100 Greatest Action Movies of All Time

60 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

You might be doubting me on this, but seriously watch the original live action movie. The one with the Jim Henson puppet suits. It's awesome! Forget the rest of the franchise (aside from the original books) this is the only way to get your turtle fix. The puppeteering may have aged somewhat but the fights are still excellent. When you think about how hard it must have been to move in those suits, with those massive heads on and you actually pay attention to the moves the turtles do it's mind blowing. The movie is so 90s it's almost painful and the turtle's surf talk is far from cool banter in this day and age but still. This film kicks ass. Period. Best bit: Raphael vs Casey Jones "Cricket? No one understands cricket!"

59 - Sahara

Of all the under rated films on this list, Sahara is by far the most overlooked. This is basically Uncharted: The Movie accept, if that film happens it will undoubtedly be s**t. Matthew McConaughey is on top for as a witty, smart and more importantly very capable adventurer in search of lost riches. Why this film gets overlooked is beyond me, the action is amazing, the cast is perfect and the set up is refreshingly distant from Indiana Jones. Penelope Cruz might not be the most sassy of adventure maidens but she brings enough feminine sex appeal to counter balance McConaughey's chest. Best bit: McConaughey shooting bad guys from an extremely expensive boat while reassuring the owner that the boat is fine.

58 - Con Air

Any film that you can describe as "Die Hard on a " always sets off alarm bells for me but in this instance, my concerns were reassured almost instantly. Any pretence that Con Air is a film about anything other than nail biting action is left at Jerry Bruckheimer's production company logo. I'm not the biggest Nic Cage fan but he is on good form here as a mullet in a vest stuck on an aeroplane full of America's most dangerous criminals. The plane gets hijacked but luckily for.......I guess America, Cage is innocent. He's just going home to his wife and kids. You know what that means?! "It's not exactly mai-thais and yatzee out here but... let's do it!" Best bit: The insanely tense tea party scene.
 
Posted On: 
Contributor

A video editor by trade and a lover of movies, games and manga.