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).
Starship Troopers (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patr...
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with sh... Read more
Starship Troopers ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, Jake Busey, Patr...
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with sh... Read more
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2003)
3.5/10
Director: Phil Tippett
Starring: Richard Burgi, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch
In the continuing war against the arachnids, a small Federation force fighting on a remote planet takes refuge in an abandoned outpost. But while they... Read more
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
4.3/10
Director: Ed Neumeier
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohoe, Marnette Patterson, Boris Kodjo...
Casper Van Dien reprises his "Starship Troopers" role as Johnny Rico in this thrilling sequel. When a Federation ship transporting an important govern... Read more
Stealth (2005)
5/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh
Top gun pilots Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx are test driving the new wave in stealth technology - and there's a new crew member to deal wit... Read more
Steamboy (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Starring: Voices Of, Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart
The long-awaited new film from 'Akira' director Katsuhiro Otomo does not disappoint. One of the most expensive animes ever made, this is a retro-styl... Read more
Stormbreaker ( aka Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker ) (2006)
5.1/10
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Starring: Sarah Bolger, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Bill Ni...
Deadly martial artist, skilled linguist, steady-handed mountaineer and dead-eye marksman, Alex Rider realises that he's been secretly trained in the a... Read more
Straight Into Darkness (2005)
5.1/10
Director: Jeff Burr
Starring: Scott MacDonald, Daniel Roebuck, David Warner, Ryan Francis
When two American soldiers go AWOL in nazi-occupied France, they stumble on a ragged band of resistance fighters holed up in an old school-house. The... Read more
Street Fighter (1994)
3.8/10
Director: Steven E De Souza
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming-Na Wen, Raul Julia, Wes Studi, Kylie Minogue, Damian...
Video game fans, get ready for the biggest explosion of live-action excitement to ever hit the screen, as Colonel Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads... Read more
Street Fighter II (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
The future is a dark place where the forces of Shadoland attempt to harness psychic power. If they succeed, it could be the end of civilization. Only... Read more