80) On Deadly Ground (1994)
Director: Steven Seagal
Writers: Ed Horowitz, Robin U. Russin
Stars: Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen
Action Sub-genre: Cop, Martial Arts
Synopsis: “A mystical martial artist/environmental Agent takes on a ruthless oil corporation.”
Steven Seagal and Michael Caine Share Contrasting Memories of ‘On Deadly Ground’
79) Con Air (1997)
Director: Simon West
Writer: Scott Rosenberg
Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
Action Sub-genre: Thriller, Prison
Synopsis: “A mystical martial artist/environmental Agent takes on a ruthless oil corporation.”
Nicolas Cage in ‘Con Air’ – The 90s Action Hero We Never Knew We Needed (Part 2)
78) Martial Law (1990)
Director: Steve Cohen
Writer: Richard Brandes
Stars: Chad McQueen, Cynthia Rothrock, David Carradine
Action Sub-genre: Buddy Cop, Martial Arts
Synopsis: “An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.”
77) One Man’s Justice aka “One Tough Bastard” (1996)
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Writer: Steven Selling
Stars: Brian Bosworth, Bruce Payne, Jeff Kober
Action Sub-genre: Cop
Synopsis: “When a man’s wife and family are murdered, he plots revenge only to find out that the killer is under Federal protection and he must exact his own form of justice.”
76) Cliffhanger (1993)
Director: Renny Harlin
Writers: John Long, Michael France, Sylvester Stallone
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker
Action Sub-genre: Adventure, Thriller
Synopsis: “A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.”
UAMC Reviews Sylvester Stallone’s Rock Solid Action Classic – Cliffhanger (1993)
75) Legionnaire (1998)
Director: Peter MacDonald
Writers: Sheldon Lettich (story & screenplay), Jean-Claude Van Damme (story), Rebecca Morrison (screenplay)
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff
Action Sub-genre: War, Period Piece, Drama
Synopsis: “Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn’t take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other’s backs.”
74) The Rock (1996)
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: David Weisberg, Douglas Cook, Mark Rosner
Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris
Action Sub-genre: Escape, Prison, Thriller
Synopsis: “A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.”
Nicolas Cage in ‘The Rock’ – The 90s Action Hero We Never Knew We Needed
73) Licence to Kill (1989)
Director: John Glen
Writers: Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum, Ian Fleming
Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell
Action Sub-genre: Spy, Adventure, Thriller
Synopsis: “James Bond goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C.I.A. Agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him.”
72) Cyborg (1989)
Director: Albert Pyun
Writer: Albert Pyun
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn
Action Sub-genre: Sci-Fi, Wasteland, Martial Arts, Cyborg
Synopsis: “A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.”
The Most Villainous Bad Guys in Ultimate Action Movie History
71) Mission Impossible (1996)
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Bruce Geller, David Koepp , Steven Zaillian, Robert Towne
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart
Action Sub-genre: Spy, Thriller
Synopsis: “An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.”
wow this is one screwed up list, cobra #1 really? this movie never even got a sequel because it was one of stallones worst ever, picking it over terminator and die hard, again WOW