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).
Wing Commander (1999)
4.2/10
Director: Chris Roberts
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, Tcheky Karyo, Jurgen Prochn...
Based on the popular computer game and set in the year 2564 where two rookie pilots and their female military girlfriends blast aliens into space debr... Read more
Winners and Sinners (1983)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Ching-Ying Lam
Jackie Chan plays an ex-con who forms a cleaning business with four other former crims looking to go straight. While working in a building, they run i... Read more
Wonder Woman (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Robin Wright, Elena Anaya, Danny Huston, Chris Pi...
Before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island... Read more
Wonder Woman ( animated ) (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Starring: Voices Of, Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Marg Hel...
The Amazonian princess gets a reboot for the 21st century in this animated feature from Lauren Montgomery ('Superman: Doomsday', 'Batman: Gotham Knigh... Read more
Wonder Woman ( Blu-ray ) (2017)
7.5/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Robin Wright, Elena Anaya, Danny Huston, Chris Pi...
Before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island... Read more
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
7.4/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Chris Pine, Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig
Diana must contend with a work colleague and businessman, whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient... Read more
Wonder Woman 1984 (Blu-ray) (2020)
5.4/10
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Chris Pine, Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig
Diana must contend with a work colleague and businessman, whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient... Read more
Woochi: Goblin Wizard (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Dong-Hoon Choi
Starring: Dong-won Kang
Aka "Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard". Begins in the Chosun Dynasty in 1509 and involves a trio of Taoist wizards, a magician named Jeon Woo-chi (Dong-... Read more
World War Z (2013)
7/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Brad Pitt, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos
Starring Brad Pitt and very loosely based on the best-selling and wildly popular novel, "World War Z" is a fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic which follo... Read more
World War Z ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2013)
7/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Brad Pitt, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos
Starring Brad Pitt and very loosely based on the best-selling and wildly popular novel, "World War Z" is a fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic which follo... Read more