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).
Robin and Marian (1976)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Nicol Williamson, Richard Harris, Den...
Richard Lester continues the high-spirited Robin Hood adventure as Robin regroups the members of his Sherwood Forest band when King John assumes the t... Read more
Rocky (1976)
8.1/10
Director: John G Avildsen
Starring: Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith
The first and the best! Writer and star Sylvester Stallone is the Philadelphia club fighter who gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at fighting the... Read more
King Kong (1976)
5.9/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, 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
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
7.9/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon
An exciting post-Civil War adventure about a cowboy on a trail of vengeance against the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and son. Director/star Cl... Read more
Logan's Run (1976)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, F...
In the 23rd century, life inside the domed city that houses the Earth's population is perfect - except that anyone who tries to live past the age of 3... Read more
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
7.4/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Laurie Zimmer, Darwin Joston, Austin Stoker
A riveting movie about a deserted L.A. Police Station that finds itself under siege by a youth gang. Exceptional performances by Austin Stoker, Laurie... Read more
The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: George Lazenby, Jimmy Wang Yu
Aka "The Dragon Flies". The Far East picks a fight Down Under in The Man From Hong Kong, a cult martial arts action extravaganza from Ozploitation... Read more
Killer Force (1975)
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Christopher Lee, Hugh O'Brian, Maud Adams, Peter Fonda, Telly Savalas, O J Simps...
Mike Bradley (Peter Fonda) is a field security officer responsible for the day-to-day operations of a lucrative South African diamond mine located dee... Read more
Death Race 2000 / Deathsport (1975)
Director: Paul Bartel, Allan Arkush, Henry Suso
Starring: Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Mary Woronov, Sylvester Stallone, Roberta Col...
A killer double feature of 70s exploitation from legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman. 'Death Race 2000' (1975, 80 mins) - Paul Bartel's cult class... Read more
The Bullet Train (1975)
Director: Junya Sato
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Eiji Go, Kinya Kitaoji, Takashi Shimura, Ken Takakura
Terrorists have planted a bomb on a Japanese bullet train, which will detonate if the speed of the train dips below 80 miles per hour, unless a 5 mill... Read more