# Best Action Movie 1991-2010: Round 2 (90s Bracket) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841 "2011-06-25T19:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/1 "2011-06-25T19:35:54Z")
[Round 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613207) and now we move on to Round 2. The top 16 were split into two brackets. The first bracket covers 1991-1998 and the second covers 1999-2010. This was done to put eight movies in each bracket. Choose one movie in each bracket as the Best Action Movie to move on to Round 3. The top two votegetters in each bracket will move on. The poll will close on Tuesday around 3:30. [Don’t forget to also vote in the 2000s bracket](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613925) ---
**Author:** ![Jorge\_Burrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jorge\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/2 "2011-06-25T20:10:22Z")
I’m guessing T2 just dominates this bracket, the other one should be more interesting though. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/3 "2011-06-25T20:46:18Z")
For me, True Lies was a very close second to T2. Close, but no cigar. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/4 "2011-06-25T22:43:43Z")
This is tough, as the best two movies in the bracket I don’t consider to be action movies: Heat and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I’d consider both of them heist movies. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/5 "2011-06-26T03:08:22Z")
_T2_’s early foray into CGI looks a little rough around the edges today, and I’ve always detested the corniness of the ending, but at the time of release it showed us things, special effects-wise, that we’d never really seen before, and the ferocity of Linda Hamilton’s performance remains jaw-dropping. I suppose I would have selected _Speed_ as number 2, if that option were offered. I’ve never quite gotten the love for _True Lies_, mainly since all the main performances annoyed me, but the action sequences are admittedly fun and exciting, and overall it’s a more fully realized film than _La Totale!_, the French original from which it was remade. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/6 "2011-06-26T04:17:25Z")
Yea, I might have voted for _Heat_ if it actually was an action movie. _T2_ runs away with this one IMO, with _True Lies_ a not particularly close second. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/7 "2011-06-26T04:23:22Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > For me, True Lies was a very close second to T2. Close, but no cigar. Agreed. But _True Lies_ is a more FUN movie, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/8 "2011-06-26T18:40:35Z")
Not a huge T2 fan. _The Fifth Element_ is pretty much the only movie on that list that I would go out of my way to watch again, so it gets my vote. (And I really didn’t like True Lies). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/9 "2011-06-26T19:26:25Z")
I was considering placing a vote for the runner-up, as a sort of vote against T2, but a quick peek at the results shows that to be basically impossible, since T2 has more than all the rest combined. So I voted my conscience instead (to the extent that that’s meaningful with something like that), and went with ID4. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/10 "2011-06-26T20:51:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yea, I might have voted for _Heat_ if it actually was an action movie. _T2_ runs away with this one IMO, with _True Lies_ a not particularly close second. Ditto. I love _Heat,_ it’s one of my favorite movies, but it’s a crime-drama, not an action movie, inspite of having one of the best, most realistic gun battles short of _Saving Private Ryan_ or _Blackhawk Down_. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/11 "2011-06-27T02:02:53Z")
I loved _Heat_ but agree with other posters it’s not an ‘action movie’ for mind. I almost voted for _True Lies_, because I adore that movie, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to vote for a parody as the best ever action movie. So ultimately went with T2. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-action-movie-1991-2010-round-2-90s-bracket/586841/12 "2011-06-29T13:42:28Z")
Final Round Voting, now open! > **[Best Action Movie 1991-2010: Final Round!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614374)** > > Here it is, make your choice wisely. Our contenders: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): Ushered in the era of CGI special effects in a story that made The Terminator the good guy and made Linda Hamilton a badass. Signature Action Movie Line: “Come...