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).
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
5.5/10
Director: David R Ellis
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Al...
Samuel L. Jackson is FBI agent Neville Flynn, a no-nonsense professional bringing an important government witness across the Pacific Ocean. But the ba... Read more
Sniper (1992)
6.1/10
Director: Luis Llosa
Starring: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh, Aden Young
Tom Berenger is a hard-as-nails, and possibly slightly crazy, government assassin. When his partner is killed during a hit, the higher-ups send in sha... Read more
Sniper 2 (2002)
5.2/10
Director: Craig R Baxley
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bokeem Woodbine, Erika Marozsan
Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is back - and this time he's teamed up with a death row inmate named B.J. Cole (Woodbine) on a suicide mission to t... Read more
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Charlize Theron, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Kristen Stewart, Nick F...
The timeless fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is brought to life in this dark and exciting fantasy saga. Beautiful princess Snow White (Kristen Stewar... Read more
Snowpiercer (2013)
7/10
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Ed Harris, Ewen Bremner, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Chris Evans, Kang...
Adapted from a French graphic novel, the film is set in a dystopian near-future in which the entire Earth has succumbed to a new ice age and the last... Read more
Snowpiercer ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7/10
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Starring: Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer
Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For 17 years, the world's survivors are on a train hurtling around th... Read more
Soldier (1998)
6/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen
He was raised from birth to be the perfect soldier, but when futuristic warrior Kurt Russell is declared obsolete by his superiors and sent to die on... Read more
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Howard, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis, Woody Harrelson, Ray Par...
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and enco... Read more
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Ron Howard, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis, Woody Harrelson, Ray Par...
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and enco... Read more
Solomon Kane (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Michael J Bassett
Starring: Alice Krige, Jason Flemyng, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Mackenzie Crook,...
"Solomon Kane" is a 16th century anti-hero created by famed pulp author Robert E. Howard ("Conan the Barbarian"). When the devil lays claim to his hop... Read more