Wild Card(2015) ...
Action
USA|Canada
2004
97 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Polly Shannon Donald Burda Rothaford Gray Conrad Dunn Walter Alza Alex Karzis Larry Day Natacha La Ferriere Daniel Kash Stacey Coke
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Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia Reginald VelJohnson Alexander Godunov Paul Gleason William Atherton Hart Bochner
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An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|China
2014
101 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Michael Nyqvist Alfie Allen Willem Dafoe Dean Winters Adrianne Palicki Omer Barnea Toby Leonard Moore Bridget Moynahan John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
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An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
Action
1988
90 Minutes
Jackie Chan Maggie Cheung Bill Tung Lam Kwok-Hung Charles Chao Yuen Chor Mars Benny Lai Kwan Shan Isabella Wong Chu Kau
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Villains kidnap a Hong Kong policeman's (Jackie Chan) girlfriend (Maggie Cheung) as he investigates a bombing/extortion scheme.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Julian Sands Eamonn Walker Dante Basco Nona Gaye Michelle Belegrin Bob Sapp Richard Williams Ron Yuan
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In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|USA|India
2017
114 Minutes
Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Ray Fearon Orla Brady Tao Liu Charlie Murphy David Pearse Rufus Jones Niall McNamee Rory Fleck-Byrne Stephen Hogan
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A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1993
114 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Wesley Snipes Sandra Bullock Nigel Hawthorne Benjamin Bratt Bob Gunton Glenn Shadix Denis Leary
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A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2014
132 Minutes
Denzel Washington Marton Csokas Chloë Grace Moretz David Harbour Bill Pullman Melissa Leo Haley Bennett David Meunier Johnny Skourtis Alex Veadov Vladimir Kulich
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A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Dina Meyer Giancarlo Esposito Aaron Eckhart Ben McKenzie Courtney Eaton Jessica Lu David Moretti Nickola Shreli Betsy Landin
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A disgraced cop finds himself in a race against time to find a kidnap victim whose abductor he accidentally killed.
Action, Comedy
USA
1994
105 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold Héctor Elizondo Timothy Carhart Stephen McHattie Theresa Randle John Saxon Alan Young Bronson Pinchot Al Green Tracy Lindsey
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Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who killed his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2014
117 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Gary Oldman Samuel L. Jackson Michael Keaton Abbie Cornish Jackie Earle Haley Michael Kenneth Williams Jay Baruchel Jennifer Ehle Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.
Action
USA
1993
87 Minutes
Christopher McDonald Alyssa Milano Judd Nelson Zia Harris Tabby Hansen Jay Acovone Dey Young Lee de Broux Harrison Page Clifton Powell Cole Stevens
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Irish cop Mick Flannery battles a drug dealer who has corrupted his son.
Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
USA
2015
92 Minutes
Jason Statham Sofía Vergara Stanley Tucci Milo Ventimiglia Anne Heche Michael Angarano Jason Alexander Hope Davis Max Casella Angela Kerecz
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When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.
Action, Crime, Drama
France|Canada|USA|Spain
2014
90 Minutes
Paul Walker David Belle RZA Goûchy Boy Catalina Denis Carlo Rota Robert Maillet Ayisha Issa Bradshaw Anderson
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An 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.
Action
USA|India
2014
130 Minutes
Aaron Paul Dominic Cooper Imogen Poots Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi Rami Malek Ramon Rodriguez Harrison Gilbertson Dakota Johnson Stevie Ray Dallimore Michael Keaton Alan Pflueger
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Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|UK
1995
96 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Armand Assante Diane Lane Rob Schneider Joan Chen Jürgen Prochnow Max von Sydow Joanna Miles Balthazar Getty
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In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2013
106 Minutes
Danny Dyer Roxanne McKee Vincent Regan Bruce Payne Simona Roman Ricci Harnett Josef Altin
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Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
2015
104 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Darren Shahlavi Terese Cilluffo John Ralston Kevin Lee Charlotte Peters Aki Aleong Jason Tobin Brahim Achabbakhe Mike Leeder
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A man's heroic attempt to help a woman in distress ends up with him waking up the next day without a kidney and plotting his revenge.
Action, Crime, Drama
2014
82 Minutes
Danny Trejo Jonathan Banks Julia Dietze Torsten Voges Eve Mauro Seri DeYoung Eric St. John Gerald Webb Tinsel Korey Eric Etebari John Savage
police officer undercover cop vigilante grandson drug lord enemy bleak brutal thrilling engaging intense frightening los angeles kidnapping drug cartel vigilantism fighting fight to the death revenge adventure
Frank (Danny Trejo), a police officer, takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
2018
89 Minutes
Frank Grillo Bruce Willis Olivia Culpo Johnathon Schaech Natali Yura Uncle Murda Natalia Sophie Butler Tyler Jon Olson Wass Stevens Colin Egglesfield Geoff Reeves
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A bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to bring down the assailant, initiating an explosive counterattack that brings all three men to the breaking point.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2008
152 Minutes
Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhart Michael Caine Maggie Gyllenhaal Gary Oldman Morgan Freeman Monique Gabriela Curnen Ron Dean Cillian Murphy Chin Han
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When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.