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).
Monster Hunters (2020)
2.1/10
Starring: Tom Sizemore
When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, the Prisoners make quick work of the dozen that... Read more
Cosmoball (2020)
4/10
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the... Read more
Braven (2018)
5.9/10
Starring: Jason Momoa, Garret Dillahunt, Jill Wagner, Stephen Lang
Joe Braven is a logging company owner who lives with his family in Canada. Joe's father, Linden, suffering from dementia, mistakes a woman in a bar fo... Read more
New Adventures of Tarzan: Volume 2 (1934)
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). The adventurers seek the... Read more
OSS 117 - From Africa With Love (2001)
7/10
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney, Natacha Lindinger, Wladimir Yordanoff
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures. Read more
The Assassination Bureau (Blu-ray) (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge. Read more
Everything Everywhere All At Once (4K Ultra HD) (2022)
8.2/10
Director: Daniel Scheinert
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jenny Slate
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the liv... Read more
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Blu-ray) (1983)
8.3/10
Director: Richard Marquand
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Sebastian Shaw, I...
The last chapter in the popular series delivers more thrills and adventure as the forces of good and not so good battle on the forest moon of Endor, i... Read more
21 Jump Street (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Ice Cube, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Jonah Hill, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle
The popular 1980s cop show gets a modern updating in this hilarious action/comedy. Rookie police officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tat... Read more
Raised By Wolves 2 (2022)
7.5/10
Starring: Travis Fimmel
In season two of RAISED BY WOLVES, Android partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their brood of six human children,... Read more