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).
Superman II (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder
The Man of Steel is back, Metropolis is in trouble as three super-villans threaten destruction, and Lois Lane marries Clark Kent, only to find him a s... Read more
Superman II (Special Edition) (1980)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Donner, Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Terence Stamp, Sa...
The Man of Steel is back, Metropolis is in trouble as three super-villans threaten destruction, and Lois Lane marries Clark Kent, only to find him a s... Read more
Superman III (1983)
4.9/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole,...
Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a half-witted computer programming natural. For him a keyboard is a weapon - and Superman faces the microelectronic m... Read more
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
3.7/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wan...
The Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) soars again vowing to end the global arms race by "stealing" the world's missiles and hurling them into space. Me... Read more
Superman Returns (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank L...
Superman (newcomer Brandon Routh) returns to Earth following a five-year absence and, after visiting the family farm, heads to Metropolis to reclaim h... Read more
Superman: Doomsday (2007)
7/10
Director: Bruce W Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti
Starring: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Swoosie Kurt...
When Lexcorp accidentally unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday, Superman battles the creature head-on in the fight of his life...literall... Read more
Supernatural: Season 3 (2007)
6.8/10
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Katie Cassidy, Jim Beaver
The yellow-eyed demon is vanquished, but at a terrible price. The battle that brought him down released hundreds of hellish demons into an unsuspectin... Read more
Surrogates (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Surrogates ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Rosamun...
In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing... Read more
Swamp Thing (2019)
7.5/10
Starring: Virginia Madsen, Derek Mears
Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp. Read more