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).
Willow (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
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
They Live (1988)
7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
John Carpenter's sci-fi thriller about one man's battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Pro-wrestler Roddy Piper s... Read more
City Hunter (1988)
8.6/10
Director: Wong Jing
Starring: Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Chingamy Yau, Leon Lai
Jackie Chan plays the hi-tech, hi-calibre girl chasing detective on the trail of a gang of ruthless international terrorists, in this hilarious movie... Read more
Police Story 2 (1988)
7.2/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung
Detective Jackie Chan is engaged in a one man war against a renegade triad gang, responsible for a wave of bomb scares across Hong Kong. This explosiv... Read more
Bat 21 (1988)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Markle
Starring: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed
A good actioner about an Airforce Colonel (Gene Hackman), used to being behind a desk, who is shot down behind enemy lines in dangerous territory, and... Read more
Rambo III (1988)
5.8/10
Director: Peter MacDonald
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc De Jonge
Sylvester Stallone is the one-man fighting machine who heads to Afghanistan to rescue his former Army Commander (Richard Crenna) from Russian captivit... Read more
Alien Nation (1988)
6.3/10
Director: Graham Baker
Starring: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp
A gritty sci-fi, crime procedural in the vein of The Hidden and District 9, Alien Nation is a tense tale of urban life in Los Angeles circa 1991. Here... Read more
The Bourne Identity (1988)
6.9/10
Director: Roger Young
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat, Yorgo Voyagis,...
An excellent adaptation of Robert Ludlum's thriller about a man suffering from amnesia who is washed up on a beach and his identity must be pieced tog... Read more
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