The best Joe Mari Avellana’s action movies

Joe Mari Avellana

Joe Mari Avellana

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Death Force

Death Force
5.3/10
Leon Isaac Kennedy is Doug Russell, an American who steals a shipment of gold in the Philippines with two Vietnam War buddies, who cut his throat and throw him overboard. Russell washes ashore an island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers stranded there since World War II. They nurse him back to health and he is taught martial arts and the art of the samurai. Back in the States, his treacherous pals, Marelli and Maghee, use their loot and viciousness to muscle their way into Los Angels mafia turf.

TNT Jackson

TNT Jackson
4.7/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 08/06/1974
  • Character: Ming (uncredited)
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

Bloodfist II

Bloodfist II
4.9/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 12/10/1990
  • Character: Su
Jake Ray gives up his title after killing a man in the ring. When Jake goes to Manila to help an old friend, trouble awaits him! After fending off multiple attacks, Jake is finally captured and chained to a half a dozen martial arts champions. Taken to an island fortress, they are forced to battle chemically-stimulated killers in fights to the death. To win - and to live - it will take every ounce of strength and skill in their martial arts arsenal

Silk

Silk
3.9/10
Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Demonstone

Demonstone
4.6/10
Two U.S. Marine investigators looking into a series of grisly murders in Manila discover that the crimes are tied to an amulet with a 400-year-old curse on it that has unleashed supernatural forces.

The Hunt for Eagle One

The Hunt for Eagle One
3.8/10
A group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.

The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
3.8/10
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...

Wheels of Fire

Wheels of Fire
4.8/10
The Future is now. There are no rules and no place to hide from the deadly Highway Warriors who ravage the roads in machines of destruction.

Deathfight

Deathfight
4.7/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 09/03/1994
  • Character: Papa Fung
When family fortune, beautiful mistresses and control of an international smuggling operation are at stake, family rivalry turns to rage as two brothers meet in one final battle...a deathfight.

Bloodfist

Bloodfist
4.7/10
To avenge the brutal murder of his brother, Jake Ray journeys to the Philippines, where his search for truth finds him battling both in and out of the ring. But the weapons are always the same: bare fists, bare feet. And the rules never change: last man standing wins.

Silk 2

Silk 2
4.4/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1989
  • Character: Kashi Hashimura
Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugglers who are after a priceless Asian Scroll. Silk will stop at nothing to get her man, even if it means blowing up an entire building.

Harold Robbins' Body Parts

Harold Robbins' Body Parts
4.9/10
Ty's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from the city's new Mainland government, he doesn't bother to look her up. But she finds him in Southern California to warn him that J.J. wants him dead. Whack J.J. first, she tells Ty, so he heads for Manila where J.J. runs a lucrative business under the cover of exporting tropical fish. But what is that business and who's pulling the strings? With the help of Inez, a young Filipina prostitute, Ty gets to the heart of the matter even after Inez no longer has the stomach to pursue the guilty ones.

The Last Reunion

The Last Reunion
4.6/10
Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, witnesses these ghastly events and vows revenge. Thirty-three years later the platoon get back together in Manila for a reunion. The adult Kimon also shows up to pick off the platoon members who are responsible for butchering his parents.

Saigon Commandos

Saigon Commandos
4.8/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1988
  • Character: Col. Tranh (as J.M. Avellana)
A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.

Bloodfist 2050

Bloodfist 2050
3.2/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 04/08/2005
  • Character: MC (als Jose Mari Avellana)
Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and revenge set in in 2050 Los Angeles.

Circle of Fear

Circle of Fear
5.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/01/1989
  • Character: Miyamoto
Tom Price, an ex-LA mob enforcer, travels to the Philippines to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Charlie. Tom's investigation turns to catastrophe, and he must employ all the tricks of the trade to stay alive.

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