The best Luke Askew’s action movies

Luke Askew

Luke Askew

26/03/1932- 29/03/2012
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Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder
6.9/10
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.

Frank & Jesse

Frank & Jesse
5.7/10
At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by Chicago railroad investors, the James and Younger brothers, Bob and Charlie Ford, Clell Miller and Arch Clements take to robbing banks, trains and coaches, with Pinkerton sworn to bringing them to justice.

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
5.2/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 25/01/1990
  • Character: Atteron
Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia.

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 15/05/1968
  • Character: Pvt. Hubert Hixon
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick (William Holden) is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson) leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards) the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

Bulletproof

Bulletproof
4.9/10
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
6.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 12/05/1972
  • Character: Jim Younger
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.

Dune Warriors

Dune Warriors
4/10
After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water

Angel Unchained

Angel Unchained
5.1/10
Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge.

Walking Tall Part II

Walking Tall Part II
6/10
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.

Savage

Savage
4.1/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 01/03/1996
  • Character: Capt. Rohmer
After his family is murdered, and he's left for dead, a farmer awakens in the desert and finds himself transformed into a savage warrior, with all the powers and skills of the ancient gods. Guided by his "spirit masters" he's given a mission; destroy Tital Corporation, the world's most powerful high-tech computer company and its ambitious leader, Michael Burroughs. Burrough's has discovered the technological remains of an ancient race and a secret that will allow him to open the Vortex and achieve immortality. Out in the desert, ancient powers collide with sophisticated technology as the Savage and Burroughs meet in a titanic struggle that could destroy mankind.

The Warrior and the Sorceress

The Warrior and the Sorceress
4.2/10
The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village's only well. Kain sees his opportunity and announces that his sword is for hire... but his eyes stay clearly on the beautiful captive sorceress Naja, and his newly awakened purpose.

Kung Fu: The Movie

Kung Fu: The Movie
6.1/10
In his travels, Caine meets up with an old man who has several surprises for him. The first being the destruction of the Shaolin order, the second being that the man is the father of the Emperor's nephew whom he killed in China, and the third is that he seeks his revenge using the son Caine never knew he had sired as the instrument of his death. It will take all of Caine's skill and wisdom to find a solution to this deadly predicament.

Back to Back

Back to Back
4.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1989
  • Character: Wade Duro
Modern day western about two very different brothers, who join forces to clear their family name, from the shadow of their dead brother's blame for a bloody unsolved robbery.

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