Action Movies of 1990
The Rookie
In return for Warner Bros. greenlighting his pet project White Hunter, Black Heart (1990), Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this more ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Bird on a Wire
The can't-miss teaming of Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn is squandered on a clumsy, illogical romantic melodrama. Running across her old boyfriend Gibson at a Wisconsin gas station, Hawn is astounded that ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Dick Tracy
Warren Beatty directed and starred in this big-budget action comedy featuring Chester Gould's ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Blue Steel
Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie cop who witnesses a robbery in progress on her first night on the job. ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Total Recall
In Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action movie Total Recall, ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Framed
Made for cable TV, Framed top-bills Jeff Goldblum as Wiley, a talented but somewhat naďve art forger. Wiley's big chance to score a con is cleverly ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
White Hunter, Black Heart
Something of a sleeper in its 1990 release, White Hunter, Black Heart is one of Clint Eastwood's most engaging films. It is based on Peter Vietel's novel about the location shoot of John ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Die Hard 2
"Another basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key question of this film. A year after foiling ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Another 48 Hrs.
At times, Another 48 Hrs. seems less like a sequel to than a parody of the first 48 Hrs., especially when ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Flight of the Intruder
Two pilots go against the rule book in a bid to win the war in Viet Nam in this speculative ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Air America
Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Lost Samurai
This time the villains want to rule the world by controlling the weather. Paul Williams plays the obligatory crusading broadcast journalist who uncovers the conspiracy. Despite the seeming ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
MacGyver: Season 06
Richard Dean Anderson stars as the titular crime fighter as MacGyver launches its sixth season. As in years past, MacGyver prefers to use brains and ingenuity rather than ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Fire Birds
Nicolas Cage stars in the below-par action film Firebirds -- a dying ember from Reagan-era nationalistic jingoism. In this Top Gun retread, Cage plays Jake Preston, a hotshot Army helicopter ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Prisoner
Chu Yen-ping directs this all-star cast prison flick about cop ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Far Out Man
Starring many of his family members, this is Tommy Chong's (of the ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Class of 1999
Mark L. Lester's follow-up film to his Class of 1984 is a rancidly violent peek at a near-future ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Robocop 2
The serialized story structure and barbed social commentary from comic book creator and co-writer Frank Miller earned critical respect in this satirical science fiction ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Blind Fury
Rutger Hauer plays a blinded Vietnam vet who also happens to be an expert swordsman. Twenty years after the war, Hauer finds himself ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Cover Up
In Cover-Up, an espionage thriller, someone attacks a U.S. military installation in Israel and steals a secret "package" destined ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
This sequel to the popular Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle centers on the exploits of David ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Death Warrant
Canadian Mountie Louis Burke (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is assigned to a bizarre case where prison inmates are being murdered. Sent to the jail to investigate while ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Marked for Death
In Marked for Death, Steven Seagal is told to "try to find the gentle person inside yourself." But he doesn't spend too much time looking, preferring instead to crack the spines of his victims. ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Laser Mission
In this action adventure tale, Professor Braun (Ernest Borgnine), an expert in weapons ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Hard to Kill
Action star Steven Seagal crosses Rip Van Winkle with Clint Eastwood in this belabored revenge odyssey. Seagal plays L.A. Detective Mason Storm and, over the opening ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold
This confused sequel -- bearing many names in the credits: Delta Force 2, Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold, Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection -- to the first Delta Force movie lacks the nightmarish ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Operation Condor
Jackie Chan returns to his adventuring Indiana Jones-esque Asian Hawk character with this rollicking action-adventure yarn. In this go-around, Jackie (aka the Asian Hawk) is looking ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe
This average Canadian sci-fi actioner concerns the exploits of an intergalactic policeman named Abraxas (Jesse "The Body" Ventura). The space cop comes to Earth to track a rogue alien, Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), who is looking ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Lionheart
After his brother is badly beaten by a street gang, Jean-Claude Van Damme deserts the ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Noche de Pánico
The Spanish language thriller Noche de Panico transpires during a serious drought. As water becomes more and more scarce, people start ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
All for the Winner
This low-budget knockoff of God of Gamblers succeeds primarily due to an exuberant star-making turn from Stephen Chiau as Shing, a rube from the Chinese mainland who comes to Hong Kong to ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
American Eagle
American Eagle deals with three Vietnam survivors, particularly one who carries a ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Bloodfist II
The first of several sequels to 1989's Bloodfist, Bloodfist 2 once more stars kickboxing champ Don "The Dragon" Wilson. This time, Wilson is up against a diabolical Fu Manchu type named Mr. Su (Joe Mari ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action, feature film ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Big Bad John
Nearly three decades after climbing the top-ten charts with his ballad "Big Bad John", Jimmy Dean stars in a film version of the song. Dean doesn't play the title ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Coldfire
A team of cops investigate the destructive power of a lethal street drug being promulgated ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Fatal Image
Fatal Image stars Michele Lee as a recent divorcee and Justine Bateman as her daughter. Forgetting their domestic travails, mother and daughter take a trip to Paris. ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Last Riders
In this actioner, a tough biker leaves his gang to become a cop and ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Lockdown
Framed for a murder he did not commit, a detective is sent to a prison where each day's survival is a victory. Sickened by the brutality he encounters there, he plans his escape, knowing that only on the ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Ninja Academy
In this comedic ninja spoof, a septet of aspiring ninjas struggles to survive the rigid curriculum at ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Ninja Supremo
In this actioner, a troubled teen gets revenge upon his tormentors after becoming a skilled fighter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Ninja vs. Ninja
In this actioner, wicked ninja drug lords do their darnedest to prevent a scientist ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Ragin' Cajun
When his girl's life's in danger, this kickboxer, who'd sworn off the sport, must fight one last contest to save her. ~ All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Young Hero of the Shaolin
The epic tale of Chinese folk-hero Fong Sai Yuk comes to the screen in a sprawling martial arts classic that follows the popular legend from his early days at the Shaolin Temple to his explosive fight against a legion of foes in ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Bullet in the Head
Following up on his 1989 masterpiece The Killer, superstar action director John Woo directs this emotionally ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Agneepath
This Hindi action-drama stars Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Dinanath Chahuan, a man whose moral father was murdered by the local mobsters. When Vijay reaches adulthood, he himself gets involved in the criminal underworld and ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Ghayal
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King of Beggars
Hong Kong comedy star Stephen Chiau stars in this period piece about Beggar So, a Chinese folk hero. After he's banished from the Army for illiteracy, So becomes a member of the Society of Beggars, ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Killer's Romance
Simon Yam stars in this Hong Kong-lensed crime thriller as a man sworn to avenge the death of his father, who was killed by Triad gangsters. But when a woman witnesses one of his killings, instead of murdering ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
China Heat
A three-woman task force travels from Asia to New York in search of a murderous drug lord taken to killing anyone who stands ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Hakkenden [Anime OVA Series]
The tradition of the samurai epic is interwoven with the ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
In the Line of Duty 5: Middle Man
Cynthia Yang Li-ching once again stars in this final installment of the lucrative In the Line of Duty series, directed by Cha Chuen-yee. ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
The Ninja Dragon
Cutie Suzuki stars in this high-powered martial arts action opus. Someone is targeting and murdering the ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Angel Force
Heart of Darkness gets the kung-fu treatment with this Rambo-style girls-with-guns flick directed by Hua-Shan. Cops and martial arts masters Mone (Moon Lee) and Chin-fei (Wilson Lam) venture to ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Angel Terminators
The outstanding martial arts talents of Sharon Yeung are ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Curry and Pepper
Hong Kong filmmaker-stunt man Blackie Ko directed and starred in this standard buddy comedy with Jacky Cheung and Stephen Chiau as Curry and Pepper, two cops who, despite being ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Fatal Vacation
This outrageous jungle-set actioner from Hong Kong filmmaker Eric Tsang ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Here Comes a Vampire
Inspector Wears a Skirt meets Ghostbusters meets Falling Down in this mad-cap police comedy directed by Yuen Cheung-yan featuring workplace violence and demonic ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Cyber City: The Decoy
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Cyber City: Time Bomb
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Muertes A Media Noche
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Cyber City: The Vampire
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Time Barbarians
When evil wizard Mandrak kills the wife of Doran, the warrior king, he immediately escapes through a time portal to modern day Los Angeles in an attempt to escape Doran's wrath. Doran follows him, however, and now ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Mi Venganza
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Mision Sangrienta
The Spanish language action film Mission Sangrienta concerns a pair of police officers who have been assigned to take down a powerful female drug kingpin. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1990 ]
Blood Stained Tradewind
Chor Yuen directs the sweeping Asian crime saga Blood Stained Tradewind, AKA Xue zai feng shang, starring Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Waise Lee Chi-Hung and Carrie Ng Ka-Lai. The film concerns two men, raised in the triad ... [ Action movie - 1990 ]
