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).
Solomon Kane (Blu-ray) (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
Some Dollars For Django (1966)
Director: Leon Klimovsky
Starring: Frank Wolff, Anthony Steffen
After years of killing and horror Django, a bandit and a bounty hunter wants to change his life and return to the straight and narrow. When he falls i... Read more
Son of a Gun (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Julius Avery
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman, Tom Budge, Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable, Brenton Thwa...
19 year-old JR (Brenton Thwaites) is a rookie criminal who has just landed himself a 6 month stint in a Western Australian maximum security prison. JR... Read more
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
6.5/10
Director: Jeff Fowler
Starring: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba
When the manic Dr Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way. Read more
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
6.9/10
Director: Jeff Fowler
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, James Marsden, Krysten Ritte...
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails are back for their most epic adventure yet. The team reunites to face a new formidable foe, Shadow, a mysterious hedgehog w... Read more
Sorcerer (Blu-ray) (1977)
7.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer
A gangster, a crooked banker, a hitman and an arab terrorist are stranded and on the run in a small village in South America. Their only chance of esc... Read more
SOS Coast Guard (1937)
6/10
Starring: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Richard Alexander
A 12-episode serial. The government of Marovania hires the wicked Boroff to manufacture a powerful gas that causes mass disintegration. Boroff is en r... Read more
Southern Comfort (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Peter Coyote, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward
Weekend maneuvers for a group of National Guardsmen in Louisiana's bayou country turn into a violent fight for survival when they rouse the ire of loc... Read more
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
4.4/10
Director: Malcolm D Lee
Starring: LeBron James, Sonequa Martin-Green, Xosha Roquemore, Wood Harris
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game... Read more
Spaced (1999)
8.6/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, Bill Bailey
Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford. Read more