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10 Best Movies Like The 72 Desperate Rebels

If you loved The 72 Desperate Rebels, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Challenge

The Challenge

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows t...

#2
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder

1987★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops....

#3
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption....

#4
Last Knights

Last Knights

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed ...

#5
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and te...

#6
Female Fight Squad

Female Fight Squad

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 72 Desperate Rebels for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it....

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