Movies Like Assault on Devil's Island (1997)

Assault on Devil's Island is a 1997 action, adventure, tv movie film from Jon Cassar with a MovieMagicScore of 4.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with I Escaped from Devil's Island and Papillon.

Action Adventure TV Movie

I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

4.8

MagicScore

Papillon

2017

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

7.3

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Passage to Marseille

1944

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

6.6

MagicScore

Papillon

1973

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

7.8

MagicScore

We're No Angels

1955

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

7.2

MagicScore

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

6.7

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Strawberry in the Supermarket

2003

An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother.

6.7

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City Hunter

1993

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

6.6

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Connected

2008

A debt collector receives a call from a woman who is kidnapped by an unknown gang. He thinks it is a joke but soon, he realises that it is not a prank.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Executive Decision

1996

Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Killer Elite

2011

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Tiger Zinda Hai

2017

When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a renowned Indian secret agent is drawn out of hiding to rescue them.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

Sky Riders

1976

When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Mystery Men

1999

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

The Chase

1994

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.

5.8

MagicScore

#16

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

2009

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1989

A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

2010

When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol" that seems almost unstoppable.

5.6

MagicScore

#19

Hunt to Kill

2010

U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes is a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his daughter hostage, the rugged wilderness will explode in all-terrain vengeance. Is there any wounded animal more dangerous than a lawman left for dead?

5.6

MagicScore

#20

Masterminds

1997

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Assault on Devil's Island?

The top films similar to Assault on Devil's Island by MovieMagicScore are I Escaped from Devil's Island (4.8), Papillon (7.3), Passage to Marseille (6.6). Each shares action/adventure/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Assault on Devil's Island worth watching?

Assault on Devil's Island holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.0/10 from 24 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Assault on Devil's Island?

Assault on Devil's Island (1997) is a action, adventure, tv movie film directed by Jon Cassar, starring Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers, Shannon Tweed.

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