9 Cheesy 90s Action Films That Were Secretly Awesome

Con Air The 90's gave us so much: baggy sweaters, Reebok pumps, pegged jeans, Vanilla Ice. The decade introduced us to the Dreamcast, supersized value meals and Saved By The Bell. Yet perhaps the 90's greatest contribution to society was the cheesy action movie. Sure, the format was really introduced in the 80's but it absolutely came of age during the last decade of the 20th century. Icons from the 80's like Stallone and Schwartzeneger made room for (and some times made movies with) a new wave of stars like Van Damme and Cage. The 90's movie scene was rife with testosterone gun violence, overacting and bad writing. Many of these movies were just plain terrible. Some of them (read Die Hard 2 & 3) were just plain awesome. Most fell somewhere in the middle, full of exciting action and terrible acting. With that in mind we have compiled a list of 9 films that exuded cheese yet somehow, in part or in total, provided us with a level of awesome that should be celebrated. There are better movies, there are cheesier movies. These are the 9 that combined cheese and awesomeness to epic proportions.
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A longtime fan of all things Science Fiction, gamer, cinefile, voracious reader and triathlete (one of these things is not like the other). You can find examples of my science fiction writings as well as updates on a hopefully upcoming novel at dwightdwade.blogspot.com