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).
Die In A Gunfight (2021)
4.4/10
Director: Collin Schiffli
Starring: Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Justin Chatwin, Billy Crudup, Emmanuelle Chriq...
In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father's nemesis. Read more
Asher (2018)
5.5/10
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Starring: Ron Perlman, Richard Dreyfuss, Famke Janssen, Jacqueline Bassett
An aging hitman's last job goes sideways, forcing him to redeem himself. Read more
New Adventures of Tarzan: Volume 1 (1935)
5.4/10
Director: Edward Kull
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt
This oddity was produced by Edgar Rice Burroughs own company and was the first Tarzan film shot on location (in Guatemala). Their goal: the "Green God... Read more
The Boys: Season 3 (2022)
7.5/10
Starring: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Laz A...
The third season of the American superhero television series The Boys, the first series in the franchise based on the comic book series of the same na... Read more
The Last Of Us (2023)
8.8/10
Director: Craig Mazin, Ali Abbasi, Jeremy Webb
Starring: Pedro Pascal
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope. Read more
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.1/10
Director: Peyton Reed
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Walton Goggin...
Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne are dragged into the Quantum Realm, along with Hope's parents and Scott's daughter Cassie. Together they must find a way... Read more
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Blu-ray) (1977)
8.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Voice O...
The story of a boy, a girl and a universe. Now a classic, this blend of pulp magazine sci-fi, comic book action, old fashioned cliff-hanger story and... Read more
Blue Beetle (2023)
6/10
Starring: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Becky G
Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its... Read more
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
Get ready for fantastic fun, endless and high-seas laughs in a dazzling animated twist on this classic tale. Follow our swashbuckling hero, Sinbad, hi... Read more
Alexander the Great (1955)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Rossen
Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
An epic historical drama of the military leader who conquered most of the known world before he was 30. Richard Burton gives a fine performance as the... Read more