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).
Taken 3 (2014)
6/10
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Sp...
The hunter becomes the hunted when Liam Neeson returns as former CIA operative Bryan Mills, who finds himself framed for the brutal murder of his ex-w... Read more
Tango and Cash (1989)
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher
Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell star in this slick formulaic police thriller about two supercops framed by a megalomanic drug dealer. Read more
Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)
5.1/10
Director: Edward Kull, Wilbur McGaugh
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker
In this classic Tarzan adventure, culled from 1935's 'The New Adventures of Tarzan' serial, Tarzan (Herman Brix) and his allies are in Guatemala, wher... Read more
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
4/10
Director: Carl Schenkel
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington
Edgar Rice Burroughs' famed hero returns to the screen in this action packed adventure saga which finds him in England, enjoying life as Lord Greystok... Read more
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
5/10
Director: Charles Haas
Starring: Gordon Scott, Rickie Sorensen, Eve Brent
Gordon Scott stars as the jungle-dwelling icon in this classic adventure. Enforcing the jungle's code of justice, Tarzan tries to impede the actions o... Read more
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
5.3/10
Director: Robert Hill
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, Edward Woods
Buster Crabbe dons the loincloth this time as the Lord of the Jungle, helping a young girl find her father and discover a lost city. This delightful,... Read more
Tarzan the Fearless / Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Director: Charles Haas, Robert Hill
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, Edward Woods, Gordon Scott
"Tarzan The Fearless" (1958)- This delightful, ancient-looking artifact was released as a twelve chapter serial and then as a feature edited from the... Read more
Tarzan: 3 More Classic Adventures (1948)
7.2/10
Director: Kurt Neumann, Robert Florey
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield
A further three classic Tarzan adventures from the Johnny Weissmuller years collected on one DVD! 'Tarzan and the Mermaids' (1948) has a high priest t... Read more
Tears of the Sun (2003)
6.6/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Tom Skerritt
This rugged war yarn tells of loyal veteran Navy S.E.A.L. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) who is sent into the heart of war-torn Africa on a hazardous... Read more
Teen Titans: Divide and Conquer (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Chang, Ben Jones
From DC Comics comes a winning band of teenage superheroes led by Batman's sidekick, Robin. Together with the brooding Raven, electronics wiz Cyborg,... Read more