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 Guest (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Sheila Kelley, Brendan Meyer, Lance Red...
Recently discharged from the military, David Collins (Dan Stevens) unexpectedly shows up at the Peterson family's doorstep, claiming to be their late... Read more
The Gunman (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzen...
From the director of Taken comes The Gunman, a pulse-pounding action thriller starring two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn. Its been eight yea... Read more
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
7.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene P...
Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infilt... Read more
The Guns of Navarone ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Irene Papas, James Dar...
Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infilt... Read more
The Heat (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Michael Rapaport, Sandra Bullock, Marlon Wayans, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir
Outrageous action comedy from the director of "Bridesmaids". Uptight FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shan... Read more
The Heat (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Michael Rapaport, Sandra Bullock, Marlon Wayans, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir
Outrageous action comedy from the director of "Bridesmaids". Uptight FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) and foul-mouthed Boston cop Shan... Read more
The Heroic Trio (1992)
6.6/10
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui
Three of Hong Kong's biggest female stars, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui, play the leads in this strange tale of competing super heroines... Read more
The Hidden (1987)
7/10
Director: Jack Sholder
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Clu Gulager
A young FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan) teams up with an L.A. cop (Michael Nouri) to solve mysterious goings on involving an alien organism that switches... Read more
The High Crusade (1994)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla) brings you John Rhys-Davies in a Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find the... Read more
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Elodie Yung, Richard E Grant, Gary Oldman
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and... Read more