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 Chain Reaction (1980)
5.5/10
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mel Gibson
AKA "Nuclear Run" Stylish Aussie thriller about a nuclear scientist who, after being exposed to radiation, attempts to blow the whistle on a power pla... Read more
The Chairman (1969)
5.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by t... Read more
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
6.7/10
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban, Colm Feore, Linus Roache, Judi Dench
Large scale, action-packed follow-up to the sleeper sci-fi hit "Pitch Black" follows the continuing adventures of renegade outlaw Richard Riddick (Vin... Read more
The City of Violence (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
Starring: Doo-hong Jung, Seung-wan Ryoo, Beom-su Lee
A Seoul cop learns that an old friend, and ex-gangster, has been murdered and returns to his hometown for the funeral, only to find that something eve... Read more
The Commuter (2018)
6.3/10
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Liam Neeson, Sam Neill, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Andy N...
Insurance salesman Michael is on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, M... Read more
The Conquest of Siberia (2019)
5.8/10
A young officer, Ivan Demarin, is sent to the depths of Siberia. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn i... Read more
The Core (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D J Qualls, Richard Je...
Academy Award winner Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry") leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spect... Read more
The Corruptor (1999)
6/10
Director: James Foley
Starring: Ric Young, Mark Wahlberg, Chow Yun-Fat, Brian Cox
Chow Yun-Fat is a New York Chinatown cop who is having a tough time keeping the peace after a turf war breaks out. Mark Wahlberg is sent in to help ou... Read more
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
7.6/10
Director: Rowland V Lee
Starring: Louis Calhern, Robert Donat, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn, Elissa Landi
Robert Donat stars in this classic swashbuckler based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a common seaman false... Read more
The Courier (2019)
4.4/10
Director: Zackary Adler
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah
A federal task force operation is protecting a witness, Nick Murch, who is due to testify against a powerful crime lord Ezekiel Mannings. At the safe... Read more