What is the best action movie sequel of all time?

Action sequels have raised the bar for spectacle, stunts, and storytelling. From Terminator 2's groundbreaking CGI to Top Gun: Maverick's practical flight sequences, which sequel delivered the ultimate action experience?

1. 1
   Terminator 2: Judgment Day

   James Cameron's 1991 blockbuster raised the bar for action sequels with groundbreaking CGI and emotional depth.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

   The 1989 adventure sequel featuring Sean Connery as Indy's father and the franchise's most satisfying conclusion.
   621pts
3. 3
   Mission: Impossible – Fallout

   The 2018 sixth installment featuring the greatest practical-stunt action sequences in franchise history.
   527pts
4. 4
   Die Hard with a Vengeance

   The 1995 third installment sending John McClane across New York City in a bomb-threat treasure hunt.
   483pts
5. 5
   Beverly Hills Cop II

   The 1987 sequel returning Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley to Beverly Hills for more fish-out-of-water action-comedy.
   395pts
6. 6
   Mad Max: Fury Road

   George Miller's 2015 return to the Wasteland — two hours of relentless practical-effects action cinema.
   395pts
7. 7
   Lethal Weapon 2

   The 1989 buddy-cop sequel that deepened Riggs and Murtaugh's chemistry while raising the action stakes.
   198pts
8. 8
   Top Gun: Maverick

   The 2022 legacy sequel surpassing the original with visceral flight sequences and crowd-pleasing emotional beats.
   198pts
9. 9
   The Dark Knight

   Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero action sequel elevated by Heath Ledger's Joker into a crime epic.
   198pts
10. 10
    The Road Warrior

    George Miller's 1981 post-apocalyptic sequel that defined the aesthetic of dystopian action cinema.
    57pts
11. 11
    John Wick: Chapter 2

    The 2017 sequel that expanded the Continental mythology and delivered even more virtuosic gun-fu.
    57pts
12. 12
    Kill Bill: Volume 2

    Tarantino's 2004 martial-arts sequel slowing down to explore the Bride's revenge with chamber-drama intensity.
    1pts
13. 13
    Fast Five

    The 2011 fifth installment that rebooted the franchise as a heist-action epic with the safe-drag finale.
    1pts