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).
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
8/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce
The popular Disney theme park attraction inspired this swashbuckling, high-seas adventure from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The roguish yet charming Ca... Read more
Alien Resurrection (1997)
6.2/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J E Freeman, Brad Douri...
From the director of 'City of Lost Children' and 'Delicatessen' comes this fourth installment of the 'Alien' saga. A freshly cloned Ripley (Sigourney... Read more
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
6.7/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Jill St John, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Ma...
This seventh instalment of the Bond series sees the British Government become suspicious when large shipments of uncut diamonds begin disappearing dur... Read more
Attila the Hun (2000)
Director: Richard Lowry
Starring: Powers Boothe, Gerard Butler, Tim Curry, Simmone Jade MacKinnon
The most feared man to ever exist, Attila was king of the Huns in the fifth century and during his reign he united the various tribes of barbarians to... Read more
Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Kerry Washington, Adam Brody
A first-rate Hollywood blockbuster, slick in all the right ways - snappy dialogue, good-looking actors and plenty of bare-knuckle action. Brad Pitt an... Read more
Independence Day (1996)
7/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
Who will save the Earth after huge alien spacecraft demolish the Empire State Building, the White House, downtown Los Angeles and most of the world's... Read more
Goldfinger (1964)
7.7/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Honor Blackman, Sean Connery, Shirley Eaton, Gert Frobe, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwe...
In one of the most popular Bond adventures, 007 must foil Goldfinger - the man with the plan to irradiate Fort Knox and corner the world's gold market... Read more
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci...
This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more
Red Dawn (1984)
6.4/10
Director: John Milius
Starring: Patrick Swayze, C Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Ben Johnson, Harry Dean Stanton,...
It's gung-ho action all the way as a troop of small-town teenagers take on the Commies when the U.S. of A. gets invaded. Opening with a truly memorabl... Read more
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
6.7/10
Director: J J Abrams
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Max von Sydow, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isa...
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... Visionary director J.J. Abrams brings to life the motion picture event of a generation. As Kylo Ren and... Read more