Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Prodigal Son, The (Bai Ga Jai) (1982)
- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam… - One of the all–time great kung fu features, has a young man (Biao) pursue the martial arts, but eventually discovering that his rich father has…
Rocky III (Rocky 3) (1982)- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire… - Weakish second sequel finds Rocky fighting back after a defeat by a nasty new boxer.
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (TV Mini-Series) (1982)- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen - Top–notch mini–series version of the classic tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel – an English nobleman who lived a double–life…
Shaolin Prince (1982)- Dir. Chia Tang
Feat. Ti Lung - Respected fight choreographer Tang Chia helms one of his few films as director: two princes are separated at birth; one is raised by Shaolin monks…
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (1982-1986)- Feat. William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed
- Former STAR TREK–ker Shatner made a recovery to television fame for this affable cop drama, playing a tough but compassionate veteran who…
Who Dares Wins (1982)- Dir. Ian Sharp
Feat. Lewis Collins, Edward Woodward, Judy Davis… - An SAS agent infiltrates a radical anti–nuclear group when they are held responsible for the assassination of a British undercover agent. Loopy…
An Eye for an Eye (1981)- Dir. Steve Carver
Feat. Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree… - Chuck Norris plays a disgraced police officer who goes it alone to kick Chinese drug–trafficking butt in this violent actioner from the Cannon…
Condorman (Condor Man) (1981)- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera - An odd, but likeable superhero–spy yarn from Disney, in which a cartoonist (Crawford) turns himself into a living version of one of his own…
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow - Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
Dragonslayer (1981)- Dir. Matthew Robbins
Feat. Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson… - Highly under–rated medieval fantasy in which a young wizard defies substantial and often thrilling odds to defeat a malevolent dragon.…
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