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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).

Die Hard (1988)

8.2/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman

Terrorists seize an L.A. skyscraper and hold everyone inside prisoner...except for New York cop Bruce Willis, whose estranged wife is among the hostag... Read more

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

7.2/10
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett S...

In the second chapter of the Matrix Trilogy, Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) continue to lead the rev... Read more

Serenity (2005)

7.9/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel St...

Joss Whedon's feature film follow-up to his short-lived, though now cult series, 'Firefly', is a riveting blend of engaging story, sci-fi action and h... Read more

Cowboy Bebop: Volume 2 (1998)

8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation

Volume 2 of 6. Spike and Vicious' deadly duel is concluded and Spike has survived to live another day - and to resume attempts at actually making a li... Read more

The Hunted (2003)

6/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen

Haunted by the nightmares of killing he experienced in Kosovo in the past, Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro) has turned into a top special-forces assass... Read more

Akira (1988)

8.1/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Starring: Voices Of, Lewis Lemay, Jimmy Flanders, Drew Thomas

Groundbreaking Japanese animated epic set in the post-WWIII metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. The labyrinthine plot revolves around a battle between oppressive... Read more

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

6.6/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson, Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGre...

Ten years after "The Phantom Menace" Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and student Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) investigate an attem... Read more

Sharpe Vol. 1: Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle (1993)

Director: Tom Clegg
Starring: Sean Bean, Darragh O'Malley, Brian Cox, Assumpta Serna

'Sharpe's Rifles' - Portugal 1809, the Peninsular War in the age of Napoleon. A British sergeant (Sean Bean) in the 95th Rifles saves the life of Arth... Read more

Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) (1981)

Director: George Miller
Starring: Vernon Wells, Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence

Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more

The Hunger Games (2012)

7.2/10
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Hutcher...

In a post-apocalyptic future, the government of what was once North America sponsors an annual televised entertainment in which 24 teenagers battle on... Read more