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Movies that feel likeLethal Weapon 4 (1998)

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

If you loved Lethal Weapon 4, the closest films we have are Infernal Affairs II (2003), Police Story 2 (1988) and Hard Target (1993). All three share Lethal Weapon 4's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ong-Bak (2003).

πŸ… 54% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Donnerkineticgrittytense
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If Lethal Weapon 4 hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Lethal Weapon (1987) Β· Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Β· Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

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Infernal Affairs II
2003 Β· dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· crimeMax

Both are working the same pair: police, triad

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· thrillerMax

Common ground in both: showdown and action hero

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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Hard Target
1993 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.2action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime Video

One thread runs through both: showdown

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

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Spy Game
2001 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thrillerNetflix

Both land momentum and grit at once

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protΓ©gΓ© has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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The Boondock Saints
1999 Β· dir. Troy Duffy
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime VideoHulu

Both lean on tension more than on action

Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

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Ong-Bak
2003 Β· dir. Prachya Pinkaew
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Kinetic crime in both cases

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

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Safe
2012 Β· dir. Boaz Yakin
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: triad

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

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S.W.A.T.
2003 Β· dir. Clark Johnson
πŸ… 48%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.

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Swordfish
2001 Β· dir. Dominic Sena
πŸ… 27%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

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Kickboxer
1989 Β· dir. Mark DiSalle
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

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Transporter 2
2005 Β· dir. Louis Leterrier
β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.

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Point Break
1991 Β· dir. Kathryn Bigelow
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crimeNetflixPeacock

Tense action, and it commits to that

In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.

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