For an entire generation of male and female moviegoers, 1990s cinema in general, and action films released during that period in particular, seem like something awfully like a happy place. A space isolated from the passage of time where they know that many things are always waiting for them. characters, stories and scenes directly related to a stainless vertigo.
Must-see action movie from the 90s
one “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
Five years after proving yet again the stupidity that inhabits the argument that second parties are never good with the excellent ‘Aliens: The Return’, and after suffering the only commercial setback of his career with the claimable ‘Abyss’, James Cameron completely shattered all expectations with ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’, a sequel which came seven years after ‘Terminator’ and which managed to raise the blockbuster bar to a new and stratospheric level.
And it is that, beyond its innovative and prodigious special effects, this continuation has taken the formula to the limit of the most frenetic spectacularity, to the boiling of brilliant ideas combined with an unexpected depth and emotion of the characters. Add to all this a dedicated cast, a director in top form, a memorable villain and some of the most rousing and dizzying action scenes in the history of the genre and the result can not be other: ‘Terminator 2: The Last Judgment ‘ It is the best chapter of the saga. And something very close to a masterpiece.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day on eCartelera
2 ‘Maximum alert’
‘High Alert’ has no rhyme or reason, stars Steven Seagal with his signature talent (nothing) and consists of an almost unstoppable succession of crazy, frantic and rather silly action scenes. However, we are facing a peak of the action of the nineties It works from the purest entertainment, which grabs you from the first hit and doesn’t let go until a final section that takes its formula to the Eden of chaos and excess.. And on top of that there’s Tommy Lee Jones in unleashed mode. What more could you ask for?
Maximum alert in eCartelera
3 speed
“Speed” has become, in itself, one of the most effective and competent action thrillers of the nineties. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, who would tell us, rounded out the show with unexpected charisma and chemistry. Fast paced entertainment that has flown by and that he didn’t wait more than three years to try and repeat the show in the worst possible way. We keep forgetting ‘Speed 2’ and remembering a first installment that hasn’t acquired a bit of rust over the years. Entertainment as pure as it is frenetic. An unstoppable blockbuster.
Speed in eCartelera
4 ‘Mission Impossible’
First chapter of a fireproof saga that never gets tired of growing and which has made only one mistake to date, its ill-fated second installment, ‘Mission Impossible’ remains one of the most rounded, surprising and memorable hits of all time.
Led by a Tom Cruise who once again blew our minds thanks to his total dedication, the film directed by a very inspired Brian de Palma left a good handful of memorable scenes that were pure tension, showmanship and talent. A film that exploded in every scene and was rebuilt in the second to continue to leave the viewer glued to his seat and unable to breathe. Such a masterpiece.
Mission impossible in eCartelera
5 heat
Time, always wise, has finished confirming ‘Heat’ as that contemporary classic that could already be sensed from a first viewing. Absolute masterpiece of the most muscular, iron and profoundly classic film noirthis story of robberies, shootings, steely dialogues and memorable characters, starring two huge Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, big words, is the great cinematic triumph of a Michael Mann who here shows himself in the total fullness of his faculties, controlling the timing, tension, drama and action masterfully. Impressive from start to finish.
Heat on eCartelera
6 “Die Die III: Revenge”
If two talents of the stature of Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons are added to a practically perfect cinematic formula, it is normal for excellence to appear almost immediately. For this reason, after the understandable feeling of repetition and underlining of the wonderful ‘The Jungle 2: Red Alert’, this third installment raised the bar of that sequel and built a top-notch action and comedy show. A goal that corresponds, beyond a Bruce Willis camouflaged with his McClane, to John McTiernan, a director who has returned to the saga showing a contagious enthusiasm, a momentum capable of destroying everything and a dedication to which it was completely impossible not to adhere.
Thanks to him, and to a Jackson capable of stealing every scene with the ease of a giant, ‘Die Die III: Revenge’ seemed like the perfect and hilarious conclusion to a saga which, however, would return more than a decade later with good news below the arm. In any case, if it meant a full stop for McClane, we’d be in for a flawless farewell.
Die Hard III: Revenge at Movie’n’co
7 ‘Matrix’
The film that changed everything. After ‘The Matrix’, nothing was simply the same in the action genre. Cinema reinvents itself before your eyes in the most exciting, hypnotic, overwhelming and grandiose way possible. It was born as a cult jewel, but it is already a fundamental piece of the history of the seventh art. If you have to pick the ultimate action movie of the last few decades, well, here it is.
Matrix in eCartelera
8 ‘The fugitive’
Let’s be clear from the outset: ‘The Fugitive’ is the best film in which he participated Harrison Ford throughout the 90s. A thriller that grabs you and won’t let go, making 133 minutes feel like a breather. Sure, Tommy Lee Jones received all the applause and a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but Ford’s dedication and commitment throughout the film remains an example of professionalism and talent.
It’s a perfect commercial cinema, of the highest level, capable of captivating you with fireproof strength, entertaining you without respite, making you forget the external noises and putting you at the center of a plot narrated by a perfectly measured vertigo. His direction, as elegant as it is energetic, and his script of steel, not easy to shape, complete the whole a proposal to which it is very difficult to find a single fault. Cinema that is devoured with the heart at a thousand beats per minute.
The fugitive in eCartelera
9 “Armageddon”
No matter how hard his fans try, there are things that have no defense in Michael Bay’s career. The plot of “Armageddon” is one of them. I quote the synopsis: an asteroid the size of the state of Texas is pointing directly at Earth. NASA experts find only one possible solution: send a team of astronauts into space to destroy the meteorite before it collides with our planet. It’s something so absurd that it ends up being funny. And Bay knows it.
With such a crazy starting point, the director managed to touch the perfection of patriotic and stupid action. The background doesn’t matter, you have to give everything with the shape. A film that, in exchange for accepting its rules of the game, rewards you with endless entertainment. Impossible to get bored with one of those generational hits that turned ‘Deep Impact’ into its boring sister while ‘Armageddon’ managed to impress with funny and charismatic characters, great action scenes and, if the afternoon caught you in the ludicrous, a’ emotion that could end in tears. An exemplary blockbuster.
Armageddon in eCartelera
10 “The Professional (Léon)”
the best movie of Luke Besson. Reasons? It’s simple, everything in ‘El profesional (León)’ works perfectly, not a minute remains, not a scene is missing. absolutely round. From its shocking prologue to its exciting epilogue, perfect icing on the cake of a first-rate final climax, passing through sublime moments such as the attack on the parents’ house of the wonderful Natalie Portman or that journey towards a road dressed in eternal freedom of a Jean Reno who has never been better.
It is first-class cinema, hypnotic action, intense drama, thriller measured to the millimeter, high performance and a director and screenwriter who controls the story to be told with constant inspiration. One starring solitary beings who seek as much vengeance as solace, as much war as peace, as many storms as calm. The prodigy was never repeated, but More than two decades after its premiere, “El profesional (León)” continues to shine as the jewel it always was. And what remains.
The professional (Léon) of eCartelera
And it is that, like the ten films that make up this special show, as well as a good handful of other classics that have not been able to enter for a matter of space, the action genre has left a very large number of works essential in the nineties. Proposals that have gone for everything from the first moment, offering the public an incalculable amount of prizes and more than one image that keeps ringing in his memory.
So, returning to these films means returning to a corner of cinephile emotion where the frenetic and the exciting go hand in hand, where explosions feel real because they are, where their protagonists become icons from their very first appearance, where you know you will never get enough of it, although you will end up completely satiated with cinema in a state of permanent excitement. Decidedly, the corner where these ten action masterpieces live.
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Lloyd Grunewald is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. He is a talented writer who focuses on bringing the latest entertainment-related news to his readers. With a deep understanding of the entertainment industry and a passion for writing, Lloyd delivers engaging articles that keep his readers informed and entertained.
