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).
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
5.4/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, Andrea Marcovicci
Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to r... Read more
Spartacus (1960)
7.9/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, T...
Director Stanley Kubrick directed this tale of the slave rebellion that took place in 71 B.C., led by the famous and indomitable gladiator, Spartacus,... Read more
Spartacus ( Blu-ray ) (1960)
7.9/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, T...
Director Stanley Kubrick directed this tale of the slave rebellion that took place in 71 B.C., led by the famous and indomitable gladiator, Spartacus,... Read more
Spawn (1997)
5.2/10
Director: Mark A Z Dippe
Starring: John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamso...
Five years after being murdered by corrupt colleagues in a covert government agency, Al Simmons (Michael Jai White) makes a Faustian pact with the dev... Read more
Spectre (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Monica B...
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci)... Read more
Spectre ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
6.8/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bau...
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci)... Read more
Speed (1994)
7.2/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels
A supercharged action film about an elite SWAT team cop (Keanu Reeves) who's targeted by a psycho/mastermind (Dennis Hopper) and led onto an LA City B... Read more
Speed ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.2/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels
Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves), an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, has a fearless nature and a keen understanding of the criminal mind, but he is also rather rec... Read more
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
3.8/10
Director: Jan De Bont
Starring: Jason Patric, Sandra Bullock, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Plummer
A romantic Caribbean cruise for feisty Sandra Bullock and new beau Jason Patric becomes a voyage into danger when deranged computer whiz Willem Dafoe,... Read more
Speed Kills (2018)
4/10
Director: Jodi Scurfield
Starring: John Travolta, Katheryn Winnick, Jennifer Esposito, Matthew Modine, Tom Sizemore...
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire, Ben Aronoff, leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords. Read more