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 Wrecking Crew / The Ambushers (1967)
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Dean Martin, Janice Rule, Senta Berger, Sharon Tate, Nigel Green, Elke Sommer, N...
"The Ambushers" (1967) - Matt Helm (Dean Martin), the ace spy and lady-killer, goes to Mexico with a gorgeous female scientist to track down a mysteri... Read more
The Young Master (1980)
7.3/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Wei Pei, Yuen Biao, Li Li-Li, Sheck Kin
One of Jackie Chan's first films as director/star that rocketed him to world-wide recognition. This colourful period-comedy follows Jackie as he seeks... Read more
The Young Tiger (1973)
Director: Hdeng Tsu
Starring: Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan is a Young Tiger in the streets of 1960s Hong Kong. A Young Tiger is the leader of a gang, his boss is one of the main importers of illega... Read more
They Call Her... Cleopatra Wong (1978)
Director: Bobby A Suarez
Starring: Marrie Lee
When a ruthless gang of counterfeiters launches a plan to take over Asia, Interpol's top agent, Cleopatra Wong (Singapore star Marrie Lee, in her firs... Read more
They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
Director: E B Clucher
Starring: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger
'They Call Me Trinity', is a wild spoof on 'The Magnificent Seven' made international superstars of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer playing half-brothers... Read more
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Arthur Kennedy, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn,...
Errol Flynn stars as the eccentric yet (in this version) heroic General George Armstrong Custer, beginning with his time at West Point and ending, nat... Read more
They Live (1988)
7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
John Carpenter's sci-fi thriller about one man's battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Pro-wrestler Roddy Piper s... Read more
This Means War (2012)
6.3/10
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. Read more
Thor (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more
Thor (Blu-ray) (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more