10 Vigilante Movies from the 90s So Bad, They're Actually Good

1. The Boondock Saints (1999)

Listen closely, hear that? It's the heart of Boston. Twin brothers, Connor and Murphy, they're just regular guys, till they ain't. One day, they're smacking around Russian mafia guys in self-defense. The next? They're on a divine mission to rid the city of bad guys.

With rope, guns, and matching tattoos, these siblings are as theatrical as vigilantes get. Oh, and a detective's chasing them—he's a piece of work. To crime or not to crime? That's the question.

2. Timecop (1994)
Oh boy, grab your time goggles! Jean-Claude Van Damme? Check. Time travel? Double check. He's a cop, a TIMECOP! When you think of policing the time-stream, JCVD's your man. There's a crooked senator with a plan to change history for personal gain.

Our hero? He's just got some kicks, jumps, and splits up his sleeve. You ever tried dodging a bullet while jumping to the past? It's a split-second decision, quite literally.

3. Blade (1998)
Knock knock. Who's there? Blade. Blade who? Blade the Daywalker! Vampires, beware! This half-vampire, half-human fella isn't here for a tea party. With his shiny sword and iconic shades, he's slicing through bloodsuckers, all while trying to stop them from summoning a blood god.

Why? Because it's the 90s and that's what you do. Silver bullets? Nah, try garlic-infused silver stakes!

4. Judge Dredd (1995)
In the future, where chaos rules the streets, who you gonna call? Not the Ghostbusters, but Judge Dredd! Law enforcer, judge, jury, and if need be, executioner.

Stallone dons the helmet, and boy does he mean business. When he's framed for a crime he didn't commit (classic, right?), Dredd must navigate the wastelands, confront his past, and dish out justice. Remember, he IS the law.

5. Darkman (1990)
You think you know pain? Meet Peyton Westlake, a scientist turned crispy critter. His crime? He discovered a new synthetic skin. The twist? It only lasts 99 minutes in the light. Tossed into the river, everyone thinks he's fish food.

But wait! He emerges, face bandaged, sanity questionable, and one goal in mind: vengeance. With his skin invention, he can disguise himself as anyone. Will the real Darkman please stand up?

6. Tank Girl (1995)
2033. Dystopia. Water? Scarcer than an honest politician. The mega-corporation Water & Power has a stranglehold on every drop, and its leader, Kesslee, runs a tight ship.

Enter Rebecca, our punk-rock, anti-heroine, "Tank Girl" herself. After W&P destroys her home and captures her, she escapes, befriends a mutant kangaroo soldier named Booga, and teams up with Jet Girl. Their aim? To destroy the oppressive W&P and bring water back to the people. And the aesthetics? Pure chaotic 90s punk.

7. The Phantom (1996)
New York City. An evil businessman is on the hunt for three magical skulls that bestow power and destruction. Cue The Phantom, the ghost who "walks," AKA Kit Walker in his day-to-day life.

This purple-suited hero is the 21st in a line of crime fighters, protecting the world from the forces of darkness. His trusty wolf, Devil, and horse Hero, accompany him as he ventures from the Bengalla jungle to NYC. While battling gangsters, pirates, and treacherous businessmen, he must thwart the villain's plan to harness the skulls' power.

8. Orgazmo (1997)
Joe is a devout Mormon. He's in LA to do some door-to-door preaching. But fate, being the cheeky minx it is, has other plans. He's soon drafted into the world of adult films, playing the superhero "Orgazmo," armed with a ray gun that... stimulates its targets into submission.

But when the fictional world spills into reality, Joe and his sidekick, Choda Boy, find themselves taking on evil for real, using their film props to rescue Joe's fiancée from a mobster-esque producer. It's a comedy, it's absurd, and, by heavens, it's uniquely 90s.

9. Double Dragon (1994)
Based on a video game? Check. Post-apocalyptic setting? You bet. Two brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee, find themselves in "New Angeles" post-big quake. Their mission? Protect a magical medallion that holds immense power. But when the gang leader Koga Shuko gets half of this talisman and seeks the other, all neon-lit hell breaks loose.

With martial arts, slapstick humor, and an oddball collection of gang members (like the postmen turned punks), the brothers must join forces with the city's underground resistance and thwart Shuko's evil plans.

10. The Shadow (1994)
Lamont Cranston, a former opium overlord, is transformed by a mystic into the vigilante known as "The Shadow." With the power to cloud men's minds, he fights crime from the shadows (pun intended) of 1930s New York.

But a greater evil, in the form of Shiwan Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan, comes to town with dreams of world domination. Armed with a psychic, atomic bomb-making device (don't ask), Khan challenges The Shadow in a battle of wits, wills, and psychic might.