Action Movies of 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The third installment in the widely beloved Spielberg/Lucas Indiana Jones saga begins with an introduction to a younger Indy (played by the late River Phoenix), who, through a fast-paced prologue, gives the audience insight ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Batman
Behind the black cowl, Gotham City superhero Batman is really millionaire ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Tango & Cash
Sylvester Stallone tries his luck with his first cop buddy movie in Tango and Cash, ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2 reteams Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as, respectively, "loose cannon" LA detective Martin Riggs ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Ministry of Vengeance
A Vietnam War veteran (John Schneider) renounces the military for a priest's habit, but after his wife and ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
The Master
Tsui Hark directs this critically panned kung fu action spectacular starring Jet Li as Jet, a martial arts master who ventures to San Francisco to find his old teacher Uncle Tak. When he gets there, he discovers that ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Family Business
You've probably already guessed that the Family Business in this all-star melodrama is the ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Night of the Fox
Based on a novel by Jack Higgins, this WW-II thriller chronicles the daring rescue of a captured American officer who has vital information concerning the upcoming Normandy invasion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Next of Kin
When his brother is murdered, a policeman is caught between his ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Fletch Lives
Though the original Fletch was drubbed by critics, it proved a major success for star Chevy Chase. It was inevitable, then, that ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
The Dead Next Door
The feature debut of ultra-low-budget horror auteur J.R. Bookwalter, this fast-paced zombie mini-epic is very likely the most expensive movie ever shot on Super-8 film. Playing with the ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
MacGyver: Season 05
Season five of MacGyver opens with an elaborate Indiana Jones takeoff, the two-part "The Legend of the Holy Rose." Once this is settled, the resourceful ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Best of the Best
Learning the value of teamwork, the racially diverse U.S. karate team must work through their ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
K-9
James Belushi stars in this cop actioner about a loner narcotics officer who has to break in a new partner. The twist ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Road House
Love, treachery, and broken furniture are the hallmarks of this rollicking action drama. Dalton (Patrick ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Licence to Kill
Timothy Dalton is better in Licence to Kill than in his first James Bond endeavor (The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the right side of the law. This ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Dead Bang
A police detective (Don Johnson), whose job is the only thing he has left in his life, must investigate the murder of a fellow officer. He follows the trail and is shocked to find a white-supremacist ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Skeleton Coast
This action-adventure film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. In the story, Colonel Smith (Ernest Borgnine) is an aging military man whose son is a CIA agent. His son has been ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Twisted Justice
In this futuristic actioner set in the year 2020, guns have become so illegal that even cops cannot use them to stop criminals. But officer James Tucker is a maverick and carries with him an enormous homemade revolver, which he ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Once again, Charles Bronson plays a renegade cop out for vigilante ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Pink Cadillac
For his third film as a director and his third film directing Clint Eastwood, stunt-man Buddy Van ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
A Better Tomorrow III
Tsui Hark takes the reigns of this series following a much-publicized rift between himself and John Woo -- the director of the first two A ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Renegades
Director Jack Sholder followed his surprise sleeper hit The Hidden (1987) with this action drama that re-teamed Young ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Bail Out
David Hasselhoff plays one of three bounty hunters in search of a much-wanted criminal. The reward is astronomical, so it's understandable that the cops want Hasselhoff and company to make themselves scarce. No matter ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
The Punisher
This is an adaptation of a popular, violent Marvel ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Farewell to the King
Though officially based on Pierre Schoendoerffer's novel L'Adieu au Roi, Farewell to the King also bears echoes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim--with a lot of filmmaker John Milius' own Hemingwayesque slant ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
The Killer
Though John Woo's lifelong admiration of Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese, and Stanley Kubrick are also evident in this stylish actioner, the film is essentially a ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Shogun's Shadow
The boy who is the Shogun's Shadow, or heir, is in considerable danger. Personal bodyguard Igo Gyobu (Ken Igata), accompanied by seven samurai, is sent ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Future Force
In this futuristic film, law and order are things of the past as cops are driven off of the crime-infested streets. It is up to a group of vigilantes to ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Red Scorpion
Dolph Lundgren stars in this controversial action film directed by Joseph Zito (Missing in Action). The beefy Swede plays Soviet KGB agent Lt. Nikolai, who is sent to Africa with orders to eliminate a black rebel. ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Robot Jox
Sometime far into the future international powers settle their differences in gigantic arenas where each nation ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Kickboxer
Jean Claude Van Damme kicks up his heels once again in this action film. Van Damme plays Kurt Sloane, the brother of American kickboxing ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Bloodfist
Kickboxing champion Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in Bloodfist. In time-honored fashion, Wilson arrives in Manila to investigate his brother's murder. There he ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Cage
If you've seen TV wrestling, you know what a "caged" bout is. In Cage, it's for real; two testosterone-pumped behemoths are placed in a cage where they duke it out to the death. Lou Ferrigno plays Billy Thomas, the ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
7 Lucky Ninja Kids
Seven kids with superior martial arts skills stumble into excitement ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Aftershock
Set in a post-apocalyptic 21st Century, Aftershock offers us a world ruled by an unseen female voice, where scuzzy paramilitary groups ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Angel Town
It doesn't take long for the alleged story line to disappear from this kickboxer feeding-frenzy of a film so the real action can ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Bloodfight
Kickboxer Bolo Yeung is the star of Bloodfight. The scene is a major martial-arts tournament, ostensibly dedicated to fair play. But all good intentions are dashed when one of the contestants (Yeung) accidentally impugns the master's ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Chance
Two men attempt to investigate a diamond heist in this suspenseful actioner. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1989 ]
City War
This Hong Kong crime thriller stars Chow Yun-Fat and Ti ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Easy Kill
Vigilantism proves to be the only form of justice left to a man ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Emperor of the Bronx
Cycle-flick habitue William Smith is top-billed in Emperor ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
L.A. Warriors
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Nightmare at Bitter Creek
In this made-for-TV thriller, a quartet of female friends hire a boozy wilderness guide and head into the mountains for a little backpacking fun that is spoiled when they become the target of a militant ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Riding Bean
Animated Japanese feature for mature audiences. In Chicago, a courier is blamed for a kidnapping, but he tries to clear himself with the help of his supercar and beautiful assistant. ~ All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Roadkill
Like its title, Roadkill is a little flat and moldy at times, but generally effective. Concert promoter Valerie Buhagiar decides to look for a legendary "lost" band called The ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Savage Beach
Girls, guns, and gold are the key ingredients of this action adventure drama. Donna (Dona Speir) and Taryn ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Shotgun
In this film, the murder of a prostitute prompts Shotgun to seek out her killers and avenge her death. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Sugar Hill, 2: Dealin' Dirty, Saga Continues
Another episode of the series in which a female police officer crusades against crime. ~ All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Violent Zone
John Douglas, Chard Hayward and Christopher Weeks are the leading characters (but not necessarily the heroes) of Violent Zone. When a party of travellers is lost in the wilderness, the officials are at a loss to effect a ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Comando de la Muerte
The action film Comando De La Muerte takes place in a future where civilization has devolved to an ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie
A youthful female ninja is aided by two swordsmen, who fight with her to help ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
A lone warrior sets off to avenge the deaths of his lover and close friends. Two major challenges await him: His newfound foe was his former ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Blue Submarine No. 6, Vol. 1: Blues
Humanity struggles for survival in a new and watery world in this animated adventure saga from Japan. Massive worldwide flooding has caused most of the world to be covered with water, and ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Garaga [Anime OVA]
With their spacecraft shipwrecked on the strange planet of Garanga, the crew of the XeBeC fight for their lives against dinosaur-like creatures and ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Baoh
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The Blonde Fury
While she is best known for such American features as China O'Brien, martial-arts expert Cynthia Rothrock also made a number of action films in Hong Kong, such as this Golden Harvest production ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
In the Line of Duty 4
Cynthia Yang Li-chang stars again in this fourth installment of the popular series directed by Yuen Woo-ping. The film opens with ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
The Inspector Wears Skirts II
Wellson Chin returns to direct this follow-up to his wildly popular madcap police comedy about the ups and ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Vampire vs. Vampire
The star of numerous horror-comedies such as Mr. Vampire, Lam Ching-Ying steps behind the camera to direct and star in one of the better films in the genre. The famed One Eyebrow Priest and his ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
DragonBall Z: Super Android 13!
Violent explosions interrupt a normal day, and Goku is quick to investigate. The culprits seem to be after Goku himself, and he discovers ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
Samurai Cop
When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza -- Maniac Cop himself, Robert Z'Dar as Japanese authority and martial artist Joe ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
El Judas de la Frontera
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They Call Me Macho Woman
A feral female warrior looking to escape the madness of the city is forced to do battle ... [ Action movie - 1989 ]
