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).
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
6/10
Director: Lexi Alexander
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon, Wayne Knight, Dash Mi...
An ultra-violent outing for the two-fisted wrecking ball of vengeance known as the Punisher. Six years after the death of his family, Frank Castle is... Read more
Push (2008)
6.1/10
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Cliff Curtis, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle
A group of telekinetic American ex-patriots must band together to take down a clandestine government agency that's genetically transforming normal cit... Read more
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
7.9/10
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone
When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic... Read more
Quantum of Solace (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Olga Kurylenko, J...
Picking up moments after the climax of 'Casino Royale', the 22nd 007 thriller finds James Bond (Daniel Craig) thirsting for revenge against a shadowy... Read more
Quantum of Solace ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Marc Forster
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Olga Kurylenko, J...
Picking up moments after the climax of 'Casino Royale', the 22nd 007 thriller finds James Bond (Daniel Craig) thirsting for revenge against a shadowy... Read more
Quarantine (2008)
6/10
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Andrew Fiscella
A fairly faithful remake of the Spanish hit '[Rec]', in which a TV journalist and her crew find themselves trapped in a building following an outbreak... Read more
R.P.M. (1997)
3.6/10
Director: Ian Sharp
Starring: David Arquette, Emmanuelle Seigner, Famke Janssen, Stephen Yardley, Kenneth Cran...
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when a steals a prototype supercar. Read more
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
5.7/10
Director: Andy Fickman
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, T...
A rebooted reimagining of Alexander Key's sci-fi family adventure with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as a cab driver who gets tangled up with two aliens (... Read more
Raised By Wolves (2020)
7.5/10
Starring: Travis Fimmel
After Earth is torn apart by religious differences and the human race teeters on the edge of extinction, an atheistic android architect sends two crea... Read more
Raised By Wolves 2 (2022)
7.5/10
Starring: Travis Fimmel
In season two of RAISED BY WOLVES, Android partners Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim), along with their brood of six human children,... Read more