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).
Total Recall (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, John Cho, Bryan Cranst...
Slick reimagining of the Philip K. Dick tale, set on a future Earth dominated by two political superpowers in which factory worker Douglas Quaid (Coli... Read more
Independence Day: Resurgence (Blu-ray) (2016)
5.2/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Bill Pullman, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Se...
Twenty years after the alien attack in 1996, the Earth has recovered and the United Nations created the Earth Space Defense [ESD], a united global def... Read more
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
5.7/10
Director: Mark L Lester
Starring: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan
A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union. Read more
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2017)
7.6/10
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Sean Gunn, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Chris Sulli...
Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reache... Read more
Captain America: The First Avenger (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Neal McDonough, Samuel L Jackson, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones,...
Declared unfit for military service during World War II, scrawny Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) gets a chance to serve his country when he undergoes a pro... Read more
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Blu-ray) (2006)
6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Lucas Black, Lil Bow Wow, Nathalie Kelley, Brian Tee, Sung Kang, Sonny Chiba
The third instalment in the 'Fast and Furious' series is a super-charged look at the underground world of Tokyo's drift-racers. Young Sean (Lucas Bla... Read more
Fast and Furious 5 (Blu-ray) (2011)
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Elsa P...
Get ready for "five times the action" as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on... Read more
Zulu (Blu-ray) (1964)
7.7/10
Director: Cy Endfield
Starring: Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins, James Booth
Michael Caine stars in this epic story of the battle of Rorke's Drift, on January 22nd 1879, where 1,200 British troops found themselves completely ou... Read more
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant
higher class of hero Henry Cavill stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's action adventure The Man... Read more
Spider-Man 1 & 2 (2002)
7.3/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Tobey Maguire, Rosemary Harris, Kirsten Dunst, Cliff...
1: A bite from a genetically altered arachnid turns timid high schooler Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) into a web-spinning wallcrawler who learns throug... Read more