The best Joe Spinell’s action movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Joe Spinell’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Joe Spinell.
Nighthawks
6.3/10
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Paradise Alley
5.7/10
Sylvester Stallone is fighting the odds again, this time in the wrestling ring. As Cosmo Carboni, he and his two brothers dream of getting out of Hell's Kitchen (circa 1946) and into the big time. The exit signs point to Paradise Alley, a sleazy private club where the floorshow consists of raucous wrestling matches with big purses. Stallone not only starred in and wrote this action-packed film, he also made his directorial debut in this tale of three guys who could take anything Hell's Kitchen could dish out.
Vigilante
6.5/10
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge.
Eureka
5.9/10
An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
The Seven-Ups
6.8/10
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
A Question of Honor
6.3/10
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
Rapid Fire
4.1/10
Mike Thompson is a former U.S. government agent whom is called on by his no-nonsense ex-employer Hanson to stop a terrorist named Mustapha who breaks out of a maximum security military prison aboard a battleship with the help from his aide Eddy Williams a former agent-turned-mercenary armed with an unstoppable rapid-firing, multi-use machine gun whom the U.S. government wants back at any cost. Mike is forced to rely on his former partner-in-crime Pappy, and a CIA agent named Corle, to help him try to track down Eddy hoping to lead him to Mustapha before they can plan their next terrorist strike.
Nightside
5.2/10
Danny Dandoy is a good-humored, street-wise cop working the dusk to dawn shift in Los Angeles with his somewhat naive new partner Macey in this supposed pilot for a new TV series.
Walking the Edge
6.2/10
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
The Big Score
4.8/10
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are looking for him. A ruthless hit man, played by Bruce Glover, will stop at nothing to get what his boss wants; the money!
The Little Dragons
4.2/10
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.
Cops and Robbers
6.4/10
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
One Down, Two to Go
4.5/10
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
Operation Warzone
4.1/10
A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam whom has classified documents that could win the war.
