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).
The Dead Pool (1988)
6.3/10
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Clint Eastwood, Evan Kim, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey
In his fifth and final appearance as detective Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood finds himself hunting down the perpetrator of a hit list known as the 'd... Read more
The Deadly Game (2013)
7.4/10
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Leo Gregory, Julian San...
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss. Read more
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
Director: John Herzfeld
Starring: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis, Jason Flemyng, Keith Carradine, Ol...
Paul Walker is an ex-Marine with a knack for getting himself in trouble. Currently serving a stretch for assault, he manages to kill off a prison gan... Read more
The Defiant Ones (1958)
7.7/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones broke new ground by delivering its message of racial toler... Read more
The Delta Force (1988)
5.6/10
Director: Menahem Golan
Starring: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Shelley Winters, Robert Forster, Kim Delaney, Robert V...
Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin star as bazooka-wielding super-soldiers, America's last hope against a group of hostage-holding political extremists. Thei... Read more
The Descent (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, My...
When sperlunking goes bad...A group of girls on their annual holiday become trapped in an uncharted cave after a rock fall cuts them off from the outs... Read more
The Descent (Blu-ray) (2005)
7.2/10
Director: Neil Marshall
Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone, My...
When sperlunking goes bad...A group of girls on their annual holiday become trapped in an uncharted cave after a rock fall cuts them off from the outs... Read more
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, George...
Very tough, very funny and ultimately very violent film, based on EM Nathanson's novel, and featuring a great all-male cast that includes Lee Marvin,... Read more
The Dirty Dozen ( Blu-ray ) (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richar...
Very tough, very funny and ultimately very violent film, based on EM Nathanson's novel, and featuring a great all-male cast that includes Lee Marvin,... Read more
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Shailene Woodley, Theo James...
After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, the... Read more