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Anybody care to add to the Suggested reading or viewing list for Ninjas and Superspies? I would love to add to the Bourne series,Triple X the Vin Diesel movie, and Megaforce (an old 80's movie but good for the Mercenary O.C.C. lovers out there) for starters.

The new Bond stuff is good; also, as much as I dislike the actor, the Mission Impossible series.

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Run Lola Run
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami's)
Wages of War (1953)
Ladron Que Roba a Ladron (Spanish)
A Better Tomorrow (John Woo)
Exiled (Johnny To)
Empire of the Wolves
Hitman (Jet Li)
Dus
Bloody Mallory
Final Option and First Option (Gordon Chan)
Farz
Swordfish
SWAT
Mind Hunters
The Art of War
Black Ops
The Terrorists
Covert One: The Hades Factor
The Elite

The original Nick Fury:Agent of Shield stories from Marvel(Steranko did a great job of turning a comic book into a James Bond movie.) Also check out Shangi-Chi, Master of Kung Fu from Marvel. For martial arts action, it's hard to go wrong with anything starring Jet Li. Also Robert E. Howard wrote some stories which are,shall we say, not racially enlightened, starring sinister Oriental masterminds, are fun to read and could be updated. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Robert_E._Howard Many other pulp stories feature sinister Oriental masterminds bent on world domination, and you could steal plot ideas from sources most people would be unfamiliar with.

These are just random good N&S movies:
The Hunted with Christopher Lambert
The Killer, Hard boiled and pretty much anything with Chow Yun Fat *sorry for spelling*
Taken
Ronin
Tears of the sun
The way of the gun
Proof of life....This one is a Bad A#$ movie wrapped in a chick flick

Books:
Anything by Robert Ludlum
Hunting the Jackal
Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, for a more private-eye oriented movie.

The Ninja books by Lustbader, or the Destroyer series (Remo Williams and Chuin)

Mephisto wrote:

Overlord Rikonius wrote:The Ninja books by Lustbader, or the Destroyer series (Remo Williams and Chuin)

I would love to see a Remo Williams TV series, that would so rock.

As to the thread most of the obvious ones have already been identified, there isn't anything that really comes to mind.

They did one, but it only lasted one season. I've never seen it, but I hear it wasn't good
It'd be nice if they took another shot at it and made a quality adaptation.

We have some old posts that cover a lot of this, movies, books, more books, and comics.

"The Killer Elite"
"The Punisher"
"the Saint"
"The Final Option"
"Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia"
"Sniper"
the "Kill Bill" series
"The Master"
"The Eiger Sanction"
"China Syndrome"
"Showdown in little Tokyo"
"Martial Law"
Just what I can think of off the cuff.

How about television shows? NCIS, Raven, or Magnum P.I., would all be good background material for a campaign.

And if you want something with just some over-the-top gun action, you have to throw in Shoot 'Em Up with Clive Owens.

Also:
Equillibrium
A Better Tomorrow (and most John Woo "Gun Fu" flicks)

And:
The Kingdom
Black Hawk Down
Three Kings
The Punisher: War Zone

Just a few more, for ya.

"Enter the Ninja"
"Revenge of the Ninja"
"Pray for Death"
"Black Eagle"
"The Recruit"
"Spy Game"

Trooper Jim wrote:"Black Eagle"

That movie was awful. For something starring Sho Kusugi and Jean Claude van Damme, you'd expect more than two fight scenes.

Mantisking wrote:

Trooper Jim wrote:"Black Eagle"

That movie was awful. For something starring Sho Kusugi and Jean Claude van Damme, you'd expect more than two fight scenes.

I love that movie! But not because it is good, though. It is so bad it is good.

Law Abiding Citizen is a good one. Shows just how dangerous a good Gizmoteer Agent can be.
While a comedy, If Looks Could Kill does a good job capturing some traditional "Bond" movie elements.
Wanted Dead or Alive with Rutger Hauer (sp?) has some good bits, as does Vin Diesel's A Man Apart.

Top Secret Tourism by Harry Helms

Has a list of government facilities around the country, would make a good resource for spy themed games.

The long Kiss goodnight with Gena Davis and Samual Jackson
The Roque Warrior by Richard Marcinko

Movies:
Who Am I?
Taken
Sum of All Fears
Lethal Weapon 1,2 and 3 (makes for some good PI material)
The Bourne Trilogy
Sniper
Assassins
The Expendables
The Transporter 1 and 2

Video Games:
Call of Duty series
Army of Two
Army of Two; 40th Day

Trooper Jim wrote:"Black Eagle"

Mantisking wrote:That movie was awful. For something starring Sho Kusugi and Jean Claude van Damme, you'd expect more than two fight scenes.

Trooper Jim wrote:I love that movie! But not because it is good, though. It is so bad it is good.

I saw it last night in Walgreens for $3.99.