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).
Strike Back: Retribution (2017)
7.7/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Strike Back: Season 1 (2010)
8.3/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Strike Back: Season 2 (2011)
8.2/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Strike Back: Season 3 (2012)
8.2/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Strike Back: Season 4 (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Amanda Mealing
Based on the book by Chris Ryan ("The One That Got Away"), "Strike Back" is a high-octane, globe-spanning thriller series with storylines ripped from... Read more
Striking Distance (1993)
5.8/10
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, Robert Pastorel...
Bruce Willis fronts this thriller about a by-the-book cop whose demotion to river patrol comes in handy when his ex-girlfriends start turning up as fi... Read more
Stuber (2019)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Mira Sorvino
A mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu picks up a grizzled detective who is hot on the trail of a sadistic, bloodthirsty terrorist and finds himself th... Read more
Sucker Punch (2011)
6.1/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Carla Gugino, Jena Malone, Scott Glenn, Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Oscar Isa...
From co-writer and director Zack Snyder ("Watchmen") comes this stylish fantasy actioner. Baby Doll (Emily Browning), a teen placed in an asylum where... Read more
Sucker Punch (Bul-ray) (2011)
6/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Carla Gugino, Jena Malone, Scott Glenn, Abbie Cornish, Emily Browning, Oscar Isa...
From co-writer and director Zack Snyder ("Watchmen") comes this stylish fantasy actioner. Baby Doll (Emily Browning), a teen placed in an asylum where... Read more
Sudden Death (1995)
5.7/10
Director: Peter Hyams
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Ross Malinger
The US Vice President is held hostage in a private box during an ice hockey playoff in Pittsburgh, with the captor demanding a few billion or he'll bl... Read more