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Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action, thriller, comedy, crime |
Country | New Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany |
An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | New Zealand |
This remake of 1981’s Goodbye Pork Pie tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of New Zealand protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, history |
Country | United Kingdom, New Zealand |
Duration | 02:20 |
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, western |
Country | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:42 |
An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure |
Country | France, United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, USA, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, China, Thailand |
Duration | 01:47 |
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, documentary, military, history |
Country | USA, Belgium, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom |
A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure |
Country | Australia, New Zealand, USA |
Duration | 01:22 |
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | action |
Country | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:47 |
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | fantastic, action, comedy, adventure, crime |
Country | New Zealand |
A small-town criminal finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the consequences of tampering with time. The Castle meets Looper, Mega Time Squad is a study in high-meets-low, combining elements of the sci-fi, the crime thriller and the comedy to make a comedy heist film with a time-traveling twist.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Australia |
Duration | 01:37 |
Get swept up in the action as an armored car driver (Christian Slater) tries to elude a gang of thieves (led by Morgan Freeman) while a flood ravages the countryside. Hard Rain is "a wild, thrilling, chilling action ride" filled with close calls, uncertain loyalties and heart-stopping heroics.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | action, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure |
Country | New Zealand, USA, Germany |
Duration | 03:07 |
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure |
Country | USA, New Zealand, Japan |
Duration | 02:25 |
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | action, drama |
Country | USA, New Zealand, Japan |
Duration | 02:34 |
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure |
Country | USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand |
Duration | 02:24 |
Saban's Power Rangers follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | action, drama, adventure, military, history |
Country | New Zealand, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:54 |
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.