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).
One Battle After Another (2025)
7.9/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chas...
Washed-up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti). Wh... Read more
One Down Two to Go (1982)
4.6/10
Director: Fred Williamson
Starring: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Richard Roundtree, Paula Sills, Laura Lof...
During a high stakes karate tournament, Chuck (Jim Kelly) suspects the match is rigged and calls in his buddies Cal (Fred Willimason who also directs)... Read more
Ong Bak (2003)
7.2/10
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Chattapong Pantanaunkul
When the head of sacred a Buddha statue, Ong Bak, is stolen, country boy Ting (Tony Jaa) is sent to Bangkok to retrieve it. Raised by a monk and train... Read more
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2008)
Director: Panna Rittikrai, Tony Jaa
Starring: Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatri, Sarunyoo Wongkrachang, Dan Chupong, Nirut Sirichanya
Martial arts wunderkind Tony Jaa returns with more jaw-dropping, bone-shattering action, and this time he also got behind the camera and co-directed.... Read more
Ong Bak 3: The Final Showdown (2010)
5/10
Director: Panna Rittikrai, Tony Jaa
Starring: Tony Jaa, Nirutti Sirijanya
Picking up directly where 'Ong Bak 2' left off, the legend contnues with Tien (Tony Jaa) captured by the enemy and fighting for his life. Suffering ul... Read more
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
6.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Hugh Grant, Cary Elwes
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the s... Read more
OSS 117 - From Africa With Love (2001)
7/10
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney, Natacha Lindinger, Wladimir Yordanoff
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures. Read more
Our Man Flint (1965)
6.5/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Gila Golan
Super Secret Agent Flint (James Coburn) of Z.O.W.I.E. sets out to foil a plot to control the worlds weather when an evil organisation called Galaxy se... Read more
Out Of Justice/Hard To Kill (1990)
Director: John Flynn
Starring: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach
The gruesome murder of a Brooklyn Detective will turn the case into a personal vendetta when the deceased's best friend and fellow officer will unleas... Read more
Out of the Furnace (2013)
6.8/10
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Christian Bale, Forest Whitaker, Sam Shepard, Tom Bower, Willem Dafoe, Woody Har...
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his ow... Read more