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).
Kung Fu: A Legend Reborn (1992)
7.8/10
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: David Carradine, Chris Potter
David Carradine, star of the 70's TV series, reprises his role as Caine, the mysterious Shaolin champion who lives by his deepest spiritual beliefs th... Read more
Kung Fu: Season 1 (1972)
7.8/10
Starring: David Carradine, Philip Ahn, Keye Luke, Radames Pera
He is a man of peace in a violent land. He is Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine), schooled in the spirit-mind-body ways of the Shaolin priesthood by t... Read more
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Lang
Starring: David Carradine, Brandon Lee, Mako , Keye Luke
David Carradine reprises his role as Kwai Chang Caine, caught up in a battle with a Chinese warlord who's shipping opium to America and a search for a... Read more
Lady Death (2004)
5.2/10
Director: Andrew Orjuela
Wrongly burned at the stake as a result of her father's betrayal, a pious 15th century girl makes a deal with the devil in this dark animated fantasy.... Read more
Lady Snowblood (1973)
7.7/10
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon
Her father, a schoolteacher, is brutally murdered. Her mother is beaten, raped, and forced into prostitution to survive, only to die giving her life.... Read more
Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
7.7/10
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Imprisoned and sentenced to hang for the murders she committed to avenge her family, Yuki is given a reprieve by the mysterious Kikui, a secret govern... Read more
Land of the Lost (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone
Will Ferrell is Dr Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist whose wacky ideas about time travel have seen him outcast from the scientific community. Bu... Read more
Land of the Lost ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
5.4/10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Anna Friel, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone
Will Ferrell is Dr Rick Marshall, a quantum paleontologist whose wacky ideas about time travel have seen him outcast from the scientific community. Bu... Read more
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Ciaran Hinds, Djimon Hounsou, Til Sc...
Silver spandex-clad archaeologist/globetrotter Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) is back for seconds and faces her most perilous mission: to recover what an... Read more
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
5.8/10
Director: Simon West
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Daniel Craig, Noah Taylor
The voluptuous video-game heroine busts onto the big screen in this action-packed odyssey with Angelina Jolie as aristocratic adventurer Lara Croft, e... Read more