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 Man in the Iron Mask ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Randall Wallace
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne, Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, L...
It is a time of great splendor... and even greater despair. When the selfish excesses of France's self-serving King Louis XIV (Leonardo DiCaprio) go t... Read more
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
5.7/10
Calvin Barr, an old, bitter recluse who was once a legendary assassin for the US government, and whose task to kill Hitler almost changed the course o... Read more
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Roger Moore, Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee
James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his ultimate foe in diabolical master assassin Scaramanga, played to perfection by Christopher Lee in this 007 t... Read more
The Man with the Golden Gun ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Roger Moore
James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his ultimate foe in diabolical master assassin Scaramanga, played to perfection by Christopher Lee in this 007 t... Read more
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
5.4/10
Director: RZA
Starring: Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Rick Yune, RZA , Cung Le, Jamie Chung, Byron Mann, Dave...
Stylish martial arts action adventure inspired by classic kung fu movies. In 19th-century feudal China, a small village is threatened by warring facti... Read more
The Man with the Iron Fists (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.4/10
Director: RZA
Starring: Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Rick Yune, RZA , Cung Le, Jamie Chung, Byron Mann, Dave...
Stylish martial arts action adventure inspired by classic kung fu movies. In 19th-century feudal China, a small village is threatened by warring facti... Read more
The Many Saints Of Newark (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Many Saints Of Newark (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
7.6/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone, Linda Darnell
This classic romantic swashbuckler stars dashing Tyrone Power as the son of a powerful nobleman in 1820s California who returns home from Europe to fi... Read more
The Marksman (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Liam Neeson
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into... Read more