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).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
5.8/10
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: William Fichtner, Will Arnett, Megan Fox
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to t... Read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: Paige Turco, David Warner
The Fab Four of the reptile world are back and up to their shells in trouble, as the Shredder and a gang of martial arts mavens use the toxic waste th... Read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
7.2/10
Starring: Maya Rudolph, John Cena, Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan,...
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers.... Read more
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
6/10
Director: Dave Green
Starring: Laura Linney, Will Arnett, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, Megan Fox, Noel Fisher, Steph...
Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael return to theaters this summer to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April ONeil (Megan Fox), V... Read more
Tenchi Forever!: The Movie (1999)
7.1/10
This film takes a more serious turn from the Tenchi TV series and movies. One day, Tenchi disappears in the forest near his house. Six months later, A... Read more
Tenchi Muyo! (1992)
7.1/10
Tenchi Masaki is a normal high school student in Japan, who spends the summers doing chores around his grandfather's family shrine. One day, Tenchi ma... Read more
Tenet (2020)
7.6/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Kenne...
Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international e... Read more
Tenet (Blu-ray) (2020)
7.6/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: John David Washington, Martin Donovan, Josh Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Michael C...
Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international e... Read more
Term Life (2016)
5.6/10
Director: Peter Billingsley
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Hailee Steinfeld, Bill Paxton, Jonathan Banks, Jordi Molla, Terren...
A guy wanted around town by various hitmen hopes to stay alive long enough for his life insurance policy to kick in and pay out for his estranged daug... Read more
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
7.1/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Robert Patrick, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger the cyborg is "baaack" in a big way, this time defending Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her young son from a killing machine from th... Read more