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).
Hercules and the Princess of Troy / Atlas in the Land of Cyclops / Giants of Rome (1965)
Director: Albert Band
Starring: Gordon Scott, Gordon Mitchell, Richard Harrison
Made in English as the pilot for a proposed Hercules TV series, "Hercules and the Princess of Troy" stars Gordon Scott as the heroic demigod, pitted a... Read more
Firefox (1982)
5.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman
Clint Eastwood, an ex-US pilot, is persuaded to undertake a mission to the USSR to steal a supersonic jet fighter that is invisible to radar and contr... Read more
Rambo: First Blood Part II ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.4/10
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff
Sylvester Stallone returns as Vietnam vet Rambo, returning to Southeast Asia on a "red herring" mission to search for MIAs the government left behind.... Read more
Wonder Woman ( animated ) (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Starring: Voices Of, Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Marg Hel...
The Amazonian princess gets a reboot for the 21st century in this animated feature from Lauren Montgomery ('Superman: Doomsday', 'Batman: Gotham Knigh... Read more
Dawn of the Dead ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber
Debut feature from music video/commercial director Zack Snyder is a chilling, and worthy, remake of George Romero's classic '70s zombie flick which fi... Read more
Chuck: Season 2 (2008)
8.5/10
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Julia Ling, Yvonne Strahovski, Zachary...
This season, Chuck is in luck. Intersect II is ready for espionage service. And that means the old Intersect (Chuck) can go back to his old life. But... Read more
Take Home Pay (2019)
Director: Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Two brothers, Alama and Popo, arrive for the first time in New Zealand as Seasonal Workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their families... Read more
Zombieland: Double Tap (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Rosario Dawson, Z...
Zombie slayers Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock leave the confines of the White House to travel to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Along the... Read more
You Only Live Twice (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi
The talented novelist Roald Dahl adapted the Ian Fleming original in this expansive and colourful James Bond entry. Sean Connery is the British spy wo... Read more
Archenemy (2020)
5/10
Director: Adam Mortimer
Starring: Joe Manganiello
Max Fist claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers. No one believes his stories exce... Read more