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).
Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
6.8/10
Director: Ray Taylor
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel. Read more
Seeking Justice (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Nicolas Cage, Xander Berkeley, Harold Perrineau, January Jones, Jenn...
This action-packed thriller stars Nicolas Cage as Will Gerard, a happily married family man whose quiet life is turned upside-down when his wife, Laur... Read more
Seminole (1953)
6.3/10
Director: Budd Boetticher
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Barbara Hale, Hugh O'Brian, Lee Marvin, Richard Carlson, Rock Hud...
"Seminole" thrillingly meshes action, betrayal and radical politics in its tense portrayal of the battles between US cavalry and a Seminole Indian tri... Read more
Serenity (2005)
7.9/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel St...
Joss Whedon's feature film follow-up to his short-lived, though now cult series, 'Firefly', is a riveting blend of engaging story, sci-fi action and h... Read more
Serenity ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
7.9/10
Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tud...
Joss Whedon's feature film follow-up to his short-lived, though now cult series, 'Firefly', is a riveting blend of engaging story, sci-fi action and h... Read more
Seven Samurai (1954)
8.7/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Yoshio Inaba, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhab... Read more
SGU Stargate Universe: Season 1 (2009)
7.7/10
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque, Patrick Gilmore,...
A group of soldiers, scientists and civilians fleeing an attack, is stranded billions of miles from Earth on an Ancient ship known as the Destiny. Loc... Read more
Shadow Of Chinatown: Volume 1 (1936)
4.5/10
Director: Robert Hill
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Luana Walters
Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theaters that didn't use serials) which means that all of the cast and cr... Read more
Shadow Of Chinatown: Volume 2 (1936)
4.5/10
Director: Robert Hill
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Luana Walters
Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theaters that didn't use serials) which means that all of the cast and cr... Read more
Shadow Skill (1997)
5.5/10
Director: Gisaburo Sugii, Hiroshi Hegishi
Starring: Animation
In a war torn world of deadly conflict, one small group of heroes stands against the forces of darkness, armed only with two weapons - their unswervin... Read more