When I think of action movies, I think of the 1990s. Films starring action icons like Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nicholas Cage set the tone for the action films today. This was before the John Cena’s and Jason Stathams. This was a time when action movies were at their finest.
There were many great action movies to be released in the 90s, but the following are some of my favorites.
James Cameron made some serious cash in the 90s with Terminator 2:Judgement Day. This movie still holds up the “wow” test. Basically what that means is you can put this movie on today and still be wowed by the effects.
The Matrix absolutely blew me away. The Wachowski brothers introduced us to bullet time, or the effect of slowing of bullets and found Keanu Reeves the role of a lifetime. I’m not always a fan of his work, but I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job in the role of Neo that Keanu Reeves.
Another great action film from this decade was Demolition Man, starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. In a futuristic world where White Castle is the only fast food franchise left and people get tickets for cursing on the street, Sly is cryogenically unfrozen to take down Snipes.
The Rock is another great action film. Sean Connery plays the only convict to ever escape from the Rock, also known as Alcatraz and when a hostage situation on the island turns nuclear, Connery and Nicholas Cage team up to break into the Rock and stop the bad guys.
One other fantastic action film, also starring Cage, is Con Air. Nicholas Cage stars as Cameron Powe, a wrongfully accused ex-marine who is almost free to get back to his wife (played by Monica Potter) and his daughter who has never even met. All he has to do first is get through Steve Buscemi and John Malkovich, which is harder than it sounds.
These are at the top of the list, but there are so many others from this decade that are worthy of praise in another article.
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