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).
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
4.6/10
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Richard Masur, Bernie Casey, Robby Be...
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in... Read more
Bullseye (1987)
4.7/10
Director: Carl Schultz
Starring: John Wood, Lynette Curran, Paul Chubb, Bruce Spence, Kerry Walker, John Meillon
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide. Read more
The Principal (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Christopher Cain
Starring: James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr, Rae Dawn Chong
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school. Read more
The Living Daylights ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, Maryam D'Abo, Timothy Dalton, Art Malik
Once again, the tuxedo is passed on. Timothy Dalton makes a stylish debut as agent 007, in this danger-filled tale of megalomaniacal arms smugglers, S... Read more
Predator ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.8/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
An alien life form lands in the jungles of South America and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with his combat team, soon find themselves becoming the prey of th... Read more
The Hidden (1987)
7/10
Director: Jack Sholder
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Clu Gulager
A young FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan) teams up with an L.A. cop (Michael Nouri) to solve mysterious goings on involving an alien organism that switches... Read more
RoboCop ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferr...
The sci-fi action movie of 1987 stars Peter Weller as a Detroit cop gunned down and used as a guinea pig to create a cyborg police officer. All goes w... Read more
Hamburger Hill (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan, Dylan McDermott
It was one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Vietnam War, and for a company of American soldiers, the taking of Hill 937 was the closest they'd come t... Read more
Lethal Weapon ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.6/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are buddies Riggs and Murtaugh - LA's most action-oriented cops in this highly entertaining and highly successful series o... Read more
Masters of the Universe (1987)
5.4/10
Director: Gary Goddard
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles,...
Planet Eternia and the Castle of Greyskull are under threat from the evil Skeletor, who wants to take over the planet. A group of freedom fighters, le... Read more