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).
Tarzan the Fearless / Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Director: Charles Haas, Robert Hill
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, Edward Woods, Gordon Scott
"Tarzan The Fearless" (1958)- This delightful, ancient-looking artifact was released as a twelve chapter serial and then as a feature edited from the... Read more
Three Musketeers: The Serial 1-6 (1933)
6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Francis X Bushman, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr
'One for all and all for one!' Daredevil thrills and spills abound, as John Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle villainous El Shaitan and h... Read more
Sister Street Fighter (1974)
6.3/10
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring: Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba
Lee Long is a martial-arts champion who the police use as an undercover agent to infiltrate a drug ring responsible for importing heroin from Japan to... Read more
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King Solomon's Mines (1985)
5.2/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Herbert Lom, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone
Based on H. Rider Haggard's celebrated novel, this fast moving action safari stars Richard Chamberlain as daredevil soldier of fortune Allan Quatermai... Read more
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
3.8/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Plummer
A romantic Caribbean cruise for feisty Sandra Bullock and new beau Jason Patric becomes a voyage into danger when deranged computer whiz Willem Dafoe,... Read more
K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Shimako Sato
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura, Takeshi Kaga, Reiko Takashima
Stylish superhero shenanigans in a rollicking adventure, based on a popular '80s manga. K-20 is the nickname for the Fiend with 20 Faces, a prankster... Read more
Dead and Deader (2007)
Director: Patrick Dinhut
Starring: Dean Cain, Armin Shimerman, Dean Haglund, John Billingsley, Susan Ward
Dean Cain stars as Lt. Bobby Quinn, a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission deep in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts hi... Read more
My Name is Modesty (2004)
4.6/10
Director: Scott Spiegel
Starring: Raymond Cruz, Eugenia Yuan, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alexandra Staden, Fred Pearso...
The early years of Peter O'Donnell's beloved pulp heroine Modesty Blaise are chronicled in this thrilling actioner. Following her escape from a Balkan... Read more
Killer Force (1975)
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Christopher Lee, Hugh O'Brian, Maud Adams, Peter Fonda, Telly Savalas, O J Simps...
Mike Bradley (Peter Fonda) is a field security officer responsible for the day-to-day operations of a lucrative South African diamond mine located dee... Read more
Elysium ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, William Fichtner, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, Alice Brag...
In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live... Read more