American Ninja 1985  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Firstenberg
Cast: Michael Dudikoff, Steve(2) James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock, John Fujioka, Don Stewart, John LaMotta, Phil Brock, Jerry Bailey, Nick Nicholson
Karate reigns as a martial arts soldier uncovers a plot to sell arms to South America.
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation 1987  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Firstenberg
Cast: Michael Dudikoff, Steve(2) James, Larry Poindexter, Gary Conway, Jeff Weston, Michelle Botes, Michael Stone, Len Sparrowhawk, Jonathan Pienaar, Bill Curry
More karate is in store in this improved sequel in which martial arts army rangers (Michael Dudikoff and Steve James) fight a Caribbean drug lord who has been exploiting U.S. Marines.
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Bloodfist V: Human Target 1993 R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Human Target
Director: Jeff Yonis
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Denice Duff, Yuji Okumoto, Don Stark, Danny Lopez, Steve(2) James, Michael Yama, Kelly Jones, Neil Levin, Art Camacho, Dennis Keiffer, Sharon Lawrence, Dee McCafferty, Wesley Leong, David Loo
FBI agent Jimmy (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) is on the trail of Asian illegal gun dealers when two thugs do a number on him, leaving our hero in the hospital with amnesia. Now, not only are the baddies after him, but so is the FBI, and Jimmy is not sure whose side he's on.
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The Brother from Another Planet 1984  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Steve(2) James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Ren Woods, Reggie Rock Bythewood, David Strathairn
Joe Morton plays a mute, alien slave who escapes his planet and crashes on Earth–in Harlem. Most who meet him are impressed: he fixes things AND he lets others do all the talking!
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The Exterminator 1980  R, 101 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Steve(2) James, Tony DiBenedetto, Dick Boccelli, Patrick Farrelly, Michele Harrell, David Lipman, Dennis Boutsikaris, Stan Getz, George Cheung
James Dalton and Megan Stewart (Christopher George and Samantha Eggar) investigate after John Eastland (Robert Ginty) takes the law into his own hands and fights the gang that mugged and paralyzed his friend (Steve James).
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Antonio Fargas, Steve(2) James, John Vernon, Clu Gulager, Clarence Williams III, Damon Wayans
In typical Keenen Ivory Wayans style, satire reigns in this very funny movie about the 1970s treatment of blacks in film.
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 The Land That Time Forgot 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Roy Holder, Ron Pember, Steve(2) James
Based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, this adventure story involves a German submarine that holds survivors of a ship they have just sunk captive, and, together, they discover the lost land of Caprona where dinosaurs still roam. There is a sequel: "The People That Time Forgot."
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The Soldier 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Ken Wahl, Klaus Kinski, William Prince, Alberta Watson, Jeremiah Sullivan, Zeljko Ivanek, Steve(2) James, Jeffrey Jones
When the CIA uncovers a plan to destroy the world's oil supply, it calls in its superagent, the Soldier, who takes on the Russian terrorists involved in the plot.
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985  R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: William Petersen, Dean Stockwell, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Robert Downey Sr., Christopher Allport., Dwier Brown, Steve(2) James, Anne Betancourt, Jack Hoar, Valentin de Vargas, Michael Chong
A counterfeiter, Eric "Rick" Masters (Willem Dafoe), has eluded the police for years. After Rick kills a Secret Service agent, the partner of the deceased agent, Agent Richard Chance (William Petersen), joins forces with Agent John Vukovich (John Pankow), and the violence escalates as they break all the rules and stop at nothing in their pursuit of Rick.
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Weekend at Bernie's II 1993  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Klane
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Beyer, Barry Bostwick, Tom Wright, Steve(2) James, Novella Nelson, Gary Dourdan, Stack Pierce
We didn't really need a sequel, but there may be some appeal to a follow-up of a loser, and this film fills the bill. As the story continues, Larry and Richard (Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman), who are suspected of fraud, set out to clear their names. However, they will need Bernie, but he is dead.
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| 1. American Ninja (1985)
2. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
3. American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
4. Avenging Force (1986)
5. Bloodfist V: Human Target (1993)
aka: Human Target
6. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
7. The Exterminator (1980)
8. Hero and the Terror (1988)
9. Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
10. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
11. Johnny Be Good (1988)
12. The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
13. The Soldier (1982)
14. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
15. Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
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