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).
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
7.2/10
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: John Wayne, John Agar, Adela Mara, Forrest Tucker
The Duke was never better than as the haunted Sergeant Stryker, a man hated by his men (with few exceptions) for his unyielding toughness, but it is b... Read more
Western Heroes: 'Deadline' & 'The Arizona Ranger' (1948)
Director: John Rawlins
Starring: Richard Martin, Tim Holt, Jack Holt
Deadline: 1948. A Pony Express rider discovers some mysterious goings-on during the construction of a telegraph line. When a murder is committed, he i... Read more
Adventures Of Don Juan (1948)
7/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas
En garde! This was Flynn's first swashbuckler in over nine years. The story of the great lover, Don Juan, coming to the rescue of his Queen. Winner of... Read more
Tarzan: 3 More Classic Adventures (1948)
7.2/10
Director: Kurt Neumann, Robert Florey
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield
A further three classic Tarzan adventures from the Johnny Weissmuller years collected on one DVD! 'Tarzan and the Mermaids' (1948) has a high priest t... Read more
Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
6.8/10
Director: Ray Taylor
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel. Read more
Objective, Burma! (1945)
7.4/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Errol Flynn, William Prince, James Brown
A taut, thrilling blockbuster of a war film about a group of tough, tight-lipped paratroopers who are dropped into the Burmese jungle to wipe out a Ja... Read more
Batman: The Complete 1943 Serial (1943)
7.5/10
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Starring: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J Carrol Naish
Japanese spymaster Prince Daka operates a covert espionage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo which turns American scient... Read more
Sahara (1943)
7.6/10
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges
There's plenty of top-notch, explosive action in this 1943 classic about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great African desert during World War II.... Read more
Gang Busters: Volume 2 (1942)
5.5/10
Director: Ray Taylor
Starring: Kent Taylor, Robert Armstrong, Richard Davies
Detective Lt.Bill Bannister has the assignment to run down an unknown gang of terrorists spreading a net of crime over the city. Aiding him is Detecti... Read more
Gang Busters: Volume 1 (1942)
7.1/10
Director: Ray Taylor
Starring: Kent Taylor, Robert Armstrong, Richard Davies
Detective Lt.Bill Bannister has the assignment to run down an unknown gang of terrorists spreading a net of crime over the city. Aiding him is Detecti... Read more