The Specialist

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The Specialist (1994)

Action, Thriller

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Lights Out

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2024 ★ 6.9

A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.

Hounds of War

Hounds of War

2024 ★ 6.3

After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

Dangerous

Dangerous

2021 ★ 6.0

A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s demise, he sets out on a relentless quest for vengeance.

Chief of Station

Chief of Station

2024 ★ 6.1

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

King of Killers

King of Killers

2023 ★ 6.3

Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.

Hellfire

Hellfire

2026 ★ 6.7

A drifter with a mysterious past arrives in a small town and finds the residents in the grip of a ruthless crime boss and realizes he has to help them.

The Best Man

The Best Man

2023 ★ 5.9

Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.

The Hit List

The Hit List

2011 ★ 5.9

A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.

Sniper: The Last Stand

Sniper: The Last Stand

2025 ★ 6.8

To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With both time and ammo running low in a race to save humanity, the team must overcome all odds just to survive.

Art of Eight Limbs

Art of Eight Limbs

2024 ★ 6.5

Four canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.

One Ranger

One Ranger

2023 ★ 6.1

A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.

A Line of Fire

A Line of Fire

2025 ★ 5.8

After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack 'Cash' Conry left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to his two daughters. Despite a fulfilling life at home, Cash misses the chance to make an impact and has been considering a return to the force. The decision is made for him when his old partner’s niece Jamie calls him for help, launching Cash right back into a world of danger, corruption and intrigue.

Off the Grid

Off the Grid

2025 ★ 6.1

After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they weaponize the man they are trying to catch.

El Gringo

El Gringo

2012 ★ 6.3

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

Section 8

Section 8

2022 ★ 6.1

After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

Point Blank

Point Blank

2019 ★ 6.0

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

2015 ★ 5.9

Detective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers evidence linking his fellow officers to a murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit. Trapped in his own precinct, Shaw will do whatever it takes to expose the dirty cops and clear his name. With twelve rounds in the clip and one shot at redemption, nothing will stand in Shaw's way in this action-packed thriller.

Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985 ★ 5.9

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

Jericho Ridge

Jericho Ridge

2024 ★ 6.2

North Washington county sheriff Tabby finds herself alone in the sheriff’s office one night while her colleagues are out on patrol, but she soon finds out they’ve been set up by a murderous drug cartel while she herself comes under siege at the office, where she must battle desperately to save herself and her son.

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