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).
Sudden Impact (1983)
6.6/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Paul Drake
Clint Eastwood's fourth go-around as San Francisco detective 'Dirty' Harry Callahan puts him on the trail of a woman (Sondra Locke) who is getting rev... Read more
Sudden Impact (Blu-ray) (1983)
6.7/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Paul Drake
Clint Eastwood's fourth go-around as San Francisco detective 'Dirty' Harry Callahan puts him on the trail of a woman (Sondra Locke) who is getting rev... Read more
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Masanobu Ando, Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Kaori Momoi, Yusuke Iseya, Renji Ishiba...
With more than a nod to spaghetti westerns, Takashi Miike's hip 'sukiyaki western' is inspired by Sergio Corbucci's violent classic, 'Django!'; and de... Read more
Supercop (Police Story III) (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Bill Tung
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. Read more
SuperFly (2018)
4.9/10
Director: Director X.
Starring: Esai Morales, Jennifer Morrison, Big Boi , Michael Kenneth Williams, Jason Mitch...
Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one... Read more
SuperFly (Blu-Ray) (2018)
4.9/10
Director: Director X.
Starring: Esai Morales, Jennifer Morrison, Big Boi , Michael Kenneth Williams, Jason Mitch...
Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one... Read more
Superman (1978)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valer...
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Christopher Reeve stars as the Man of Steel, who must thwart notorious criminal masterm... Read more
Superman ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine,...
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Christopher Reeve stars as the Man of Steel, who must thwart notorious criminal masterm... Read more
Superman (Special Edition) (1978)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valer...
Christopher Reeve is the Man of Steel in this epic adventure of the famed hero of comic books, TV, the Broadway stage, as well as the big screen. From... Read more
Superman Animated: A Little Piece of Home (1996)
Starring: Voices Of, Timothy Daly, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown
The man of steel gets the animation treatment from the same gifted team that brought us the Batman Animated series. This DVD includes four episodes f... Read more