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).
Payback (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer, Kris Kristofferson, James Co...
Based on the same Richard Stark novel ("The Hunter") that inspired 1967s "Point Blank", this stylish mob actioner stars Mel Gibson as a career crimina... Read more
Payback ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: David Paymer, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Mel Gibson
Based on the same Richard Stark novel ("The Hunter") that inspired 1967's "Point Blank", this stylish mob actioner stars Mel Gibson as a career crimin... Read more
Paycheck (2003)
6.3/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton,...
In this sci-fi thriller adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick, Ben Affleck plays a corporate espionage electronics whiz offered a vast sum by old pal... Read more
Peacemaker (2022)
Director: James Gunn
Starring: John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Steve Agee, Robert Patrick
Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover tha... Read more
Perrier's Bounty (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Liam Cunningham, Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney...
Blood is thicker than water. Nothing is thicker than thieves. Perpetual waster and lazy Dublin thief Michael McCrea (Cillian Murphy) decides to stage... Read more
Peter Pan (2003)
6.9/10
Director: P J Hogan
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Briers, O...
Director P.J. Hogan's ('Muriel's Wedding') visually stunning adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic story follows 'the boy who wouldn't grow up' as he le... Read more
Pink Cadillac (1989)
5.3/10
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bernadette Peters, Timothy Carhart
This slam-bang action comedy has Clint Eastwood after Bernadette Peters and the titular car, filled with funny money that belongs to a white supremaci... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Bill...
Hitting the high seas for a third time, Captain Jack is in trouble down in Davy Jones' Locker, after an incident with the Kraken; and Will and Elizabe... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport, Bill...
Hitting the high seas for a third time, Captain Jack is in trouble down in Davy Jones' Locker, after an incident with the Kraken; and Will and Elizabe... Read more
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonatha...
The whole crew reunites for this supernatural swashbuckling sequel as Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) tries to avoid a blood debt he owes to the somewhat s... Read more