Cynthia Rothrock

Acting

Cynthia Rothrock

Born

1957-03-08 (69)

Place of birth

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

71 titles

Cynthia Rothrock (born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high-level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress. In 2014, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall Of Fame. In 2016, Martial Arts History Museum bestowed Rothrock the official title of "The Queen Of Martial Arts." Rothrock was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and began training in martial arts at the age of 13. She quickly rose through the ranks, winning numerous championships in karate, kickboxing and taekwondo. In 1981, she was named World Champion in Forms and Weapons. In 1985, Rothrock mad…

Known for

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys poster
6.9

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people.

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

1995

The Word poster
6.0

The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of youth TV, always coming close to going too far.

The Word

1990

Eek! The Cat poster
6.9

Koombaya, it's Eek the cat and all his friends. Annabelle, Eek's 800-pound girlfriend, Sharky the vicious but lovable sharkdog, and Elmo the elk. Plus you can watch the Terrible Thunderlizards try to make Bill and Scooter, the cavemen, extinct. Plus there's Klutter who's, well, we're not exactly sure what Klutter is, but watch and find out for yourself.

Eek! The Cat

1992

Through the Night with... poster
7.9

Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.

Through the Night with...

2002

The Art of Action poster
8.4

International action star Scott Adkins talks with some of the world's most renowned names in the action and martial arts film industry to discover what it takes to make good action movies and how to film fights.

The Art of Action

2020

Eye for an Eye poster
6.3

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

Eye for an Eye

1996

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

Taken from Rio Bravo poster
7.0

1874, East Texas. Two friends pursue the Posse, a group of sadistic human traffickers who have kidnapped five women. Along with an Indian scout, they race against time to find and free the women before the traffickers sell them to sex-slave buyers at the Mexican border.

Taken from Rio Bravo

2024

Darkness of Man poster
5.3

Russell Hatch, an Interpol operative who takes on the role of father figure to Jayden, the son of an informant killed in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, Hatch finds himself protecting Jayden and his grandfather from a group of merciless gangs in an all-out turf war, stopping at nothing to protect Jayden and fight anyone getting in his way.

Darkness of Man

2025

Lady Scorpions poster
5.8

An ex-FBI agent's fight against a crime syndicate becomes personal when they kidnap her granddaughter. She and her daughter, both martial arts masters, form an unstoppable team. Together, they outmaneuver and defeat the syndicate's henchmen in a calculated game of cat and mouse, on a relentless mission to save her and topple the criminal empire.

Lady Scorpions

2024

Black Creek poster
4.4

A dark, gritty, dystopian, western action martial arts film featuring a strong 'no-holds-barred' female protagonist portrayed by action film star Cynthia Rothrock. The plot centers around a sheriff’s sister who seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered her brother, his wife, and other family members in a gritty southwestern town.

Black Creek

2024

The Last Kumite poster
6.7

When shady businessman Ron Hall kidnaps his daughter, retired karate champion Michael Rivers is forced to enter a deadly illegal Kumite tournament in Bulgaria. Enlisting the help of seasoned trainers Master Loren and Julie Jackson, he discovers other fighters face the same desperate struggle to save their loved ones.

The Last Kumite

2024

The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender poster
8.0

Exploring the story behind the 1980s cult classic, examining the mix of Hong Kong action with Western storytelling, how Kurt McKinney inspired kids and teenagers to fight back against bullies, how the world was introduced to Jean Claude Van Damme, and how it impacted the VHS generation.

The Untold Story of No Retreat No Surrender

2026

Buckle Up poster
2.0

The story of ex-banger racer Jack Elger who has to honor his brothers gambling debt by picking up a rare diamond necklace from an Arab prince off the coast of Cornwall and bring it back to London before he his killed. The trick is to stay alive as they race through the streets of London's Westend dodging bullets in the process.

Buckle Up

2023

Dying for Living poster
NR

An aging hitman seeks redemption, gathering his assassin family amid mayhem and intrigue. As dark secrets unravel, loyalties shatter, blurring love and betrayal in an adrenaline-fueled tale where bullets fly and stakes are high.

Dying for Living

2025

New York Ninja poster
4.8

A sound technician's pregnant wife is brutally murdered while witnessing a kidnapping in broad daylight. Dressing as a white ninja, he takes to the streets as a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up the streets of New York City.

New York Ninja

2021

Black Creek: Retribution poster
NR

ln 1891 Arizona, a gritty frontier sheriff wages a bloody war against a murderous cult leader and his crazed followers after they kill her deputy, forging an unlikely alliance with Apache warriors, a grizzled outlaw and a U.S. Marshal to bring retribution to the lawless outlying territory of Black Creek.

Black Creek: Retribution

2027

Re-Enter the 'New York Ninja' poster
5.8

A profile on martial artist John Liu and the making of his "lost" U.S. directorial debut, 'New York Ninja'.

Re-Enter the 'New York Ninja'

2021

Prey of Wrath poster
NR

An elite special forces operative is sent by Russian Intelligence to hunt down former teammates who have hijacked nuclear warheads.

Prey of Wrath

2026

2010s · 8 titles

Showdown in Manila poster
3.3

The film unfolds in Manila, Philippines, and in the jungles of the island of Boracay on a tropical island in the privacy of living Russian middle-aged man (Alexander Newsky). But the quiet life interrupted by the murder of one of the locals. In order to protect the daughter of the slain Filipino bandits Russian guy have to remember the past, he tried to bury.

Showdown in Manila

2016

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster
6.7

The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019

Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine poster
3.8

Saber Raine is hired to guide three elite soldiers on a rescue mission to recover a prince and princess who have been abducted from their home world. The trail leads Saber and his allies to a planet deep within uncharted space that is inhabited by strange mutated creatures.

Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine

2017

Mercenaries poster
5.1

A diplomatic official is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite female commandos is assembled to infiltrate a women's prison for a daring rescue.

Mercenaries

2014

Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece poster
3.9

When the Fist found a mystical gold fleece jacket, he became the biggest porn star of the 1970s. But in the ‘80s, he’s on the cusp of eviction from a run-down studio apartment, having lost his gold fleece and his mojo along with it. When a local street thug named Superfly enters the diner where Fist works, robbing his customers, Fist and friends fight back. And thus begins a wild adventure, as Superfly’s bosses come to collect from Fist, sending him on a journey that unravels a conspiracy to sell meat pumped full of estrogen, which threatens to emasculate men.

Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece

2018

In Search of the Last Action Heroes poster
6.9

The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019

The Martial Arts Kid poster
6.2

When a troubled teen from Cleveland experiences bullying in Cocoa Beach, he soon learns Martial Arts to gain confidence and self-defense skills.

The Martial Arts Kid

2015

Santa's Summer House poster
3.9

A dense fog falls over Southern California, sending a group of discontent vacationers to a mysterious island occupied by a jolly old soul whose Christmas magic works year round. Before this trip is over, each of the weary travelers learn to see their lives through a more optimistic lens.

Santa's Summer House

2012

2000s · 6 titles

Lost Bullet poster
5.2

Daniel, an ex-convict, tries to get back at his corrupt father-in-law by kidnapping his own son and hiding him in an abandoned town where they are producing American westerns. Daniel will have to face a vile father-in-law, an ex-wife that stalks him, as well as a falling actor in order to carry out his vengeful plan.

Lost Bullet

2003

Modern Warriors poster
5.5

Over 80 of the world's greatest martial artists demonstrate techniques and discuss philosophy in this fascinating account of the martial arts phenomenon and its increasing global popularity. See rare footage of some of the world's greatest kick boxers. Witness the stars training and analyze their techniques. Learn about competitions such as K-1, the world's most popular martial arts competition. Discover what separates the sports styles and the spiritual style of martial arts.

Modern Warriors

2002

Outside the Law poster
4.2

Betrayed government agent Julie Cosgrove runs for the border but risks her safety by aiding a couple being harassed by drug smugglers as Julie's pursuers search for her.

Outside the Law

2002

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies poster
5.8

Hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, this in-depth documentary offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the martial arts film -- from the genre's rebellious beginnings to high-flying modern epics. Jackson takes you through the best moments of 100 movies, including Charlie's Angels and Oscar winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Interviews with martial arts film veterans Sammo Hung, John Woo and Ang Lee round out the video.

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

2002

Sci-Fighter poster
3.8

A well-meaning genius creates a virtual reality game that leaves his grandson trapped within when a virus invades. The boy's father (Don Wilson) enters the virtual fighting game in order to combat the virus and save his son before they're both trapped forever.

Sci-Fighter

2004

Redemption poster
6.2

A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.

Redemption

2002

1990s · 25 titles

Eye for an Eye poster
6.3

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

Eye for an Eye

1996

Martial Law II: Undercover poster
6.1

Sean and Billie are undercover cops and martial arts masters. Investigating the death of a cop, they uncover a deadly ring of murder and corruption at a glitzy nightclub, where the rich are entertained by seductive women and protected by martial arts experts. Billie goes undercover to infiltrate the crime ring, leading to an explosive finale.

Martial Law II: Undercover

1991

Martial Law poster
6.2

Officer Sean Thompson is a martial-arts expert and a cop. He and his partner are working to stop a gang of arms dealers and car thieves, but their efforts are complicated by his younger brother being a member of the gang.

Martial Law

1990

Undefeatable poster
5.3

The film follows Kristi Jones who, along with her gang, take part in Mafia-run street fights to earn money for her sister's college education. Kristi's sister hopes to become a doctor and pay for Kristi's education.

Undefeatable

1993

Sworn to Justice poster
5.3

After masked attackers kill her sister and young nephew, a female psychologist takes the law into her own hands by acting as a defense witness by day and a ruthless avenger by night.

Sworn to Justice

1996

Prince of the Sun poster
5.1

Bencheuk (Cynthia Rothrock) helps to protect a Buddhist boy from villains, who wish to stop him from becoming the Prince of the Sun.

Prince of the Sun

1990

Lady Dragon poster
5.4

An ex-CIA agent living in Indonesia tracks the arms dealer who killed her husband. Along the way, she meets a young boy and his grandfather, who teach her in the ways of the Lady Dragon.

Lady Dragon

1992

China O'Brien poster
5.5

China O'Brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is now struggling against the clutches of organized crime. When her father, the town sheriff, is killed China decides to run for his position and clean up the town. The poll results spark a series of confrontations that finally decide who runs the town . . .

China O'Brien

1990

China O'Brien II poster
5.0

This time China O'Brien has trouble with a dealer who puts a price on her head because she had spoiled an important drug deal of his. But all the world's criminals will not be enough to catch up with China O'Brian, one of the masters of the martial arts.

China O'Brien II

1990

Rage and Honor II: Hostile Takeover poster
5.4

Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...

Rage and Honor II: Hostile Takeover

1993

The Best of the Martial Arts Films poster
8.8

The most explosive barehanded combat sequences ever filmed. An electrifying video of martial arts mastery and mayhem. This program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the weapons, the mystical eastern philosophy, and the incredible skills that have made martial arts films one of the most popular genres in the world today.

The Best of the Martial Arts Films

1990

Guardian Angel poster
4.7

Detective-turned-bodyguard Cynthia McKay is hired by a psychotic, icy seductress, Nina Lindell, the same woman who killed McKay's lover months earlier. With vendetta in her heart, McKay accompanies a flamboyantly playful womanizer through the glamorous world of the super-rich, as his protector. In a unique role reversal, it is the woman protecting the man from another woman, erupting into a deadly triangle of passion, suspense and action.

Guardian Angel

1994

Tiger Claws II poster
5.7

Released five years after the first installment, Tiger Claws II finds Yeung's martial arts serial killer, Chong, busted out of jail by a team of heavies in the employ of gangster Dai Lo Fu, and whisked across the country to San Fransisco's Chinatown. When NYC cop Tarek Richards learns of a rash of recent killings using Chong's distinctive M.O.— a claw-like mark across the face of the victim— he contacts his old partner, Linda Masterson, who is now living in L.A., for help. But Chong, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the murders. He's just being used by crime kingpin Lo Fu, who needs to combine his energy with Chong's to open some sort of time portal to provide vital supplies for the ancient Shaolin monks. In truth, though, Lo Fu greedily plans to use the portal to smuggle heavy modern artillery back and rule Qing Dynasty-era China himself.

Tiger Claws II

1996

Lady Dragon 2 poster
4.9

A woman seeks revenge on the men who raped her and murdered her husband.

Lady Dragon 2

1993

Night Vision poster
5.4

A psycho serial killer who videotapes each of his bloody conquests is on the loose, and it's up to alcoholic motorcycle cop Dak and his new tough-as-nails partner, Kristen, to bring him to justice. But as the body count increases, so does the danger.

Night Vision

1997

Tiger Claws poster
6.0

A mysterious martial artist is killing martial arts masters with his unique style, Tiger Claw. Two police detectives, who are also martial arts experts, use unorthodox methods to track down the serial killer.

Tiger Claws

1991

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! poster
5.4

Mama Josephine Max wants to build a theme park in Hazzard, right on the Duke family farm! To stop her, Bo and Luke have to win a cross-country moonshine race. Because that's how things get settled in Hazzard.

The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!

1997

Fast Getaway II poster
5.0

A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for a burglary. When his father gets out of prison, they go after the ex-partner.

Fast Getaway II

1994

Tiger Claws III poster
4.2

When a psychotic martial artist called Stryker resurrects the long-dead spirits of three ancient Chinese master assassins in an effort to take over the New York underworld, it's up to supercops Tarek Richards and Linda Masterson to stop him. However, it's not so easy to battle the undead, and though Richards apparently holds within him the key to defeating these "Masters", he will need the guidance of Stryker's former master to aid him... let the battle begin.

Tiger Claws III

1999

Fast Getaway poster
5.9

A falling out within a bank robbing foursome splits up the group and pits a father and his sixteen-year-old son against their vengeful former partners.

Fast Getaway

1991

Angel Of Fury poster
3.8

A security specialist is hired to deliver a valuable computer. She is joined by her former lover who has plans of his own for the computer.

Angel Of Fury

1992

Rage and Honor poster
5.1

Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher, who just happens to be a karate expert, and together they try to take back the streets.

Rage and Honor

1992

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes poster
9.0

Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competitions and tributes to Jackie Chan, Bennie "The Jet" Urquidez, Cynthia Rothrock, Billy Blanks, Ernie Reyes Sr., and Shaka Zulu.

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

1998

Irresistible Force poster
5.4

A police sergeant is hoping for a few quiet weeks before his impending retirement, but his plans are scuppered when he is joined by an over-enthusiastic rookie partner who is assigned to him after failing her field test. To make matters worse, trouble looms when a group of white supremacists hold up a local shopping centre.

Irresistible Force

1993

Cinema of Vengeance poster
6.2

A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.

Cinema of Vengeance

1994

1980s · 8 titles

Magic Crystal poster
6.6

Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.

Magic Crystal

1986

Yes, Madam! poster
7.2

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.

Yes, Madam!

1985

Millionaires' Express poster
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986

Righting Wrongs poster
7.6

Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.

Righting Wrongs

1986

The Inspector Wears Skirts poster
6.2

The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues, as well as some serious criminals.

The Inspector Wears Skirts

1988

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder poster
6.0

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

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder

1987

Lady Reporter poster
6.5

Cindy, an American FBI agent, travels to Hong Kong to investigate a newspaper editor, Wong Tak, who is suspected of printing counterfeit money using the newspaper’s presses. The American teams up with a rival reporter and her friend Yu, an undercover law enforcer. Cindy’s investigation takes a sharp turn, however, when Yu’s father, the prosecuting lawyer in the counterfeiting case, is kidnapped.

Lady Reporter

1989

City Cops poster
5.6

Cindy is an American FBI agent, who is currently in Hong Kong, seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organization, she teams up with local HK cops, David and Johnny.

City Cops

1989

Series credits

Behind the camera

Black Creek poster
4.4

A dark, gritty, dystopian, western action martial arts film featuring a strong 'no-holds-barred' female protagonist portrayed by action film star Cynthia Rothrock. The plot centers around a sheriff’s sister who seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered her brother, his wife, and other family members in a gritty southwestern town.

Black Creek

2024

Black Creek poster
4.4

A dark, gritty, dystopian, western action martial arts film featuring a strong 'no-holds-barred' female protagonist portrayed by action film star Cynthia Rothrock. The plot centers around a sheriff’s sister who seeks revenge against the terrifying leader of a group of outlaws after discovering he brutally murdered her brother, his wife, and other family members in a gritty southwestern town.

Black Creek

2024

Black Creek: Retribution poster
NR

ln 1891 Arizona, a gritty frontier sheriff wages a bloody war against a murderous cult leader and his crazed followers after they kill her deputy, forging an unlikely alliance with Apache warriors, a grizzled outlaw and a U.S. Marshal to bring retribution to the lawless outlying territory of Black Creek.

Black Creek: Retribution

2027

Black Creek: Retribution poster
NR

ln 1891 Arizona, a gritty frontier sheriff wages a bloody war against a murderous cult leader and his crazed followers after they kill her deputy, forging an unlikely alliance with Apache warriors, a grizzled outlaw and a U.S. Marshal to bring retribution to the lawless outlying territory of Black Creek.

Black Creek: Retribution

2027

Honor and Glory poster
4.4

FBI agent Tracey Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister, Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon Lee, Tracey's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked for Slade. Can they stop Slade before it's too late?

Honor and Glory

1992