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 Last of the Mohicans (1992)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Means, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi, Jodhi May, Steven W...
The American wilderness of the 1750s is the setting for director/co-scripter Michael Mann's grand adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper adventure cl... Read more
The Last of the Mohicans: Director's Definitive Cut ( Blu-ray ) (1992)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Steven Waddington,...
The American wilderness of the 1750s is the setting for director/co-scripter Michael Mann's grand adaptation of the James Fenimore Cooper adventure cl... Read more
The Last Of Us (2023)
8.8/10
Director: Craig Mazin, Ali Abbasi, Jeremy Webb
Starring: Pedro Pascal
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope. Read more
The Last Samurai (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki...
Disillusioned after the end of the Civil War, respected American military captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) finds purpose when he is hired by the Emp... Read more
The Last Samurai ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki...
Disillusioned after the end of the Civil War, respected American military captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) finds purpose when he is hired by the Emp... Read more
The Last Stand (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, Eduardo Nor...
He's back. Action legend Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to duty as Ray Owens, sheriff of a sleepy small town and the one person that stands between an... Read more
The Last Valley (1970)
7.4/10
Director: James Clavell
Starring: Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan
Famed author James Clavell scripted and directed this historical adventure set in 17th-century central Europe, when the continent was embroiled in the... Read more
The Legend of Baron To'a (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Kiel McNaughton
Starring: Nathaniel Lees, Jay Laga'aia
Fritz, a young Tongan man grappling with his wrestling superstar father Baron To'a's legacy, both metaphorically and literally following in his deceas... Read more
The Legend of Frog Dreaming (1986)
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Tamsin West, John Ewart, Katy Manning
A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than a... Read more
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
6.3/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, Margot R...
t's been nearly a decade since Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), also known as John Clayton III, left Africa to live in Victorian England with his wife Ja... Read more