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 Matrix Resurrections (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.7/10
Director: Lana Wachowski
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himse... Read more
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
6.7/10
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett S...
Everything that has a beginning has an end. With human saviour Keanu Reeves being held in limbo between the real world and the Matrix, only Laurence F... Read more
The Matrix Revolutions ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
6.7/10
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett S...
Everything that has a beginning has an end. With human saviour Keanu Reeves being held in limbo between the real world and the Matrix, only Laurence F... Read more
The Maze Runner (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-S...
A boy wakes up in an elevator with no recollection of his name, where he comes from, or where he is. As he emerges from the earth, he finds himself in... Read more
The Maze Runner ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Dylan O'Brien, Thomas Brodie-S...
In The Maze Runner, Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) awakens inside a moving freight elevator with no memory of his former life. When the lift comes to a halt... Read more
The Mechanic (1972)
7/10
Director: Michael Winner
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland
Charles Bronson is a steely-eyed 'mechanic', an unparalleled professional assassin who takes a cold-hearted apprentice (Jan-Michael Vincent) under his... Read more
The Medallion (2003)
5.2/10
Director: Gordon Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies, Anthony...
In this rousing action yarn spiked with comedy and amazing stuntwork, Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong detective loaned to Interpol to track down a magical... Read more
The Meg (2018)
6/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Winston Chao, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pa... Read more
The Meg (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pa... Read more
The Millionaire's Express (1986)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Olivia Cheng Man
An all-star action spectacle involving a petty crook (Sammo Hung) in '30s China who returns to his impoverished hometown with a plan to save it by for... Read more