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 Grandmaster ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Ziyi
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary Kung FU master... Read more
The Great Silence (1968)
7.8/10
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Widely considered to be among the best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made, this bleak, brilliant, violent, snowbound, politically charged 's... Read more
The Great Silence (Blu-ray) (1968)
7.7/10
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Widely considered to be among the best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made, this bleak, brilliant, violent, snowbound, politically charged 's... Read more
The Great Wall (2016)
6/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Andy Lau, Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian
Set a thousand years ago, during the Song dynasty, Matt Damon portrays a mercenary warrior who is imprisoned within the Great Wall, where he discovers... Read more
The Great Wall ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
6/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Andy Lau, Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian
Set a thousand years ago, during the Song dynasty, Matt Damon portrays a mercenary warrior who is imprisoned within the Great Wall, where he discovers... Read more
The Green Berets (1968)
5.7/10
Director: John Wayne, Ray Kellogg
Starring: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray
This Vietnam action picture presents WWII-type heroics of the American Special Forces. The now infamous ending has the sun setting in the East. Read more
The Green Hornet (1940)
7.1/10
Director: Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Starring: Keye Luke, Wade Boteler, Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel
George W. Trendle's original masked crime fighter explodes onto the screen in this exciting 1940s serial presentation - gripping from one nail-biting... Read more
The Green Hornet (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou, Seth Rogen
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
The Green Hornet (Blu-ray) (2011)
5.8/10
Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou, Seth Rogen
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
7.2/10
Director: John Rawlins, Ford Beebe
Starring: Keye Luke, Warren Hull, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel
George W. Trendle's original masked crime fighter returns to the screen in this exciting follow-up to the 1940 serial presentation - gripping from one... Read more