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Vigilante Robert McCall is continuing his life of helping ordinary citizens find justice in everyday situations before a close friend of his is murdered by a mysterious group of criminals for seemingly no reason. The plot shifts as he then makes it his goal to find out what happened to his friend and deliver justice on her behalf, sending him on a wild goose chase to figure out who these people are, why they would harm his friend, and if there is...
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McCall is a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by; he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice...
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"Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia"--Container....
4) Haywire
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After freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, Mallory is double-crossed and left for dead, by someone in her own agency. Suddenly the target of assassins who know her every move, Mallory unleashes the fury of her fighting skills to uncover the truth and turn the tables on her ruthless adversary.
5) MacGruber
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Only one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, and only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In the 10 years since his fiancee was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, MacGruber teams up with his trusty sidekick and an uptight lieutenant to get the job done.
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Bloody violence throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.
John awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible. While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol named Magnus.
8) 12 strong
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Set in the days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. There, in the rugged mountains, they must convince the Northern Alliance to join forces with them to fight the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. In addition to overcoming mutual distrust and a vast cultural divide, the Americans must adopt the rudimentary tactics of the Afghan horse soldiers....
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"The original stealth action series returns! 'Metal gear solid: master collection vol. 1' brings 'Metal gear solid', 'Metal gear solid 2: Sons of Liberty', and 'Metal gear solid 3: snake eater' in a single package, along with bonus content containing the original Metal gear games, digital graphic novels, game scripts and more!"--Container.
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With his career in tatters, China's deadliest Special Forces operative has settled into a quiet life on the sea. But when he crosses paths with a sadistic band of mercenaries terrorizing innocent civilians, he must reaffirm his duty as a soldier and save the day once again.
11) The marksman
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An action-packed, gripping espionage movie starring Wesley Snipes. The U.S. is tricked into targeting an 'armed' nuclear reactor captured by Chechen rebels, but a Special Ops team, led by Snipes, figures a way to stop disaster from happening.
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Delta Force: Political extremists have taken innocent people hostage, and only super soldiers Major Scott McCoy and Colonel Nick Alexander can rescue them.
Delta Force 2: Delta Force Colonel Scott McCoy is back on a daring mission to destroy a deadly South American drug cartel. Against all odds McCoy and his squad must fight their way through an intense battle to free hostages being held by a notorious drug lord.
15) Special forces
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When war a correspondent is taken hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban and is faced with her imminent execution, a (Special Forces) unit is dispatched to free her. A relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim to bring her home alive.
16) The breed
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An FBI agent and his synthetic-blood sucking vampire partner are assigned to track down a renegade human-blood sucking vampire who is determined to trigger a war between the "breeds". Neither men easily fits into the other's world and they must work together in order to restore harmony.
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Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, a terrorist organization has stolen materials to create a dangerous chemical bomb. It is up to Captain Max Randall and his team of Marines to stop them. But when Randall's team kills the terrorist leader's son, the group responds by kidnapping General Wallace's daughter. It is up to Randall to save her and stop the terrorist attack in this action-packed, explosive thriller from legendary producer Roger Corman....
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Granger, a lethal ex-Special Forces soldier, finds himself transported back to a mystical age of sorcery, dragons, and savage hand-to-hand combat. He has been summoned to defeat the forces of darkness and fulfill an ancient prophecy. But as he fights his way to the truth, Granger learns no one can be trusted, and one wrong move could cost him not only his life, but the future of his world.
19) Appleseed alpha
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From the creator of Ghost in the Shell and the director of Appleseed comes the intense post-apocalyptic prequel, Appleseed: Alpha. Left to survive in a post-World War society, two mercenary soldiers, Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos, must protect two citizens from the utopian city of Olympus in order to help save humanity's last hope.
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Special Forces are tasked with six primary missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, hostage rescue, and counter-terrorism. This set profiles the most exclusive elite forces in the world from the USA's Navy Seals to the UK's Royal Marine Commandos.
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