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).
Poseidon (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Jimmy Bennett, Mia...
"The Perfect Storm" Director Wolfgang Petersen rides an even bigger wave with this intense revamping of the '70s disaster epic. When a 150-foot-high r... Read more
Power Rangers (2017)
6/10
Director: Dean Israelite
Starring: Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Elizabeth Banks, Bryan Cranston, Dacre Montgomery, RJ Cyle...
Saban's "Power Rangers" follows five ordinary teens who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove - and... Read more
Predator (1987)
7.8/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke
An alien life form lands in the jungles of South America and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with his combat team, soon find themselves becoming the prey of th... Read more
Predator ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
7.8/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
An alien life form lands in the jungles of South America and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with his combat team, soon find themselves becoming the prey of th... Read more
Predator 2 (1990)
6.3/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robe...
The streets of Los Angeles are already a war zone, but when an interplanetary 'big game' hunter arrives, a deadly battle erupts between the police, a... Read more
Predator 2 (Blu-ray) (1990)
6.3/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robe...
The streets of Los Angeles are already a war zone, but when an interplanetary 'big game' hunter arrives, a deadly battle erupts between the police, a... Read more
Predators (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Nimrod Antal
Starring: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Topher Grace, Mah...
A bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who finds himself stranded on a jungle planet with a ragtag grou... Read more
Predators ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Nimrod Antal
Starring: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Topher Grace, Mah...
A bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who finds himself stranded on a jungle planet with a ragtag grou... Read more
Premium Rush (2012)
6.5/10
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung
Renowned for his fearless approach to the Manhattan streets, bike messenger Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is entrusted with the delivery of a mysteriou... Read more
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Burr Steers
Starring: Charles Dance, Lena Headey, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Matt Smith, Bella Heathcote,...
It is England of the early 19th Century where the country has been overrun by a zombie apocalypse. At the fortified Longbourn House, the Bennet family... Read more