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 Assassination Bureau (Blu-ray) (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge. Read more
The Chairman (1969)
5.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by t... Read more
Probability Zero (1969)
Director: Maurizio Lucidi
Starring: Henry Silva
Europe, WWII. When an Allied Spitfire plane containing important radar equipment is shot down and crashes over Norway, the desperate German forces set... Read more
The Italian Job ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Collinson
Starring: Benny Hill, Maggie Blye, Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Raf Vallone, Rossano Brazzi...
An ex-con creates the world's biggest traffic jam in an attempt to steal millions in gold. Join Michael Caine and his gang of crooks for the ultimate... Read more
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Peter R Hunt
Starring: Diana Rigg, George Lazenby, Telly Savalas
George Lazenby takes over the role as secret agent 007 in this extravaganza. Diana Rigg plays the courted contessa while Telly Savalas plays the arch-... Read more
Death Rides a Horse (1969)
7.2/10
Director: Giulio Petroni
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law
Bill (John Phillip Law) grows up to seek revenge on the gang that killed his parents. He meets up with Ryan (Lee Van Cleef), a veteran gunslinger seek... Read more
The Wild Bunch ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson
Peckinpah at his violent best. In the Southwest of 1913, Pike Bishop (William Holden) is leader of 'The Wild Bunch', a gang of outlaws coerced by a Me... Read more
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
8.1/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Jeff Corey, Henry...
One of the most successful and entertaining Westerns of all time chronicles the hair-raising adventures of outlaws Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (R... Read more
Dragon Swamp (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Cheng Pei-Pei, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh
Cheng Pei-Pei ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon') is a naive young martial artist sent to retrieve the Jade Dragon Sword and her own long lost mother i... Read more
The Italian Job (1969)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Collinson
Starring: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Maggie Blye
An ex-con creates the world's biggest traffic jam in an attempt to steal millions in gold. Join Michael Caine and his gang of crooks for the ultimate... Read more