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).
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Golden Voyage of Sinbad / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Director: Gordon Hessler, Nathan Juran, Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher, John Phillip Law, C...
A Sinbad Triple Feature featuring the amazing special effects of Ray Harryhausen. "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958, 85 mins) - This grand adventure/fa... Read more
Cross of Iron (1977)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
Sam Peckinpah's only war film is a violent and compelling story set on the Russian front in 1943, where war-weary German sergeant James Coburn encount... Read more
The Gauntlet (1977)
6.4/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
A Las Vegas prostitute (Sondra Locke) who is a critical witness in an impending trial is stalked by assassins. A cop (Clint Eastwood) is sent to bring... Read more
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
7.1/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel
Agent 007 does battle against the arch villain Stromberg and his plans for world destruction. Spectacular underwater footage, beautiful women and the... Read more
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
7.6/10
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton
Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch. Read more
Dragon Versus Needles of Death (1976)
Director: Kuo-Heng Chung
So Dragon Yu is a "good lad," but gets bullied a lot. Poor man. Thank goodness, he's just discovered an ability he never knew he had: being able to th... Read more
Sweeney! (1976)
6.9/10
Director: David Wickes
Starring: Barry Foster, Dennis Waterman, Ian Bannen, John Thaw, Colin Welland, Diane Keen
"Shut it you slag... You're nicked!" The first of two big screen spin-offs from the roughest, toughest and most politically incorrect crime series in... Read more
Swashbuckler (1976)
6/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Beau Bridges, Genevieve Bujold, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw, Genevieve Bujold and James Earl Jones star in this lusty, rollicking pirate adventure set in the 18th Century Caribbean. A pirate and a h... Read more
Black Shampoo (1976)
4.5/10
Director: Greydon Clark
Starring: Helene Farber, Tanya Boyd, John Daniels
Mr. Jonathan is a smooth-talking, hard-hitting ladies' man who can curl and kill with equal ease. When his receptionist gets in trouble with the mob,... Read more
King Kong ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
5.9/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Charles Grodin, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange
Updated misfire of the 1933 classic, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and starring Jeff Bridges as an anti-establishment paleontologist who stows away o... Read more