Category: Action

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1990s / Action / Adventure

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

The Mask of Zorro is a throwback to the golden days of action cinema, when the swashbuckler reigned supreme. Tales of sword-fighting bandits, of lavish costumes and sets, high-flying stunt-pieces, and romance galore. This is...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction

Independence Day (1996)

In the 1990s, it seems that if you’re given a budget over $100 million, the rule of thumb is to put 90% of it into special effects, while whatever paltry sum is left should...

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1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts

The Legend of the Swordsman (1992)

When two warring factions in Ancient Japan, the mainlanders and the highlanders, go to war, Ling (Li, Once Upon a Time in China) and his school of martial artists head to the mountains. While there, he...

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1990s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction

Lost in Space (1998)

Lost in Space is a motion picture version of the popular 1960s TV series of the same name about a family who get lost while seeking a gateway to an inhabitable planet for the people...

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1990s / Comedy / Drama / Sports

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Tom Selleck plays a veteran American big-leaguer past his prime who is traded to a team in Japan called the Dragons. He’s rebellious and conceited, having trouble adjusting to the Japanese style of baseball...

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1990s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

The Big Hit (1998)

A crew of hitmen make the fatal blunder of kidnapping a young Chinese daughter (Chow, Sol Goode) of a wealthy businessman for ransom. One major problem: the girl is their boss’ goddaughter and he wants...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Ronin (1998)

The Japanese word for a master-less samurai is “Ronin”. Fittingly enough, a group of international mercenary covert op specialists are employed by a mysterious underground spy organization to obtain a suitcase they do not...

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1990s / Action / Drama / Martial Arts

Ashes of Time (1994)

In ancient China, a desert-dweller named Ou-Yang (Leslie Cheung) gets in the middle of a circle of stories involving various swordsmen. Huang (Tony Leung) is a swordsman who drinks some magic wine in order to forget...

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1990s / Action / Adventure

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Leonardo DiCaprio plays dual roles as the King of France and his twin brother Phillippe, who was cast in an iron mask to conceal his identity and thrown in prison to spend the rest...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction

Armageddon (1998)

The plot:  An asteroid the size of Texas is hurtling towards Earth, which will surely result in the termination of all life on the planet. The high-ups in NASA devise a plan to split...