10 Movies That Prove The 90's Were The Golden Age Of Action

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator 2
TriStar

One of the most iconic action movies ever made, Terminator 2: Judgment Day inadvertently set the template for what blockbuster filmmaking was about to become. Of course, it also helped that it was (and still is) a f**king fantastic piece of cinema.

As he tends to do, James Cameron pushed both production budgets and visual effects to their very limit, with the director responsible for the first $100m movie and the groundbreaking use of CGI in creating Robert Patrick's T-1000 ushering in the era of effects-laden blockbusters that would come to dominate the summer months at the multiplex in short order.

It wasn't all about new-fangled technology either; the freeway chase is a masterclass in the pacing and staging of an action sequence, Arnold Schwarzenegger dominates the screen with undeniable star power and Linda Hamilton reinvents the meek Sarah Connor as a big-screen bad-ass for the ages in a perfect storm of big-budget genius.

A stone-cold classic from the first frame to the very last, Terminator 2 has lost none of its impact a full 27 years on and can still wring a tear from a grown adult's eye thanks to the shockingly emotional ending.

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