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).
Jekyll And Hyde: Series 1 (2015)
6.9/10
Starring: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Richard E Grant
10-part drama set in 1930s London focusing on Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor. The show will follow Robert Jekyll's quest to discov... Read more
A Belfast Story (Blu-ray) (2013)
4.6/10
Director: Nathan Todd
Starring: Colm Meaney, Malcolm Sinclair
In a city left torn by war, when a series of murders awaken dormant memories, many fear the worst. Colm Meaney ("Hell On Wheels", "Layer Cake", "Con A... Read more
Captive (2015)
5.4/10
Director: Jerry Jameson
Starring: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo
A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the j... Read more
Knightfall (2017)
6.8/10
Starring: Tom Cullen, Padraic Delaney, Julian Ovenden, Ed Stoppard, Mark Hamill
A look at the final days of the Knights Templar during the 14th century. Knightfall chronicles the mysterious but true accounts of the Knights Temp... Read more
Greenland (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.3/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and... Read more
Acts Of Violence (2018)
5.3/10
Starring: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes
At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after thei... Read more
Acts Of Vengeance (2017)
5.7/10
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Karl Urban, Paz Vega
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his... Read more
All The Devil's Men (2018)
5.1/10
Starring: Sylvia Hoeks, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Joseph Millson, Elliot Cowan, William Fichtner
A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly runni... Read more
Luca (Blu-ray) (2021)
7.5/10
Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Maya Rudolph, Jim Gaffigan
A young boy experiences an unforgettable seaside summer on the Italian Riviera filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these... Read more
Monster Hunter (Blu-ray) (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman
When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with i... Read more