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Shoot 'em ups such as Ikari Warriors (1986) featuring characters on foot, rather than spacecraft, became popular in the mid-1980s in the wake of action movies such as Rambo: First Blood Part II.

The Fanimatrix

The Fanimatrix (full title The Fanimatrix: Run Program) is a science fiction/action fan film based on The Matrix, released on the Internet on 27 September 2003, written and directed by Steven A. Davis and Rajneel Singh.

Unfair: The Movie

Unfair: The Movie is a Japanese action movie released on March 17, 2007, directed by Yoshinori Kobayashi, follow up to the drama Unfair, and still starring Ryoko Shinohara in the main role.


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Candîce Hillebrand

She is recently known for playing Nina Williams in the 2010 Tekken live-action movie, based on the popular video game series, Tekken.

Charm City Saints

In the following years, Charm City Saints made a strong follow up by appearing on the soundtracks for the films The Emerald Diamond and the Troma release Super Tromeette Action Movie Go!

Dan Hill

Another one of his hit songs was "It's a Long Road", which he recorded for the 1982 action movie First Blood.

Daniel Percival

He will be seen as Dylan in the forthcoming vampire themed action movie Against the Dark starring Steven Seagal, Linden Ashby and Tanoai Reed.

Ed Parker

He served as one of Elvis Presley's bodyguard during the singer's final years, did movie stunt-work and acting, and was one of the Kenpo instructors of martial arts action movie actor Jeff Speakman.

Guardians of Order

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai RPG and Resource Book (2001) - Based on a live-action movie

In-joke

Rival action movie actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone would often include references to each other or their movies when acting in their own.

Jeric Raval

Jeric was a star of OctoArts Films and was introduced by the movie "Valentin Zapanta: Alyas Ninong" a movie by Eddie Garcia where he played the bodyguard of Ninong and he did his first solo action movie was Kalaban Mortal Ni Baby Ama together with John Regala, Willie Revillame.

Joey Marquez

On the Job (Star Cinema, 2013) – "Post-Production & Tsong's 1st Action Movie"

Mincing Lane

It appeared briefly in Disney's 1996 live-action movie 101 Dalmatians as the exterior of Cruella De Vil's haute couture fashion house, "House of DeVil".

Mōryō no Hako

The novel was turned into a 2008 live action movie, directed by Masato Harada and starring Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Abe, Kippei Shiina, Hiroyuki Miyasako, and Rena Tanaka.

Mr. Bill

The character's popularity spawned the 1986 live-action movie Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures.

PacWest Racing

The PacWest team's two cars were the cars used by main characters Jimmy Bly (#18) and Joe Tanto (#17) in the 2001 action movie Driven.

Patricia Charbonneau

The same year, she was featured in the crime drama/action movie "Shakedown".

Romance of Darkness

A live action movie was made in 2006 with the lead Rikka being played by Aki Maeda of Battle Royale fame and Keiko Kitagawa of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift fame.

Rudas Baths

The baths were used as a location for the opening scene of the 1988 action movie Red Heat, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi.

St. Augustine Church, Philadelphia

St. Augustine's was featured in the 1999 thriller The Sixth Sense and the 2007 action movie Shooter.

Takamasa Suga

Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (live-action movie) as Shinji Kido / Kamen Rider Ryuki; Mirror Shinji / Kamen Rider Ryuga

The Specialists

The Specialists is intended to resemble a generic action movie and is often compared to the film Face/Off, though several of the default player models, maps, and some of the game-play elements appear to be references to The Matrix.

Tintin and the Blue Oranges

It was the second live-action movie, with an original story based on characters from the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by the Belgian artist Hergé.