90's R rated Action Movie Shootout: Final - True Lies Vs Terminator 2: Judgment Day

[Hunter Rider]

So here we have it, the final! It's Cameron and Arnie vs Cameron and Arnie.

I'm going to start this one a bit differently by naming my vote and why, and my vote goes to True Lies. Now don't get me wrong, T2 is an awesome movie and after the way it totally steamrolled over The Matrix I have no doubt it will win, but I think True Lies impact on the modern action movie is a bit undervalued in comparison to how lauded T2 and The Matrix are.

For me when I look at the Bond movies post True Lies, as well as the Mission Impossible franchise and the route now of the Fast & Furious movies since Fast 5, True Lies was the pioneer that stepped the game up for the scale of sequences in "conventional" action movies IMO, I mean the film has 4 brilliant action sequences and if you take everything from the Florida Keys to the Harrier Jet action it took the genre up several notches.

Debating the films beyond my reasoning for my vote is a bit more difficult, one is a pretty straight faced sci fi movie, where as the other has a lot of humour and exists in the cool espionage world that only exists in the movies, it's hard to compare a number of aspects, both are very entertaining overall, but above is why I vote True Lies, over to everyone else!

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[Mandon Knight]

Terminator 2 for what it gave us in it's SFX innovation and the purest 'roller-coaster' ride feel that up until then we'd had in cinema. I'm a fan of the original far more, but this has lots going for it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Terminator 2 for what it gave us in it's SFX innovation and the purest 'roller-coaster' ride feel that up until then we'd had in cinema. I'm a fan of the original far more, but this has lots going for it.

This must be a tough one for you mate as I know you're not a Cameron fan.

I'm not sure there's enough options to do a 2000's one unless we make it 2000-2019

 

[OutOfBoose]

My vote goes to True Lies. Overly human good T-800 didn't age that well for me. I don't want to rain on T2, because it's an excellent one of a kind movie and will definitely roll over True Lies in this voting, but I feel the latter is a bit undervalued.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Shame the final, and tournemant as a whole, didn't generate nearly as much discussion as the 80's incarnation. Still, T2 dominates another opponents to walk out winner!

 

[OutOfBoose]

Cameron owns 80s and 90s as far as action movies go.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Cameron owns 80s and 90s as far as action movies go.

Spielberg. But his movies weren't R Rated so they don't qualify for this poll. Raiders of the Lost Ark is definitely my favorite action movie ever.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Spielberg. But his movies weren't R Rated so they don't qualify for this poll. Raiders of the Lost Ark is definitely my favorite action movie ever.

Note that in other country some of these films were not R rated ( or the equivalent of it ).
In France, T2 ( Robocop too ) was only restricted to people under 12 y/o.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Spielberg. But his movies weren't R Rated so they don't qualify for this poll. Raiders of the Lost Ark is definitely my favorite action movie ever.

Not even close. Even if we put his Raiders on the list, Cameron made two first rate classics - T1 and Aliens.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

They both own the 80'/90'.