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).
Point Blank (Blu-ray) (1967)
7.4/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him. Read more
Point Break (2015)
5.3/10
Director: Ericson Core
Starring: Delroy Lindo, Ray Winstone, Edgar Ramirez, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey
In the fast-paced, high-adrenaline action thriller Point Break a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill se... Read more
Point of No Return (Blu-ray) (1993)
6.1/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Bridget Fonda
Drug addict Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top secret U.S. government Agent "Bo... Read more
Police Assassins (1985)
Director: Corey Yuen Kwai
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock, Tsui Hark, John Sham, Hoi Mang, Sammo Hung
Michelle Yeoh, in her second feature film, teams up with martial arts icon Cynthia Rothrock making her debut in this oestragen-fuelled buddy flick. T... Read more
Police Story (1986)
7.6/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Brigitte Lin
Crammed with incredible stuntwork this lightning-paced Kung Fu comedy about cop Jackie Chan, a one-man police force attempting to get the goods on som... Read more
Police Story 2 (1988)
7.2/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung
Detective Jackie Chan is engaged in a one man war against a renegade triad gang, responsible for a wave of bomb scares across Hong Kong. This explosiv... Read more
Polite Society (2023)
6.7/10
Starring: Jenny Funnell, Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya
Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the mos... Read more
Pompeii (2014)
5.5/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinn...
Set in 79 A.D., "Pompeii" tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time t... Read more
Pork Pie (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Matt Murphy
Starring: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings
'Pork Pie' tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of New Zealand in a yellow MINI Cooper S, protesting conform... Read more
Pork Pie (Blu-ray) (2017)
6.4/10
Director: Matt Murphy
Starring: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings
'Pork Pie' tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of New Zealand in a yellow MINI Cooper S, protesting conform... Read more