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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 Presidio (1988)

6/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Sean Connery, Meg Ryan, Mark Harmon, Jack Warden

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter. Read more

The Princess Blade (2001)

5.8/10
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Yumiko Shaku, Shiro Sano, Yoichi Numata, Kyusaku Shimada, Yoko Maki

Aka "Shurayuki-Hime". In a post-apocalyptic Japan that blends technology and feudalism, a young woman named Yuki, whose family are assassins, is loyal... Read more

The Principal (1987)

6.3/10
Director: Christopher Cain
Starring: James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr, Rae Dawn Chong

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school. Read more

The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)

6.9/10
Director: Osamu Dezaki

Ta Kao Saito's Duke Togo, the brutal hitman-for-hire known as Golgo 13, one of the most popular anti-heroes in Japanese comics, made his animated debu... Read more

The Professionals: Series 1 (1978)

7.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins

Created by Brian Clemens and leaping onto screens in 1978, the crack CI5 team of Bodie and Doyle are ready to thwart terrorists and stamp out violent... Read more

The Professionals: Series 2 (1979)

7.4/10
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson

Bodie and Doyle return for more espionage-busting, hand-brake turns in the Capri and innunedo-laden repartee. Under the eagle-eye of George Cowley ou... Read more

The Professionals: Series 3 (1980)

7.4/10
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson

By the third series, the cast chemistry is at its peak and our macho crimebusters are throwing out snappy banter and one-liners left and right. This... Read more

The Professionals: Series 4 (1981)

7.4/10
Starring: Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson

Bodie, Doyle and Cowley are back with all 15 nail-biting episodes from the fourth series. They take on a gang stealing industrial secrets, double agen... Read more

The Protector (2005)

7.1/10
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Xing Jing

Martial arts prodigy Tony Jaa ('Ong Bak') returns with more jaw-dropping, gravity-defying moves, on the hunt for two stolen elephants that were intend... Read more

The Protector (1985)

5.8/10
Starring: Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Victor Arnold

Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko. Read more