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).
All Men Are Brothers (1975)
6.3/10
Director: Chang Cheh, Wu Ma
Starring: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, Betty Chung Ling-Ling
The long-awaited sequel to "The Water Margin" finds the perennial cast of kung-fu favourites on another epic adventure, this time attempting to scale... Read more
Rollerball (1975)
6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...
The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... Read more
Rollerball (Blu-ray) (1975)
6.6/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, Moses Gunn, John Beck, Pamela Hensley, Ra...
The most popular sport in the 21st century is Rollerball--a gory combination of roller derby and gladiator combat played with motorcycles. James Caan... Read more
The Killer Elite (1975)
6/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins
James Caan is a San Francisco killer-for-hire, working for the CIA, who uses firearms and martial arts for revenge in this tale of espionage, conspira... Read more
Gone With The West (1974)
3.1/10
Starring: James Caan, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, Barbara Werle, Sammy Davis Jr, Robert Wal...
After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American w... Read more
The Man with the Golden Gun ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, Roger Moore
James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his ultimate foe in diabolical master assassin Scaramanga, played to perfection by Christopher Lee in this 007 t... Read more
The Four Musketeers (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Chri...
Richard Lester followed up his 1973 'Three Musketeers' with this swashbuckling comedy sequel. D'artagnan is now a musketeer, and must help his sword-... Read more
The Four Musketeers (Blu-ray) (1974)
7/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Chri...
Richard Lester followed up his 1973 'Three Musketeers' with this swashbuckling comedy sequel. D'artagnan is now a musketeer, and must help his sword-... Read more
Mr Majestyk (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Lee Purcell
Charles Bronson stars as Majestyk, an ex-con and Vietnam vet whose efforts to run a farm are thwarted by narrow-minded locals and corrupt cops. But wh... Read more
Death Wish: The Vigilante Collection (1974)
6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson, Michael Winner, Allan A Goldstein
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Jill Ireland, A...
Charles Bronson stars as Paul Kersey, a once mild-mannered New York architect who turns vilgilante after his wife and daughter are attacked during a b... Read more