Cirio H. Santiago

Cirio H. Santiago

Country: Philippines

Total Credits at Criticker: 43 (Director), 4 (Writer)

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    Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
    King Lim is the oppressive ruler of a country on the verge of revolution. The CIA arranges a fake assassination to get him safely out of the country, but his daughter is captured in the ensuing melee and sent to The Rock, an island penitentiary known for its harshness. (imdb)
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    Equalizer 2000
    In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival. (imdb)
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    Demon of Paradise
    Akoa, a bristly, dog-faced, scaly humanoid with a saurian tail, is described as a "carnivorous lizardman of the Triassic Age, the missing stepstone between reptiles and early primates (!!)" with the typically suspect paleontology and Darwinism that passes for science in monster movies like this one. (Chas. Balun)
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    The Expendables
    Captain Baronski, assigned a squad of misfit soldiers, trains them into a fighting powerhouse "The Expendables." Breaking every rule, they must risk their lives crossing into Cambodia to save the American hostages. (imdb)
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    One Man Army
    Kickboxing champ Jerry Trimble plays a straight shooting man caught up in the politics of a crooked little town. To get to the truth about his grandfather's death, he must first kick out the criminals --including the sheriff-- effectively putting an end to their illegal smuggling, gambling and prostitution rings. But the worst crime of all turns out to be in his very own backyard. (imdb)
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    Angelfist
    An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring justice to the people responsible. She enters the kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the nefarious agents, and begins unraveling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades. (imdb)
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    Vampire Hookers
    A modern day Dracula discovers an exceptionally effective method for attracting "new blood" to his castle. He forms a harem of bloodsucking hookers whose attractive qualities enable them to snare navy men who are on shore leave.
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    Killer Instinct
    A GI returns to Nam on a mission to rescue POWs.
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    Beyond the Call of Duty
    While leading a maverick band of warriors behind enemy lines, a U.S. Army Commander is forced to lead a beautiful American journalist through the treacherous Mekong River Delta aboard a high speed gun boat while being pursued by a cunning Vietnamese enemy. (imdb)
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    Pusang itim
    In the Nineteenth century a were-cat is cursed to live nine lives unless he can perform an act of sacrifice. (imdb)
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    Fly Me
    Stewardesses battle kung fu killers. (imdb)
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    T.N.T. Jackson
    When T.N.T.'s brother is killed by ruthless drug dealers, the beautiful young karate expert goes to the most dangerous part of Chinatown to find the killer. (imdb)
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    Savage!
    Action packed story of how Jim Haygood (James Glehart) young, black and brilliant becomes the legendary leader of a rebel army... (imdb)
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    Fe, Esperanza, Caridad
    A trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe - an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband, Esperanza - a young wife living in a middle class neighborhood in the city & Caridad - a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself. (imdb)
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    Cover Girl Models
    A fashion photography assignment teams three American models and inadvertently pitches them into the mystery and danger of international espionage, when an invaluable roll of microfilm secreted into one of the girls' fashion gowns, draws them into the violence and intrigue of a spy-vs-counterspy conspiracy. (imdb)
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    Ebony, Ivory, and Jade
    An American track team has just arrived in The Philippines for an international competition. Among the competitors are Ginger and Pam, nicknamed "Ivory" and "Ebony", who meet up with another friend, Jackie, nicknamed "Jade". After they arrive at their hotel, a gang of thugs kidnaps them, along with some other girls from the team. To get away, the trio are going to have to use all their fighting skills. (imdb)
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    The Muthers
    A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister. (imdb)
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    Firecracker
    Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson. (imdb)
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    Stryker
    The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road Warrior" like crew captures her and tries to make her talk through brutal torture. The hero (Styrker) unites with some of the remaining "good guys" and the Amazons and frees the woman. They go on to a "Road Warrior" type of concluding battle with the bad guys. (imdb)
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    Caged Fury
    North American and Asian women are brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers in an evil Filipino POW camp (imdb)
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    Final Mission
    Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being suspended by his boss. Deacon and his family decide to spend the weekend camping at a lake to forget about everything but an explosion on their boat kills both his wife and kid. He finds out that Slater, a war buddy-turned-traitor is responsible for the murders... (imdb)
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    The Devastator
    This war's in your own backyard. Violent warfare erupts in Northern California when Vietnam vet Deacon Porter reassembles his Combat Strike Force to avenge the death of a commanding officer. (imdb)
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    Wheels of Fire
    The Future is now. There are no rules and no place to hide from the deadly Highway Warriors who ravage the roads in machines of destruction. (imdb)
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    Naked Vengeance
    A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family. (imdb)
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    Silk
    Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens. (imdb)
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    Future Hunters
    2025 A.D. A lone adventurer searches the post-nuclear wasteland for the most devastating, godless artifact in history. When he touches it, he is transported back in time to 1989 Los Angeles. Mortally wounded he requests a young couple to return the spear to its sheath and end its reign of evil. (imdb)
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    Eye of the Eagle
    "The Lost Command," a bunch of notorious renegades, terrorize South Vietnam, forcing Sgt. Zack Skinner, HQ's best man to hunt down the Command to stop its killing spree. (imdb)
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    The Sisterhood
    The year is 2021 AD. Women have been enslaved by a brutal army of men who survived the nuclear holocaust. Their only hope for freedom is in the hands of a nomadic band of fierce she-warriors: The Sisterhood. (imdb)
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    Silk 2
    Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugglers who are after a priceless Asian Scroll. Silk will stop at nothing to get her man, even if it means blowing up an entire building. (imdb)
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    Nam Angels
    Nam Angels (1989) - Direct-to-Video
    Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American P.O.W.s in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles. (imdb)
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    Last Stand at Lang Mei
    Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines. Cut off from their platoon, they must fight their way back, or die! A true story of bravery and courage set amidst the chaos of war, and witness the gripping conclusion to the bloodiest day in American war history. (imdb)
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    Dune Warriors
    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. (imdb)
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    Field of Fire
    Sergeant Thomas Duncan takes his men behind enemy lines to recover a secret government fighter copter and its pilot, a secret weapon all his own. But once stationed in the dense jungle brush of Vietnam, their radio goes out all hope of contacting their home base is out, and it is up to Duncan and his men to get to the hook up point by the agreed time. A traitor in the home camp is sending messages to the enemy side; Duncan must hurry! (imdb)
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    Raiders of the Sun
    Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and control. Yet among them rises a new warrior, destined to shape the aeons which will follow -- a man who stops at nothing to achieve his ends, and for whom courage is the only commodity. (imdb)
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    Kill Zone
    An American colonel will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just. (imdb)
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    Firehawk
    Firehawk (1993) - Direct-to-Video
    During a daring mission in Vietnam, a helicoptor squadron is downed. While the soldiers try to escape capture by the Viet Cong, clues that the copter was sabotaged lead to brutal infighting, as they search for the traitor among them. (imdb)
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    Live by the Fist
    A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom. (imdb)
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    Stranglehold
    Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Only one man can do the job: special agent Ryan Cooper. He's in a race against time to save the world, facing his greatest challenge yet! (imdb)
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    Bloodfist 2050
    Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and revenge set in in 2050 Los Angeles. (imdb)
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    Death Force
    When two crooks decide to bump off their partner and pocket all the loot from a profitable crime, little do they suspect that our man not only survives their murderous attempt, but is washed ashore an island where he is nursed back to health by two Japanese soldiers who have been stranded there since the second world war and who in addition, don't even know that the war has ended! (imdb)
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    Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
    This Roger Corman-produced animated masterpiece that "borrows" from Disney's Aladdin The Pagemaster, and (oddly enough) Reading Rainbow, teaches us to judge people based solely on their appearance, when traveling back in time you can do whatever you want with no consequences, murder is totally okay, and you should never ever hire Filipinos to animate your movie.
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    Fast Gun
    CIA Colonel Harper's men are robbing military armories in order to supply South American rebels. They hide near Granite Lake, a small town policed by Sheriff Jack Steiger. When the colonel's men let loose on the town, Jack must stop them. (imdb)
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    Water Wars
    Catastrophic war, destroyed ecosystem, brink of extinction. War for the most valuable treasure of the time: water.
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