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).
A Man Called Hero (1999)
5.9/10
Director: Andrew Lau Wai Keung
Starring: Ekin Cheng, Hsu Chi, Nicholas Tse, Kristy Yeung
One fateful day in 1913, Hero (Ekin Cheng) is accepted as the disciple of sword master Prise (Anthony Wong). It should be his happiest day, but he ret... Read more
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
4.2/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley
In the year 2055 a private firm offers the chance to travel back in time and hunt the biggest game of all time: dinosaurs. Despite precautions to prev... Read more
A Tattooed Life (1965)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Hideki Takahashi, Akira Yamauchi, Hiroko Ito, Masako Izumi, Kayo Matsuo
Another yakuza classic from maverick director Seijun Suzuki ('Tokyo Drifter', 'Branded to Kill') about a recently retired assassin who finds he made s... Read more
A View to a Kill (1985)
6.3/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee
Has 007 (Roger Moore) finally met his match in lean, mean female assassin May Day (Grace Jones)? Set in California's Silicon Valley, where Christopher... Read more
A View to a Kill ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.3/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts
Has 007 (Roger Moore) finally met his match in lean, mean female assassin May Day (Grace Jones)? Set in California's Silicon Valley, where Christopher... Read more
Above Suspicion (2019)
5.4/10
Director: Chris Gerolmo
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe
The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Read more
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Marton Csokas, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Co...
Statesman. President. Vampire hunter? Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), this offbeat horror tale finds a y... Read more
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Marton Csokas, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Co...
Statesman. President. Vampire hunter? Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), this offbeat horror tale finds a y... Read more
Acts Of Vengeance (2017)
5.7/10
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Karl Urban, Paz Vega
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his... Read more
Acts Of Violence (2018)
5.3/10
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes
At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after thei... Read more