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).
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Russ Meyer
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji
Russ Meyer's ode to the violence in women; this is the story of a new breed of superwomen emerging out of the ruthlessness of our times. We are introd... Read more
Batman (1966)
7.5/10
Director: Leslie Martinson
Starring: Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Lee Meriwet...
The caped crusader and his youthful sidekick jump from their popular mid 1960s T.V. series into this full-length feature film. Very silly material pla... Read more
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
8.9/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood's invincible "Man with No Name" teams with two gunslingers (Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) to pursue a fortune in stolen gold. But team... Read more
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
6.4/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule
A climactic stampede sequence sparks this Civil War western with William Holden as a mercenary adventurer hired to drive cattle from Mexico to Union f... Read more
Django (1966)
7.3/10
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Starring: Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo
Aka 'Django Rides Again'. Franco Nero plays the stranger who arrives in a Mexican border town to settle a dispute - dragging a coffin that will give h... Read more
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Tremendously entertaining story of medical team reduced to microscopic size, then injected inside human body. Marvellous special effects and set des... Read more
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
6.9/10
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin... Read more
For a Few Dollars More ( Blu-ray ) (1965)
8.3/10
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Klaus Kinski, Lee Van Cleef
In his career, Clint Eastwood has established a cottage industry of film genres; with Italian director Sergio Leone, their low-budget western collabor... Read more
The Glory Guys (1965)
6.2/10
Director: Arnold Laven
Starring: Andrew Duggan, Harve Presnell, James Caan, Peter Breck, Senta Berger, Slim Picke...
Cavalry captain Demas Harrod (Tom Tryon) and his faithful scout, Sol Rogers (Harve Presnell), are placed under the command of xenophobic general Frede... Read more
Hercules and the Princess of Troy / Atlas in the Land of Cyclops / Giants of Rome (1965)
Director: Albert Band
Starring: Gordon Scott, Gordon Mitchell, Richard Harrison
Made in English as the pilot for a proposed Hercules TV series, "Hercules and the Princess of Troy" stars Gordon Scott as the heroic demigod, pitted a... Read more