Action
The enduring popularity of the action movie has drenched the genre in cliche yet glorious invention abounds around the globe - fighting is the international language. Fashionable styles of film-making come and go but action movies just change their shoes and remain centre-stage.
Great glittering galaxies of genre from across the Alice universe have been gleaned to assemble a suitably kick-ass selection of ballistic ballet and poetic pugilism to scintillate the delicate senses of our discerning clientele. Are you ready to rumble? Are you feeling lucky, Sir/Madame? Our suggestions for a hearty evening of action are listed below.
Pictured: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang springs into action. Sean Connery as agent 007 in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).
Attack! (1956)
7.5/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Buddy Ebsen
This compelling WWII drama from the director of "The Dirty Dozen" is set in Belgium in 1944, where cowardly American Captain Eddie Albert has placed o... Read more
Attila the Hun (2000)
Director: Richard Lowry
Starring: Powers Boothe, Gerard Butler, Tim Curry, Simmone Jade MacKinnon
The most feared man to ever exist, Attila was king of the Huns in the fifth century and during his reign he united the various tribes of barbarians to... Read more
Ava (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common , Geena Davis, Colin Farrell, Jess Weix...
Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wr... Read more
Avalon (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Malgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski
Anime master Mamoru Oshii's ("Ghost in the Shell") live-action feature directorial debut is a mesmerizing sci-fi tale set in a future world where peop... Read more
Avatar (2009)
7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington
A paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) agrees to travel to the distant planet Pandora with a scientific team and have his consciousness implanted into... Read more
Avatar ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2009)
7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington
A paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) agrees to travel to the distant planet Pandora with a scientific team and have his consciousness implanted into... Read more
Avatar (Special Edition) (2009)
7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington
A paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) agrees to travel to the distant planet Pandora with a scientific team and have his consciousness implanted into... Read more
Avatar (Special Edition) ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.8/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington
A paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) agrees to travel to the distant planet Pandora with a scientific team and have his consciousness implanted into... Read more
Avatar the Legend of Aang: Book 1 - Water (2005)
On a futuristic Earth torn between the warring elements of Air, Earth, Water and Fire, only one special being known as the Avatar can bring peace to t... Read more
Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)
7.9/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, Clif...
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started,... Read more