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).
Redbelt (2008)
6.8/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo...
David Mamet writes and directs this martial arts drama starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike, a jujitsu instructor in L.A.. With the business failing and... Read more
Redirected (2014)
6.6/10
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams
Four friends - John, Ben, Tim and Michael - turned first-time robbers, get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures and have to fi... Read more
Reign of Assassins (2010)
6.9/10
Director: Chao-Bin Su
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Kelly Lin, Woo-sung Jung
In Ancient China, "Drizzle" is the most deadly and ruthless assassin of the Dark Stone gang. After a life of theft and murder, she seeks to atone for... Read more
Reindeer Games (2000)
5.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Dennis Farina, Clarence Williams III
Newly released from prison, car thief Ben Affleck assumes his cellmate's identity so he can be with the dead man's pen-pal girlfriend, Charlize Theron... Read more
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins... (Blu-ray) (1985)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew, Wilford Brimley, George Coe
Given a new face and identity, street-smart NYC cop Remo Williams (Fred Ward) is recruited into a super-secret organization which roots out crooks so... Read more
Renfield (2023)
6.4/10
Director: Chris McKay
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina Nora Lum, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez,...
Renfield, Dracula's tortured henchman, is forced to capture prey for his master and do his every bidding. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfi... Read more
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
4.6/10
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, James Remar, Richard Masur, Bernie Casey, Robby Be...
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in... Read more
Repo Men (2010)
6.3/10
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga, Carice Van Houten
A sci-fi action thriller set in a dystopian future and based on a novel by Eric Garcia. In the year 2025, people who can no longer make the payments o... Read more
Reprisal (2018)
4.2/10
Director: Brian A Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Colin Egglefield, Frank Grillo, Jonathon Schaech, Olivia Culpo
Jacob (Frank Grillo), a bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker, teams up with his ex-cop neighbor, James (Bruce Will... Read more