Production

Menahem Golan

Born May 31, 1929 · Tiberias, Palestine [now Israel]

Died August 8, 2014 · aged 85

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Menahem Golan (born 31 October, 1929 - died 8 August, 2014) was an Israeli director and producer. He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for P…

Known For

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines · 1985

King Solomon's Mines

MovieActionAdventure

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

Bloodsport

Bloodsport · 1988

MovieActionDrama

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

The Delta Force

The Delta Force · 1986

The Delta Force

MovieActionThriller

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death · 1988

Appointment with Death

MovieThrillerCrime

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars · 1986

Invaders from Mars

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead · 1990

Night of the Living Dead

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

Captain America

Captain America · 1990

Captain America

MovieActionAdventure

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

Hercules

Hercules · 1983

MovieActionAdventure

Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.

Filmography

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King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines · 1985

King Solomon's Mines

MovieActionAdventure

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.

Producer

Bloodsport

Bloodsport · 1988

MovieActionDrama

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Producer

The Delta Force

The Delta Force · 1986

The Delta Force

MovieActionThriller

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Screenplay

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death · 1988

Appointment with Death

MovieThrillerCrime

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

Executive Producer

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars · 1986

Invaders from Mars

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Producer

Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead · 1990

Night of the Living Dead

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

Executive Producer

Captain America

Captain America · 1990

Captain America

MovieActionAdventure

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

Producer

Hercules

Hercules · 1983

MovieActionAdventure

Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.

Producer

Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe · 1987

Masters of the Universe

MovieActionFamily

When He-Man is driven from Eternia after Skeletor seizes Castle Grayskull, a stolen portal device strands the fight on Earth, where a pair of teenagers become entangled in a war that spans worlds.

Producer

The Adventures of Hercules

The Adventures of Hercules · 1985

The Adventures of Hercules

MovieFantasyAction

Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.

Producer

Over the Top

Over the Top · 1987

MovieActionDrama

Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.

Director

Sahara

MovieActionAdventure

Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert.

Story

Missing in Action

Missing in Action · 1984

Missing in Action

MovieActionAdventure

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Producer

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law · 1986

MovieActionThriller

A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

Executive Producer

Exterminator 2

Exterminator 2 · 1984

MovieActionCrime

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

Executive Producer

Cobra

MovieActionCrime

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

Producer

Braddock: Missing in Action III

Braddock: Missing in Action III · 1988

Braddock: Missing in Action III

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.

Producer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 · 1986

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2

MovieHorrorComedy

A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.

Producer

Death Wish 3

Death Wish 3 · 1985

MovieActionCrime

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Producer

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold · 1986

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

MovieAdventureAction

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.

Producer

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown · 1987

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

MovieCrimeAction

After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.

Executive Producer

American Ninja

American Ninja · 1985

MovieActionAdventure

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

Producer

Lifeforce

Lifeforce · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Producer

The Forbidden Dance

The Forbidden Dance · 1990

The Forbidden Dance

MovieRomanceDrama

A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich kid who tells her that she must get on television to succeed with her mission. Quick as a wink, the two come up with the idea of winning a lambada dance contest.

Producer

Eurotrash

Eurotrash · 1993

The likes of Antoine de Caunes, Jean Paul Gaultier, Davina McCall, and Lolo Ferrari are your guides to the weird and wonderful in Europe and beyond. How else would you learn about pubic hairdressers, the Penis Olympics, or the latest Japanese sex toys?