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).
Resident Evil (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius
Inspired by the top selling video game, this horror epic is set in Raccoon City, an industrial complex where a deadly virus has been unleashed, killin... Read more
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
5.9/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Kim Coates, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Sergio Peris-Mencheta,...
The fourth film installment inspired by the popular video game series picks up where the last left off, with Alice (Milla Jovovich) continuing in her... Read more
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Alexander Witt
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Jared Harris, Mike Epps
Zombie-hunter Milla Jovovich returns in the explosive follow-up to the popular video game-based horror tale. This time, Jovovich finds herself trapped... Read more
Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Makoto Kamiya
Seven years after Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield fought the sinister Umbrella Corporation in Raccoon City, Harvardville Airport has been overrun... Read more
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti , Christopher Egan, Sp...
Milla Jovovich returns as the genetically-altered tough gal, Alice, this time planning to finally take down the evil Umbrella Corporation with buddies... Read more
Resident Evil: Extinction ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Ashanti , Mike Epps
Milla Jovovich returns as the genetically-altered tough gal, Alice, this time planning to finally take down the evil Umbrella Corporation with buddies... Read more
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
5.4/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Colin Salmon, Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Boris Kodjoe,...
Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus is spreading across the globe, transforming ordinary people into legions of zombies. Headed for extinction, the... Read more
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
5.6/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Fraser James, Iain Glen, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken
Lost in Washington, D.C., Alice (Milla Jovovich) is found by The Red Queen (Ever Anderson), with the artificial intelligence, who keeps order for the... Read more
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
5.2/10
Director: Johannes Roberts
Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Donal Logue
Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. Read more
Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
Director: Toru Murakawa
Starring: Jun Fubuki, Kei Sato, Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
This thrill-packed Japanese noir follows the exploits of misleadingly mild-mannered Asakura (Yusaku Matsuda), an accountant by day and a ruthless kill... Read more