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 Divergent Series: Allegiant ( Blu-ray ) (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
The Dogs Of War (1980)
6.3/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely
Christopher Walken is a sentimental mercenary in this film of Frederick Forsyth's novel about a plot by a business conglomerate to overthrow an Africa... Read more
The Driver (1978)
7.2/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani
Ryan O'Neal is The Driver, Bruce Dern is The Detective and Isabelle Adjani is The Player in this minamalist noir-inspired offering. O'Neal is an ice-c... Read more
The Duelist (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Myung-Se Lee
Starring: Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn
In old Korea a corrupt Minister seizes power and begins printing counterfeit money that throws the economy into disarray. Detective Namsoon and her p... Read more
The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 2 (1980)
5.1/10
Starring: Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle, James Best, Sorrell Book...
The souped up '69 Dodge has a full tank and is revving and ready to take on bungling local lawmen Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P Coltrane again. While... Read more
The Eagle (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem. Read more
The Eight Hundred (2020)
7/10
From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in t... Read more
The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Sun Zhou, Lu Xiaohe, Wang Zhiwen
This lavishly produced, epic historical drama is set in the third century B.C. and tells the multi-faceted story of the man who became the first Emper... Read more
The Empty Man (2020)
5.7/10
Starring: James Badge Dale
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity. Read more
The Enforcer (1976)
6.8/10
Director: James Fargo
Starring: Tyne Daly, Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman
Clint Eastwood's third go-round as Det. Harry Callahan matches him with a new partner, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore, who has two jobs: tracking d... Read more