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1) Payback
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Mel Gibson is Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist betray him.
3) The mechanic
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A hitman seeks revenge for the murder of his mentor and friend.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on his head after killing a member of the High Table, the shadowy international assassins' guild. Now excommunicado, and with an army of the world's most ruthless hit men and women on his trail, John must find a way to survive in this third chapter of the adrenaline-fuelled action series.
6) Machete
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Set up, double-crossed and left for dead, Machete is an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. As he takes on hitmen, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel, bullets fly, blades clash and the body count rises. Any way you slice it, vengeance has a new name, Machete.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After beating a murder rap for selling faulty e-cigarettes at a music festival, Tim launches a campaign for San Bernardino District Attorney despite a complete lack of experience. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount the obstacles facing him by personally connecting with unsuspecting voters.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The American Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver accepts one final mission. He has to kill Gideon no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes them both far from the comforts and codes of civilization, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.
10) Peppermint
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A revenge story focusing on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her enemies the very life they took from her.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When famed frontier lawman and Montana's first elected senator Eddie Johnson is brutally murdered, his longtime sidekick and friend, Lefty Brown, will stop at nothing to avenge his death, in an ode to the traditional revenge western set in the vast, desolate plains of Montana.
12) Get Carter
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1971
Language
English
Description
A small-time gangster journeys to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother's killing. Once there he finds himself drawn into the local underworld where he encounters the full spectrum of violence and corruption.
13) Cold pursuit
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nels Coxman is a family man whose quiet life with his wife is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels's search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking, a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one Viking's associates 'disappear,' Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing, and no one, get in his way.
14) Addicted to love
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Two jilted lovers join forces to exact revenge on their former amours.
15) Mandy
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Red, a lumberjack living in the depths of the woods, has sequestered himself and his doting girlfriend, Mandy, from the world. Though Mandy is a gentle woman who spends most of her time immersed in a book, she finds herself in a life-threatening situation after being kidnapped by an ill-intentioned cult leader. When stripped from her home by a group of malicious cult members, Red sets out to avenge Mandy's abrupt and inexplicable disappearance.
16) Upgrade
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Grey Trace and his wife suffer a brutal mugging which leaves him paralyzed and results in her murder. After the horrific crime, a special new technology is brought to him with a chip implanted in his spine called Stem. With that chip, he now has a new upgraded control over his body and abilities. Set in the near-future, Grey embarks on an exhilarating quest to gain revenge by using his new skills.
17) Setup
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A group of friends plans out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge, teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.
18) A vigilante
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Give her a call, and she'll give justice. After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. Now, after months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, Sadie is back with a vengeance in this fight-packed action-thriller.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides its time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this deadly series of events, but she is definately determined to finish the business.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Barney and the rest of the team come face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded the team with Barney. Stonebanks became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill, or so he thought. Stonebanks now is making it his mission to end the team, but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of team members, recruiting individuals who are younger,...
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