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).
North West Mounted Police (1940)
6.5/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston...
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Can... Read more
Young Ones (2014)
5.9/10
Director: Jake Paltrow
Starring: Michael Shannon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning
Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive. Read more
The Pink Jungle (1968)
6/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: James Garner, George Kennedy, Eva Renzi
A South American fashion photo shoot turns into a diamond mine seeking adventure for an American photographer and his model. Read more
District 13 (2004)
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Samir Guesmi
In the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and an ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb. Read more
The High Crusade (1994)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla) brings you John Rhys-Davies in a Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find the... Read more
The Piano Player (2002)
4.4/10
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Dennis Hopper, Diane Kruger, James Faulkner
Alex, a piano playing assassin, gets a job as bodyguard in Capetown for Robert and his cute daughter, Erika. When Alex saves Robert 2nd time, they hea... Read more
Agents of SHIELD: Season 3 (2016)
7.7/10
Starring: Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge...
Gear up for explosive action and mind-blowing adventure when Hydra’s ancient origins and ultimate agenda are revealed in the epic, game-changing third... Read more
Bullseye (1987)
4.7/10
Director: Carl Schultz
Starring: John Wood, Lynette Curran, Paul Chubb, Bruce Spence, Kerry Walker, John Meillon
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide. Read more
Spider-Woman, Agent Of S.W.O.R.D. (Blu-ray) (2009)
6.3/10
After the failed alien invasion of Earth, revenge-seeking P.I. Jessica Drew, a.k.a. Spider-Woman, is recruited by S.W.O.R.D., an agency specialized in... Read more
Tomorrow When The War Began (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Caitlin Stasey
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight. Read more