Six cash-strapped adventurers embark on a quest to collect hot spring water to re-pay their debts in this lampooning of classic Dungeons and Dragons-style video games. The party gets involved with a plot involving a white dragon who demands a human sacrifice every 10 years, and an evil mind-controlling mage.
Dan Thai is a government spy who hides his true identity while posing as one of Kampanat’s henchmen. Kampanat, a powerful northern crime lord, runs all kinds of illegal businesses, including arms deals with Burmese minorities. Highly skilled in combat, Dan Thai is feared by gangsters everywhere.
After the murder of her younger brother, Alex, and the kidnapping of her father, Tomi, by a criminal syndicate known as District 8, Renata seeks answers and retribution. James, the owner of an MMA business on the 3rd floor of the District 8 building, advises Renata that to meet the main leader of District 8, she must become a prominent and useful figure to them. Renata then trains hard in martial arts with Ferri, who guides her until she becomes a police officer 10 years later. In one of the undercover operations led by Renata, she finds Tomi, her father, murdered in one of District 8's gambling dens. Ten years ago, Tomi was kidnapped by Sandra, one of the leaders in District 8 who controlled the prostitution business.
In the film adaptation of the director Anton Rosenberg, the world of the Escape from Tarkov universe and the armed conflict that took place in the Norvinsk Region, a special economic zone on the Russian border with Europe, are opened to the audience. The main active forces are two private military warring companies - USEC and BEAR, leading fierce battles, including with the remaining groups in the city - Scavs. The main character is in the occupied city of Tarkov, the escape routes from which are blocked by UN peacekeepers and Russian troops.
During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor suddenly became seriously ill and fell into a coma. The court was leaderless, causing chaos. At this time, Hei Ni, the king of the Black Teeth Kingdom, came to visit. The 18th prince Long'er hosted a banquet to entertain the guests. During the banquet, Hei Ni boasted that the country's national power was boundless and it had four unparalleled masters: the God of War, the God of Poetry, the God of Cookery, and the God of Chess. Long'er secretly laughed because these four were exactly the strengths of the Han people, so the two sides immediately decided to compete, but the cunning and despicable Hei Ni had already bribed the four masters of the Ming Dynasty. Only then did Long Er realize that he had fallen into his trap. In desperation, Long'er signed an agreement with Hei Ni: Three months later, the two countries will have a competition; if the Ming Dynasty loses, it will cede territory and pay compensation to the Black Teeth Kingdom.
It is the year 2035, a world filled with advanced science and technology, sophisticated computer systems, audio/video multimedia conversations, world government unification, network wars by hackers, and the future world controlled by one huge multinational company. A 14-year old named Kang Maru, a boy with excellent maneuvering skills in a RESTOL simulation game was chosen by GEONOID, a company with the task of protecting the earth against natural calamities, to pilot RESTOL 03, one of the 5 RESTOLs, to rescue people in different calamities. Now, he and his teammates face different challenges in their duty, including being hacked into their space-based rescue station R-SAT.
Ivanhoe was a BBC television series from 1970. The script was by Alexander Baron, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name. The director was David Maloney.
It was shown on the Sunday tea-time slot on BBC1, which for several years showed fairly faithful adaptations of classic novels aimed at a family audience. It was later shown on US television. It consisted of five 50-minute episodes.
It is not widely remembered nowadays, but is remembered favourably by some who do remember it, as one of the better BBC Sunday adaptations, and possibly more accessible to a late 20th-century audience than Scott's original novel.
Young millionaire Francis Morgan and his bankrupt distant relative Henry Morgan set off in search of an ancient treasure hidden by their distant pirate ancestor. But the journey becomes even more interesting when the charming Leoncia decides to join them, captivating both young men with her charms.
In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and spear.