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).
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
7.6/10
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton
Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch. Read more
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Blu-Ray) (1977)
6.4/10
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton, Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting
Legendary adventurer Sinbad (Patrick Wayne) stops in a port town to visit his friend Prince Kassim (Damien Thomas), only to find the city walls locked... Read more
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
4.3/10
Director: Enzo G Castellari
Starring: Lou Ferrigno
Epic Italian fantasy tale based on the myths of the legendary sailor. Here a muscle-bound Sinbad (played by TV's "The Incredible Hulk", Lou Ferrigno)... Read more
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
6.7/10
Director: Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes
Get ready for fantastic fun, endless and high-seas laughs in a dazzling animated twist on this classic tale. Follow our swashbuckling hero, Sinbad, hi... Read more
Singularity (2017)
3.8/10
Starring: John Cusack
Earth 2020, 3/4 of it's households have a robot. The AI supercomputer, Kronos, considers humans the biggest threat to Earth. A century later, few huma... Read more
Sister Street Fighter (1974)
6.3/10
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring: Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba
Lee Long is a martial-arts champion who the police use as an undercover agent to infiltrate a drug ring responsible for importing heroin from Japan to... Read more
Sisu (2023)
6.9/10
Starring: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan
During the last days of World War II, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the soldier... Read more
Sisu: Road To Revenge (2025)
6.9/10
Director: Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jorma Tommila, Richard Brake, Stephen Lang
A man returns to dismantle his family's house, where they were murdered in war, to rebuild it elsewhere. When the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks... Read more
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Liu Chia-Liang, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng
Hong Kong comedy legend Sammo Hung is a cop obsessed with the legacy of Bruce Lee (the Little Dragon), he teams up with the infamous Skinny Tiger and... Read more
Skyfall (2012)
7.8/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Albert Finney, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Ha...
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in the 23rd installment of the longest-running film franchise in history. When Bond's latest assignment goes gr... Read more