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).
Tetsujin 28 (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Shin Togashi
Starring: Ayako Kawahara, Hiroshi Abe, Masato Ibu, Sosuke Ikematsu, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yu Ao...
A throwback to a time when families stuck together, and giant fighting robots didn't need any super-weapons, just their own two fists and a heart of g... Read more
Texas Across the River (1966)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Alain Delon, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Rosemary Forsyth, Tina Aumont
Dean Martin stars as an amiable gunrunner in this tongue-in-cheek western. Martin teams up with fugitive from justice Alain Delon, a Spanish nobleman... Read more
The 12 Golden Medallions (1970)
Director: Cheng Kang
Starring: Chin Ping, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung Hsin, Ching Miao, Yao Hua
In this kung fu classic from the Shaw Brothers, Traitorous minister Chin Kuei tries to halt General Yueh Fei's victorious battles against the country'... Read more
The 13th Warrior (1999)
6.6/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif
Based on Michael Crichton's "Eaters of the Dead", this medieval adventure stars Antonio Banderas as a 10th-century ambassador from Baghdad who is conf... Read more
The 300 Spartans (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Rudolph Mate
Starring: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar
Based on actual events occurring in 480 B.C. Greece, this scintillating drama stars Richard Egan as the Greek soldier Leonidas, who led 300 Spartan so... Read more
The 355 (2022)
5.2/10
Director: Simon Kinberg
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Flemyng, Edgar Ramirez, Leo Staar, Sebastian Stan
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild card CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retriev... Read more
The 5 Deadly Venoms (1978)
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Lung Wei Wang, Philip Kwok
One of the loopiest kung-fu movies ever made, a garish masterpiece of martial arts kitsch by the hard-boiled master of the genre, Chang Cheh. The five... Read more
The 6th Day (2000)
5.9/10
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport, Michael Ro...
Arnold Schwarzenegger finally meets the screen foe he may not be able to defeat - himself, in this imaginative sci-fi thriller. In the near future, he... Read more
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
7.1/10
Director: Nathan Juran
Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
It's an incredible cinematic adventure as the legendary Sinbad sets off on a dangerous journey to the mysterious Island of Colossus. His quest is to b... Read more
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ( Blu-ray ) (1958)
7.1/10
Director: Nathan Juran
Starring: Kathryn Grant, Kerwin Mathews, Richard Eyer
It's an incredible cinematic adventure as the legendary Sinbad sets off on a dangerous journey to the mysterious Island of Colossus. His quest is to b... Read more