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).
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Golden Voyage of Sinbad / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Director: Gordon Hessler, Nathan Juran, Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, John Phillip Law, C...
A Sinbad Triple Feature featuring the amazing special effects of Ray Harryhausen. "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958, 85 mins) - This grand adventure/fa... Read more
The A-Team (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jessica Biel, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson, Quint...
Big screen action adventure spin-off from the popular 1980s TV series. Four Iraq war veterans, led by Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith (Liam Neeson), on the... Read more
The A-Team: Extended Cut ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jessica Biel, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson, Quint...
Big screen action adventure spin-off from the popular 1980s TV series. Four Iraq war veterans, led by Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith (Liam Neeson), on the... Read more
The A-Team: Season 1 (1983)
7.6/10
Starring: George Peppard, Derek Benfield, Mr T, Dwight Schultz
At the end of their stint in Vietnam, Col John 'Hannibal' Smith (George Peppard) and his team were framed for robbing the Bank of Hanoi, and sent to a... Read more
The A-Team: Volume 2 (1984)
6.8/10
Starring: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr T
Television producer Stephen J. Cannell (HUNTER, WISEGUY, 21 JUMP STREET) scored one of the earliest of his many 1980s hits with THE A-TEAM. A group of... Read more
The Accidental Spy (2001)
5.9/10
Director: Teddy Chen
Starring: Jackie Chan, Wu Hsing Kuo, Eric Tsang
Considered the most expensive film in Hong Kong cinematic history, this exciting actioner finds fitness equipment salesman Jackie Chan being recruited... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984)
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (Blu-ray) (1984)
7.6/10
Director: W D Richter
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
The Adventures of Rex And Rinty (1935)
6.4/10
Director: Ford Beebe, B Reeves Eason
Starring: Rin Tin Tin, Kane Richmond
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a... Read more
The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
8/10
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette
One of cinema's greatest adventure films sees Errol Flynn at his swashbuckling best in a role originally slated for James Cagney. Claude Rains is the... Read more