1990s
American Yakuza (1993) IMDb WikiData
American Yakuza
director: Frank A. Cappello actor: Viggo Mortensen / Ryo Ishibashi
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Nov. 30, 2025 watched
Saw it originally in the cinema in the UK in 1994, thought then it was a superior low-budget action flick with a superior star, then unknown Viggo Mortensen. A lot of action but also character, too. I even got the cinema to give me the promotional cardboard cutout once its run was over.

I'll try not to wait another three decades before seeing it again!
1990s Action AnzuLawson Crime FrankACappello
Addams Family Values (1993) NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Addams Family Values
7.8 (8 ratings) director: Barry Sonnenfeld actor: Anjelica Huston / Raúl Juliá
other title: La famiglia Addams 2 / Det bli'r i familien Addams
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
The Addams Family (1991) Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
The Addams Family
7.9 (13 ratings) director: Barry Sonnenfeld actor: Raúl Juliá / Anjelica Huston
other title: La famiglia Addams / Familien Addams
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
Robot Wars (1993) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Robot Wars
director: Albert Band actor: Don Michael Paul / Barbara Crampton
other title: Guerre di robot / Robotjox 2 - Krieg der Stahlgiganten
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
Convict 762 (1997) IMDb WikiData
Convict 762
director: Luca Bercovici actor: Frank Zagarino / Shannon Sturges
A spaceship with an all female crew runs into a meteor field because of a navigational mistake. They lose a lot of their fuel and realise they cant get home on what they've got. They are forced to land on a planet which has been reformed into one of the most dangerous penal colonies in the universe in order to refuel. Once there they realise only two men are left on the planet and they are engaged in hand to hand combat. The women cant figure out which one of the men is the officer and which one has systematically slaughtered the rest of the inmates. One by one each of the women is killed. Just who is Convict 762?
Red Sun Rising (1994) NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Red Sun Rising
director: Francis Megahy actor: Don Wilson / Terry Farrell
other title: Sole rosso sangue / Soleil rouge
Thomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho. He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder. Soon they discover that Jaho is preparing a gang war and weapon smuggling ring. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
Aug. 13, 2025 watched
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars as a Japanese cop who must overcome culture shock (i.e. US racism and cars much larger than back home) and learn the Power of the Laser Finger.

Not bad... for a Don "The Dragon" Wilson movie, if you know what I mean, and if you're a sucker for 90s action like I am.
1990s Action BMovieBonanza DonWilson EdwardAlbert
Street Asylum (1990) WikiData IMDb
Street Asylum
director: Gregory Dark actor: Wings Hauser / Alex Cord
other title: Ryder
In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his back that turns him into an out-of-control psychotic killer and put on the Strike S.Q.U.A.D. (an acronym for Scum Quelling Assault Urban Devision), which is a unit of crazed cops assigned by Captain Bill Quinton (a typically gruff Alex Cord) to rid the City of Angels of criminals by using any means necessary. The only problem is that Arliss discovers what's going down and decides to put a stop to all this madness.
Armageddon (1998) TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Armageddon
5.8 (11 ratings) director: Michael Bay actor: Bruce Willis / Billy Bob Thornton
other title: Armageddon - Giudizio finale / Armageddon - Das jüngste Gericht
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Stargate (1994) NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Stargate
6.7 (6 ratings) director: Roland Emmerich actor: James Spader / Kurt Russell
other title: Stargate : la porte des étoiles / Stargate: Puerta a las estrellas
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Enemy of the State (1998) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Enemy of the State
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Tony Scott actor: Will Smith / Gene Hackman
other title: Nemico pubblico / Perigo Público
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday shopping. Unbeknownst to Dean, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the trail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious NSA official named Reynolds. Using satellite surveillance, bugs, and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves while also framing him for murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, he attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
Pulp Fiction (1994) TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData
Pulp Fiction
8.9 (36 ratings) director: Quentin Tarantino actor: John Travolta / Samuel L. Jackson
other title: Pulp Fiction: Tempo de Violência
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Cinema of Vengeance (1994) IMDb TMDB
Cinema of Vengeance
director: Toby Russell actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Yuen Biao
other title: Le furie del cinema
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.
Nov. 23, 2025 watched
Fascinating (for us fans) documentary on the history & development of Hong Kong martial arts & action films, featuring interviews with the people who make the magic happen. And lots of great clips from movies! (Which I have put into a collection here: https://eggplant.place/collection/69ChUBekkGbNHa0VeIGmSz

I'm sure watched this on VHS in the 90s. Rewatched in #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
1990s Action Documentary HongKong MartialArts
Hard Target (1993) IMDb WikiData
Hard Target
director: John Woo actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme / Arnold Vosloo
other title: Senza tregua / Perseguição Sem Tréguas
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) IMDb WikiData
The Long Kiss Goodnight
director: Renny Harlin actor: Geena Davis / Samuel L. Jackson
other title: Spy / A Profissional
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
Mutant Action (1993) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Acción mutante
director: Álex de la Iglesia actor: Antonio Resines / Álex Angulo
other title: Azione mutante / Aktion Mutante
Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991) IMDb WikiData
Alligator 2: The Mutation
director: Jon Hess actor: Joseph Bologna / Dee Wallace
other title: Alligator 2 - Die Mutation / Alligator 2 - The Mutation
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
The Impostors (1998) IMDb WikiData
The Impostors
director: Stanley Tucci actor: Oliver Platt / Stanley Tucci
other title: Gli imbroglioni / Os Impostores
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.
Tai-Chi Master (1993) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
太极张三丰
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Jet Li / Michelle Yeoh
other title: Batalha de Honra / Tai Chi
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
The Crossing Guard (1995) IMDb WikiData
The Crossing Guard
director: Sean Penn actor: Jack Nicholson / David Morse
other title: 3 giorni per la verità / Acerto Final
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.