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 Chairman (1969)
5.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by t... Read more
Detention Of The Dead (2012)
4.5/10
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies. Read more
Fantastic Four (Blu-ray) (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E Cathe...
As a brilliant teen in 2007, Reed Richards (Miles Teller) works to perfect a teleportation device that could revolutionize science, finding help from... Read more
Galaxy Angel: Angels A La Carte (2000)
7.6/10
The astronomical adventures of the Angel Brigade, a squad of females dispatched to retrieve powerful objects scattered around the Milky Way. 7 episode... Read more
Geostorm (2017)
5.3/10
Starring: Gerard Butler
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover... Read more
Strike Back: Season 2 (2011)
8.2/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Strike Back: Season 4 (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Identity Thief (2013)
5.7/10
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Genesis Rodriguez
Mild mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up... Read more
El Gringo (2012)
5.4/10
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez
Starring: Scott Adkins, Valentin Ganev, Christian Slater
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras. Read more
Big Legend (2018)
4.9/10
An ex-soldier ventures into the Pacific Northwest to uncover the truth behind his fiance's disappearance. Read more