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 Musketeer (2001)
4.7/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Justin Chambers, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth
Alexandre Dumas' classic tale gets an overhaul with an eastern influence as 'The Musketeer' weds classic swordplay with the gravity-defying dazzle of... Read more
The Mysterians (1957)
6.3/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Starring: Momoko Kochi, Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Sus...
'They've come to take our women!' Centuries after the destruction of their planet, the titular aliens land on Earth, install an impregnable dome by a... Read more
The Myth (2005)
6.2/10
Director: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Hee-seon Kim, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Ken Lo, Mallika Sherawat
Jackie Chan plays two roles in this time-bending comic fantasy. He is both Qin Dynasty General Meng Yi, and his contemporary reincarnation, archaeolo... Read more
The Mythic Fist Collection: Once Upon a Time in China II / Fist of Fury / Magnificent Butcher / New Fist of Fury (2009)
Director: Lo Wei, Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark
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 Naked Prey (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Cornel Wilde
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Gert Van Den Bergh, Ken Gampu
A brutal safari adventure directed by and starring Cornel Wilde ('The Greatest Show on Earth'). Filmed on location in South Africa and set in the earl... Read more
The Nest (2002)
6.8/10
Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Starring: Samy Naceri, Benoit Magimel, Nadia Fares, Pascal Greggory, Sami Bouajila
Laborie (Nadia Fares), a high-flying officer in the French Special Forces, is tasked with escorting the godfather of the Albanian mafia to stand trial... Read more
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
4.4/10
Director: Christopher Cain
Starring: Michael Ironside, Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, Hilary Swank
Mr Miyagi's newest student is the recently orphaned and troubled grandchild of an old war buddy. Rebellious, reckless and... a girl. She's like no stu... Read more
The Northman (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Wi...
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's... Read more
The Northman (Blu-ray) (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Wi...
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's... Read more
The November Man (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Will Patton, Eliza Taylor, Olga Kurylenko, Bill Smitrovich, Cate...
Code named 'The November Man', Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is an extremely dangerous and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who is lured out of quiet r... Read more