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 Expendables 3 (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Harrison Ford, Jet Li,...
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks... Read more
The Expendables 3 (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Harrison Ford, Jet Li,...
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks... Read more
The Fall Guy: Season 1 (1981)
7.1/10
Starring: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas
When he's not crashing cars, setting himself on fire or jumping out of airplanes, Colt Seavers has a really dangerous job - he's a rough-and-tumble bo... Read more
The Family (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Dark action comedy in which a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching... Read more
The Family (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Dark action comedy in which a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching... Read more
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
6.7/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune
One for the petrol heads; owing much to the B's of the 60s. Paul Walker is the undercover cop who infiltrates his way into a group of road racers led... Read more
The Fast and the Furious (Blu-ray) (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune
One for the petrol heads; owing much to the B's of the 60s. Paul Walker is the undercover cop who infiltrates his way into a group of road racers led... Read more
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Lucas Black, Lil Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba
The third instalment in the 'Fast and Furious' series is a super-charged look at the underground world of Tokyo's drift-racers. Young Sean (Lucas Bla... Read more
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Blu-ray) (2006)
6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Lucas Black, Lil Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba
The third instalment in the 'Fast and Furious' series is a super-charged look at the underground world of Tokyo's drift-racers. Young Sean (Lucas Bla... Read more
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
6.7/10
Director: F Gary Gray
Starring: Charlize Theron, Kurt Russell, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham, Dw...
With Dom and Letty married, Brian and Mia retired and the rest of the crew exonerated, the globe-trotting team has found some semblance of a normal li... Read more