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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 Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

7.7/10
Director: Clive Donner
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen

Anthony Andrews makes a dashing hero leading a double life aiding French revolutionaries while posing as a foppish member of British society. Jane Sey... Read more

The Scorpion King (2002)

5.5/10
Director: Chuck Russell
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Pet...

A spin-off from the highly successful 'Mummy' adventures and starring wrestling phenomenon The Rock as the title character who first appeared in 'The... Read more

The Second Time Around (1961)

6.5/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith

In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gam... Read more

The Sentinel (2006)

6.1/10
Director: Clark Johnson
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan,...

Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is a veteran Secret Service agent who has had a long and distinguished career protecting the US president, but when in... Read more

The Seven-Ups (1973)

6.8/10
Director: Philip D'Antoni
Starring: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch

This was the only directorial effort of Philip D'Antoni, producer of the detective action thrillers "Bullitt" and "The French Connection". Roy Scheide... Read more

The Shadow (1994)

6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Jonatha...

Lamont Cranston, having lived a life of moral degradation, is 'reborn' as a singleminded crimefighter with the ability to cloud men's minds. This adap... Read more

The Shadow Whip (1971)

Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Ku Feng, Tien Feng, Yueh Hua, Cheng Pei-Pei

A famous fighter saves a young girl from a band of robbers, but is falsely accused of her family's murder. In hiding, he raises the child as his own... Read more

The Shanghai Job (2017)

Director: Charles Martin
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Simon Yam

A washed-up private security agent has to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai but is ambushed en route. Read more

The Shannara Chronicles (2016)

7.2/10
Starring: Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett

An Elvish tree, known as the Ellcrys, is dying. The bad news is that the tree has been the only piece of magic that protects the Four Lands from the D... Read more

The Shaolin Temple (1979)

5.9/10
Director: Xinyan Zhang
Starring: Jet Li, Yue Hai, Yue Chen Wei

This was the first Hong Kong- Kung Fu action film to be shot in mainland China, and also Jet Li's first major film, 18 year-old Jet Li brings his incr... Read more