Best Action Films of 1993
Detonator
"They're the toughest anti-terrorist ... premiered over the USA Cable Network on April 14, 1993, the film was retitled Detonator for its theatrical release. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Tai Chi Master
Hong Kong star Jet ... fighting style. Although many may find the cartoonish, acrobatic fight sequences to be campy, they are elaborate and dazzling. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Another Stakeout
In Stakeout, cop Richard ... its predecessor; the best scenes go to Ms. O'Donnell and to nonplussed supporting players Dennis Farina and Marcia Strassman. [ best action films - 1993 ]
In the Line of Fire
Clint Eastwood delivers one ... and he begins to doubt his own abilities -- both now and in the past, when Kennedy was murdered. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Demolition Man
The plot of this ... helmets, he pairs up with Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock), a bored cop with a nostalgic fascination for 20th-century culture. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Last Action Hero
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as ... forcing Slater to cross into reality to get the villains and, in the process, learn about blood and pain. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Butterfly Sword
Michelle Yeoh (aka Michelle ... erotic Category III melodrama Slave of the Sword, which was filmed on the same sets later in the year. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fong Sai-Yuk 2
Following closely on the ... its predecessor, Fong Sai Yuk 2 does match the original by delivering a number of spectacularly choreographed fighting sequences. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Kung Fu Cult Master
This film stars two ... his great uncle (Hung). The child grows into a strong fighter (Li), who seeks revenge on his family's killers. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Cyborg 2
This sci-fi actioner is ... androids can live in peace. Unfortunately, they must first escape their city and the cyborg killers who pursue them. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Extreme Justice
Filmed just before the ... direct but undeniably effective deterrent to urban crime? Extreme Justice was withdrawn from distribution after the Los Angeles riots. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Cliffhanger
In Cliffhanger, Sylvester Stallone ... rescuers -- to force them to climb through the dangerous snow-covered peaks to find the three suitcases of cash. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fire Next Time
This ecological drama, set ... April 18 and 20, 1993. The movie has no connection to the James Baldwin book of the same name. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Point of No Return
Director John Badham's remake ... Victor the Cleaner (Harvey Keitel), a disposal artist who may have also been ordered to get rid of Claudia. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Undercover Blues
Nick and Nora Charles ... illegal explosives from a New Orleans traitor so that the government can send her back to the Czech republic. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Excessive Force
Martial arts hero Thomas ... DiMarco, a deal scotched by McCain's desire for revenge. The supporting cast includes James Earl Jones and Charlotte Lewis. [ best action films - 1993 ]
No Escape, No Return
A ruthless drug lord ... the Big Screen. A good cast, headed by Michael Nouri and John Saxon, is the film's most tangible asset. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Nowhere to Run
An escaped convict fights ... with fire. Nowhere to Run was co-authored by noted screenwriter Joe Eszterhas; Richard Marquand received his story credit posthumously. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Father Hood
Deadbeat dads be damned. ... zany road movie as the re-united father and children flee the police on a quest to restore their family. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Supercop 2
Michelle Yeoh returns as ... Jackie Chan, star of the previous Police Story films, makes a brief appearance as Inspector Chan, wearing women's clothing. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
This stylish animated adventure ... studio liked it enough to release it theatrically. Some of the violence may be inappropriate for very young children. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
Full Moon Entertainment -- ... story elements -- and for keeping the weirdness zipping along at a brisk pace and breezy one-hour running time. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Hard Target
John Woo's first Hollywood ... They track the pair to the rustic cabin of Chance's Uncle Douvee (Wilford Brimley), and the real fireworks begin. [ best action films - 1993 ]
The East is Red
The third installment in ... further gender complications when a woman named Snow Joey Wong, a former lover of Asia, assumes Asia's male identity. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Moon Warriors
This Hong Kong kung ... love with her instead. Fei's friend, a killer whale, rounds off the cast of characters in this action-filled fantasy. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fifty/Fifty
In this blood-spattered actioner, ... Asian coup against an unfriendly dictator. Matters are not helped by the fact that the mercenaries despise each other. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fortress
Elements of Orwellian science-fiction ... a draw to make the film a financial success internationally, though it received little notice in the United States. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Crime Story
Internationally famed action star ... combines with Chan's restrained performance to create a darker experience than most other Chan films familiar to American audiences. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Alive
This is the first ... Hollywood glamorization of the story's nominal "heroes," who remain rugged and handsome despite months of malnutrition and severe frostbite. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Final Round
In yet another version ... being followed and broadcast via computer to a select worldwide clientele, which makes multi-million-dollar bets as to the outcome. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Forced to Kill
Stunt man Corey Michael ... action is terrific. The supporting cast of Forced to Kill includes filmmaker Ron Howard's father Rance and brother Clint. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Once Upon a Time in China III
In this, the third ... several nefarious plots against the government - one of which has gotten his lady-love, Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan) involved. [ best action films - 1993 ]
The Ice Runner
Edward Albert stars as ... Jeremy West, who is sentenced to twelve years in a Soviet prison as a result of U.S. government duplicity. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Arctic Blue
A plane crash lands ... each other. However, the city-boy cop knows nothing about survival in the wilds while his captive is an expert. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Walker, Texas Ranger: Season 01
Introduced as a two-hour ... which will serve as the favorite gathering place for Walker, Trivette, and Alex for the balance of the series. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fong Sai-Yuk
Starring the fabulous Jet ... Sai-Yuk, his lady, his crazy mother, and a town full of irate citizens. A sequel, Fong Sai-Yuk 2, followed. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Only the Strong
In this off-beat actioner, ... the school's toughest students and turn them into crime-fighting units by teaching them the venerable Brazilian martial art, capoeira. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Kickboxer
This martial arts actioner ... as a young man who reluctantly enters a kung fu school and goes on to become a kickboxing master. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Out for Blood
This martial arts actioner ... The violence triggers a dim memory and he discovers the more drug-dealers he beats up, the sharper his memory. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
This third film in ... O'Neil (Paige Turco). Once there, they also use their skills to help a rebel army battle an evil leader. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Rage and Honor II: Hostile Takeover
In this second Rage ... the crime-infected LAPD and is working as a bartender. Together they're up against a bunch of killer diamond racketeers. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Bad Attitude
Not to be confused ... Susan Finque to justice. He is aided in this quest by ghetto preacher Nathaniel DeVeaux and street-smart Gina Lim. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Beyond Fear
In this outdoorsy actioner ... way out of danger when a member of one of his tour groups accidentally videotapes a murder in progress. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Bloodfist V: Human Target
An FBI agent finds ... agency and arms dealers when his undercover gig is found out and he loses his memory after an attack. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Fatal Justice
In this convoluted, low-budget ... unaware that MARS is her long-lost father and unaware that the treacherous new agency boss also wants her dead. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Private Wars
In this crime drama, ... hiring a boozy detective to investigate the backgrounds of the supposedly upstanding local politicals and businessmen behind the mayhem. [ best action films - 1993 ]
To Be the Best
In this martial arts ... the US team endangered when he becomes obsessed with a young woman and finds himself victimized by a blackmailer. [ best action films - 1993 ]
American Kickboxer 2
John Barrett, star of ... make a commitment-but her two "ex"s certainly can! This film's official title is American Kickboxer 2: To the Death. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Firepower
In this futuristic sci-fi ... go undercover as arena fighters to break up the mobsters' activities, which also include selling a phony AIDS vaccine. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Lethal Ninja
Inspired by the predictions ... time is ripe to return to active duty. Oh, yes, before we forget: Our Hero is an expert kick-boxer. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Russian Roulette
In this thriller, an ... up entangled in a deadly plot to steal a valuable artifact. Much of the film was shot on location. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Zero Tolerance
A vengeful FBI agent ... powerful than any military force, who is ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of his family. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Live by the Fist
A Navy SEAL gets ... of killing the girl. This low-budget martial arts actioner chronicles his struggle to survive and escape the hellish jail. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Iron Monkey
This kung fu classic ... action choreographer on a series of popular, long-running films centered around the Wong Fei Hung character in the 1950s. [ best action films - 1993 ]
American Ninja 5
In this youthful martial ... adventure, a young ninja teams up with his master to save a scientist's daughters from kidnappers. [ best action films - 1993 ]
DaVinci's War
In this action drama, ... vendetta he enlists the aide of a hired killer and a group of Vietnam Vets. Violence and explosions ensue. [ best action films - 1993 ]
First Shot
This Hong Kong actioner ... city. He is befriended by a federal agent (Maggie Cheung) who is also determined to bring down the gangster. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Chain of Command
In this thriller, an ... from staging a coup on the government of a country that is a major supplier of the world's oil. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Art of Fighting
Based on a popular ... forces them to get medieval on the bad guys in order to save her life -- and their own. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Deadly China Hero
Martial arts screen star ... of his bumbling assistants Ah-fu and Ah-so in rescuing the kidnapped girls from a grim fate in South Asia. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Heroes Among Heroes
As officer Lam Che ... filled with brutal drug runners, the stage is set for a spectacular battle featuring a variety of deadly weapons! [ best action films - 1993 ]
The Leg Fighters
The foot proves to ... pupil Phoenix soon find themselves joining forces when Tan is challenged by Pan to a fight to the death. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Thirteen Cold Blooded Eagles
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Variable Geo
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Sam the Iron Bridge - Champion of Marti
The "Martial Arts Trilogy" ... leaps into action and lays waste to the malevolent opponents who would see him dead if given the opportunity. [ best action films - 1993 ]
The Assassin
Hong Kong filmmaker Chung ... Assassin is more for fans of sensory excess than story, but it is a rousing example of the form. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Ninja vs. Shaolin Guards
A temple of dedicated ... with the skilled Shaolin warriors, two explosive fighting styles collide in a ferocious display of superhuman strength and agility. [ best action films - 1993 ]
The Sword Stained With Royal Blood
Set in Southern China ... escape on both sides, Chi must battle warriors from each clan if he is to escape with his life. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Eat My Dust
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Black Panther Warriors
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung spins ... gets captured by a band of villains, the rest of the team is forced to fend off the baddies. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Angel of Vengeance
Robert Lau directs the ... she decides to dress as a guy and see for herself. There she learns more than she bargained for. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Exorcist Master
Veteran Hong Kong actor-director ... together to save the villagers, although the Taoist's magic has no effect on the Western ghouls. Ngai Sing co-stars. [ best action films - 1993 ]
A Warrior's Tragedy
Though theatrically released as ... his quest of vengeance. Later, he learns from his mother that he and Yip Hoi are in fact related. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Women on the Run
Corey Yuen's Hong Kong ... of their fellow officers sold them out. The twosome returns to clear both their names and exact their revenge. [ best action films - 1993 ]
DragonBall Z: Bojack Unbound
When word gets out ... to defeat Bojack and his gang of miscreants before the entire solar system is thrown into darkness and turmoil. [ best action films - 1993 ]
New Dominion Tank Police [Anime OVA Series]
This OVA follow-up to ... Tank Police -- to come along, even though Leona's recklessness sometimes causes just as much destruction as the terrorists. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Cartel Mortal
A pair of lifelong ... the ruthless realms of crime and business, not even your best friend can be trusted when times get tough. [ best action films - 1993 ]
Bodyguard Kiba
This slam-bang outing from ... favorite at American grindhouses and stands alongside The Streetfighter as one of the best-known Chiba vehicles to Western fans. [ best action films - 1993 ]
