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).
Adrift (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.7/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur, Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Elizabeth Hawthorne, Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer
Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history... Read more
Willow (Blu-ray) (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Billy Barty, Jean Marsh
From a story by George Lucas comes this epic fantasy-adventure in which Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a little person, is entrusted with delivering a... Read more
The Equalizer 2 (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Bill Pullman, Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo, Orson Bean, Sakina Jaffrey, Jonath...
If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the mysterious and elusive Robert McCall will deliver the vigilante justice you seek. This ti... Read more
The Grandmaster ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Ziyi
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary Kung FU master... Read more
Final Score (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Scott Mann
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ralph Brown, Ray Stevenson, Dave Bautista
After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass... Read more
Krull (Blu-Ray) (1983)
6.1/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Trevor Martin, Be...
On the planet of Krull, an evil creature called the Beast decimates the world's army and kidnaps the lovely Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), who is d... Read more
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Crispian Mills
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Margot Robbie
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakab... Read more
Overlord (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Julius Avery
Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, John Magaro, Pilou Asbaek, Bokeem Woodbine, Jacob An...
On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate the walls of a fortified church and destroy a radio transmitter. As th... Read more
Angel Has Fallen (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.7/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nels...
Authorities take Secret Service agent Mike Banning into custody for the failed assassination attempt of U.S. President Allan Trumbull. After escaping... Read more
Anna (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Helen Mirren
Beneath a woman's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the most feared assassins on the p... Read more