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 Fugitive ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
7.8/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Harrison Ford, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Pantoliano, Sela Ward, Tommy Lee Jones, Andrea...
Inspired by the classic '60s TV series, this intense chase thriller stars Harrison Ford as Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon wrongly convicted of murd... Read more
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
6.7/10
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Starring: Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend's kit without permission and her... Read more
The Furious Disciples Collection: Way of the Dragon / Young Master / Knockabout / Dragon Fist (2009)
Director: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Lo Wei, Sammo Hung
Starring: Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
Ancient Chinese martial arts tradition dictates that only those loyal initiates who trained the longest and fought the hardest were to have access to... Read more
The Furnace (2020)
6.4/10
Starring: David Wenham, Erik Thomson, Jay Ryan
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold. Read more
The Gauntlet (1977)
6.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
A Las Vegas prostitute (Sondra Locke) who is a critical witness in an impending trial is stalked by assassins. A cop (Clint Eastwood) is sent to bring... Read more
The Getaway (1993)
7.5/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Richar...
A couple in real life when they filmed this, Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin bring the emotional intensity and sexual heat of their union to this exciti... Read more
The Getaway (1972)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers
Great adventure and excitement occur when Bank robbers Steve McQueen and wife Ali MacGraw take on the law when a robbery goes haywire. Read more
The Getaway ( Blu-ray ) (1972)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers
Steve McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (Ali MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for... Read more
The Girl From Rio (1968)
Director: Jesus Franco
Starring: George Sanders, Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler, Maria Rohm
In the tradition of "Barbarella" and "Danger: Diabolik" comes this swinging '60s action orgy as bisexual super-villain Sumitra (Shirley Eaton) launche... Read more
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant,...
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for... Read more