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).
Live and Let Die ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
6.8/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto
James Bond battles the forces of black magic in this high-octane adventure that hurtles him from the streets of New York City to Louisiana's bayou cou... Read more
Lockout (2012)
6.1/10
Director: James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger
Starring: Guy Pearce, Lennie James, Peter Stormare, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gi...
Luc Besson ("The Fifth Element") co-scripted this futuristic thriller about a wrongly-convicted ex-CIA operative (Guy Pearce) who is betrayed by his g... Read more
Logan (2017)
8.1/10
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Bo...
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and... Read more
Logan ( Blu-ray ) (2017)
8.1/10
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Bo...
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and... Read more
Logan's Run (1976)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, F...
In the 23rd century, life inside the domed city that houses the Earth's population is perfect - except that anyone who tries to live past the age of 3... Read more
Logan's Run ( Blu-ray ) (1976)
6.8/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Jenny Agutter, Michael York, Peter Ustinov, Richard Jordan, Rosc...
In the 23rd century, life inside the domed city that houses the Earth's population is perfect - except that anyone who tries to live past the age of 3... Read more
Lone Survivor (2013)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Eric Bana, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Ali Suliman, Jerry Ferrara,...
Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival, "Lone Survivor" tells the incredible tale of four Navy SEALs on a... Read more
Lone Wolf and Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama
He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido, entrusted by the Shogun with the gravest of responsibilities, that of official... Read more
Lone Wolf and Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama
The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro w... Read more
Lone Wolf and Cub 3: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Director: Kenji Misumi
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama
"Child and Expertise For Rent" reads the sign on the crude baby cart that Ogami Itto pushes, carrying his infant son, Daigoro, as they wander the Japa... Read more