#16. Hardware (1990)

Storyline: In the future, a nuclear war has transformed the Earth into a radioactive wasteland where the sea has dried up leaving it as a post-apocalyptic desert. In the desert, A desert scavenger named Nomad discovers a robotic head, arriving in New York City, A space marine named Moses Baxter buys the robotic head from Nomad as a Christmas present for his girlfriend Jill Grakowski, who decides to use it for one of her sculptures. But all hell starts breaking loose, when the robotic head is activated and begins to rebuilt itself. When Alvy, a junkyard dealer discover the robotic head is a Mark 13, a military cyborg of a project that was abandoned. Moses learns Jill's life is in danger, as the Mark 13 cyborg goes on a violent rampage in Jill's apartment as Jill has become the the prime target for extermination.

Plot Keywords: android, ex-soldier, girlfriend, artist, boyfriend, junk dealer, emotional ...

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#17. Gun Brothers (1956)

Storyline: Chad Santee heads west to join his brother, Jubal, who supposedly has a large cattle ranch. On the way he meets Rose Fargo and rescues her from the unwanted advances of a gambler, "Blackjack". When Chad and Rose arrive they find that Jubal and his partner, Shawnee, are really rustlers and outlaws. Jubal tries to get Chad to join them but he refuses, and leaves to set up his own homestead with Rose at his side. Later, the repentant Jubal comes to join him. Shawnee, angry at what he considers a double-cross, attacks the brothers with his gang.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, young woman, brother, partner, cattle rustler, outlaw, gritty ...

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#19. El Paso (1949)

Storyline: Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signature of Susan's father, Judge Jeffers, on a legal document. Once there he finds the judge has become a drunk and a laughing stock, doing the bidding of local magnate Bert Donner and his running dog, Sheriff La Farge. Just as Clay starts straightening out the town's problems, events occur which force him to abandon the legal system and instead adopt the murderous tactics of a vigilante.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, sheriff, judge, landowner, vigilante, wild, suspenseful ...

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#20. Security (2017)

Storyline: An ex-special services veteran (Antonio Banderas), down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the doors up to a distraught and desperate young girl who has escaped and fled from a hijacking of the U.S. Marshal motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a trial witness. Hot on her heels is psychopathic hijacker (Sir Ben Kingsley), alongside his resourceful henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate their witness.

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, security guard, witness, young girl, villain, criminal, engaging ...

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#22. Kasbah (2000)

Storyline: After five years in Morocco, Mario is eager to return to Spain. The day before he's to leave, a fax tells him to meet the boss's teenage daughter. She and a red Jaguar arrive by ferry. Mario postpones his trip to get her situated, but the next day, at the Kasbah, she and her car disappear. The girl's father denies sending a fax, suspects she left Spain to join Mario, and thinks Mario killed her. Dad hires a murderous butcher to track Mario, who wants to find her for reasons not initially apparent. While Mario's search takes him south toward Mauritania, his path crosses that of Alix, a Spanish actress on holiday. Relationships between fathers and children explain a lot.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: businessman, half sister, actress, ex-soldier, townsperson, father, tense ...

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#23. Feds (1988)

Storyline: Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course in which they learn to deal with guns and recognize crimes. They also get physical training. Ellie is a real fighting machine in contrast with Janis, the great student. They must help each other, because only when they pass all the tests will they be allowed to join the FBI.—Tony Kessen <rhkessen@cs.vu.nl>

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, nerd, trainee, classmate, fbi agent, friend, amusing ...

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#24. Gun Fight (1961)

Storyline: On the stagecoach to Laramie, Wayne Santley rescues singer Nora Brown from the advances of gambler Cole Fender. In Laramie, Wayne discovers his brother Brad is an outlaw, but he refuses to join the gang of rustlers and sets up a homestead. He and Nora are married. Later Brad repents and joins his brother, but Brad's former partner Pawnee organizes an attack on the brothers. Despite the source that seems to think so, this was not an M-G-M production.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, brother, entertainer, gambler, bounty hunter, henchman, spirited ...

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#25. The Anomaly (2014)

Storyline: Set in the future, the film is about the development of new cutting-edge bioweapon. Traumatized ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes up in the back of a moving van next to a young boy who has been kidnapped, he attempts to free the boy, but blacks out. He is forced to work out what is happening in bursts of time no longer than ten minutes, before his mind is taken over again. He teams up with the mysterious "Dana" as he battles a conspiracy known as "Anomaly" led by Harkin Langham, and learns that the bioweapon is the same mind control that has allowed its creator to take over his body.

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, kidnapper, hostage, young boy, business owner, disturbing, engaging ...

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#26. SnakeEater (1989)

Storyline: The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as a tough loner, he returns to find the band of backwoods bad-guys who killed his parents and abducted his sister.—Ørnås

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, redneck, sister, captive, cop, murderer, gritty ...

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#29. Underground (2011)

Storyline: A group of friends fight for their lives against the lethal and ravenous creatures lurking beneath the Earth's surface. The group finds themselves at the mercy of creatures genetically engineered by the military to be expendable in battle. Though they fought countless battles in Iraq, these friends never knew real fear until they went underground.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, gory, underground, military base, creatures, light, evil ...

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#30. I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020)

Storyline: Former special-forces soldier John Gold is given the opportunity to bring Sean Teague - the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice. Gold would cheerfully see Teague dead, but he is convinced to help transport him to a military prison to pay for his crimes. Along the way, Gold will have to fight off Teague's team who are attempting to extract him, as well as a sniper seemingly hell-bent on killing Teague before he can be secured.—Evolutionary Films

Plot Keywords: ex-soldier, gang leader, gang member, bounty hunter, nemesis, brash, brutal ...

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