Is the Matrix the best action movie of the 90s? Most influential for sure, the look, wire works, fighting and bullet time all copied by many films in the 2000s. My favorite film is T2, but I might give the fake title of best action film from the 90s to Matrix.
I think so, yes.
Trickier: What's the best action movie of the 80's?
Personally, I have to break that category into two: Adventure and Action -- that way I can put RAIDERS for Adventure and DIE HARD for Action.