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 Numbers Station (2013)
5.6/10
Director: Kasper Barfoed
Starring: John Cusack, Liam Cunningham, Bryan Dick, Lucy Griffiths, Malin Akerman, Richard...
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (John Cusack) is given one last chance to prove he still ha... Read more
The Odd Couple (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung , Liu Chia-Liang, Chan Lung, Chung Fat, Ching-Ying Lam
Every ten years the King of the Sword (Sammo Hung) and the King of the Spear (director Liu Chia-liang) meet for a duel that inevitably ends in a draw.... Read more
The One (2001)
5.9/10
Director: James Wong
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
It's Jet Li squared and then some in an explosive mix of martial arts and sci-fi that finds L.A. sheriff's deputy Li battling his evil doppelganger fr... Read more
The One That Got Away (1957)
7.2/10
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe
An exciting based-on-fact POW drama about Franz von Werra (Hardy Kruger) who, after two failed escape attempts from an English prison camp, is transfe... Read more
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung-shun
One of the classics of martial arts cinema, this is often referred to as the first real martial arts film, focusing as it does on techniques and style... Read more
The Other Guys (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Guys (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon
An exciting post-Civil War adventure about a cowboy on a trail of vengeance against the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and son. Director/star Cl... Read more
The Parts You Lose (2019)
5.4/10
Director: Christopher Cantwell
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Scoot McNairy
A young boy in a small North Dakota town befriends a potentially dangerous fugitive. Read more
The Patriot (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tcheky K...
Mel Gibson is Benjamin Martin, the legendary 'Hero of Fort Wilderness' who in 1776 leaves left military life to raise his family on his South Carolina... Read more