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).
Vanishing Point (1971)
7.3/10
Director: Richard C Sarafian
Starring: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger
This now classic cult number stars Barry Newman as a Vietnam vet and ex-cop who bets a friend he can drive a car from Denver to San Francisco in fifte... Read more
Casino Royale (1967)
5.2/10
Director: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Val Guest
Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles
Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress star in the film based on the first Fleming 007 novel: the farce begins when Bon... Read more
Hang 'em High (1968)
7/10
Director: Ted Post
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle
After his "Dollars" trilogy made him an international star, Clint Eastwood returned to America to portray a cattleman who is falsely accused of murder... Read more
The Warriors (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the polic... Read more
The Last Samurai (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki...
Disillusioned after the end of the Civil War, respected American military captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) finds purpose when he is hired by the Emp... Read more
Spriggan (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Katsuhiro Otomo, the animator of the ground-breaking anime classic 'Akira', was the executive producer of this amazing mixture of visionary sci-fi and... Read more
The Rock (1996)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe
An action/suspense tale of a disgruntled marine General (Ed Harris) who takes over Alcatraz, threatening to obliterate San Francisco with high-tech po... Read more
Romancing the Stone (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda
Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner have the adventure of their lives in this hugely successful romantic caper co-starring Danny DeVito. When her sist... Read more
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
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episodes 9-12 (1997)
8.2/10
Director: Reza Badiyi, Bruce Seth Green, Ellen S Pressman, Joss Whedon
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, An...
'The Puppet Show' - Someone or something is killing the school's talent show contestants for their organs, and all eyes are on a spooky ventriloquist... Read more