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Five Favourite Action Movies of the Nineties

#5 Is there a more quintessential Nineties action movie? Fresh off the boat from Hong Kong, Hard Boiled director John Woo announced his Hollywood presence with this confident début. Keep an eye out for the slow-motion flying doves, Woo’s signature

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#6: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Move over, Ron Burgundy. George Smiley is the real ambassador of the Seventies: a decade of grey suits, glumness and gas shortages. Yes, it was a miserable time by all accounts. The Troubles happening up North. Stagflation in the States.

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