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).
The Big Hit (Blu-ray) (1998)
6.1/10
Director: Che-kirk Wong
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks
This unique action-comedy with Hong Kong flavours stars Mark Wahlberg as an expert hit man who is beset by insecurity, a confusing romantic life and a... Read more
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Blu-Ray) (3D) (2017)
7/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis,...
Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to... Read more
The Red Baron (Blu-ray) (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Nikolai Mullerschon
Starring: Matthias Schweighofer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighofer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force during World War I, eventually ra... Read more
The Lone Ranger (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.4/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper...
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes th... Read more
Saints and Soldiers (Blu-ray) (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Ryan Little
Starring: Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Kirby Heyborne, Lawrence Bagby, Peter Holden
A dramatic, intense and heroic WWII film based on the horrifying historical event known as the "Malmedy Massacre". In mid-December 1944, while Hitler'... Read more
10,000 BC (Blu-ray) (2008)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Steven Strait
Partly filmed on location around Queenstown, this prehistoric epic focuses on D'Leh, a young hunter who's been branded an outcast by his tribe. But he... Read more
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.6/10
Director: Jonas Pate
Starring: Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, Lili Bordan
An all-new chapter in the Battlestar Galactica saga, "Blood & Chrome" takes place in the midst of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans an... Read more
Killerman (2019)
5.7/10
Director: Malik Bader
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero
Moe Diamond is a New York City money launderer who wakes up with no memory and millions of dollars in stolen cash and drugs. He must soon scour the st... Read more
Iron Eagle II (1988)
5.5/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr
A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured. Read more
X-Men: First Class (Blu-ray) (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Rose Byrne, James McAvoy, January Jones, Michael Fass...
Set against the backdrop of the looming Cuban Missile Crisis, this thrilling prequel shows mutants Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Mi... Read more