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 High Crusade (1994)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton
Roland Emmerich (Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla) brings you John Rhys-Davies in a Monty Pythonesque tale of a band of Crusaders who find the... Read more
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Elodie Yung, Richard E Grant, Gary Oldman
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and... Read more
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.9/10
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Elodie Yung, Richard E Grant, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Antonio B...
The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia. Read more
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, James Nes...
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarve... Read more
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, James Nes...
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarve... Read more
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, James Nes...
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarve... Read more
The Horde (2009)
5.9/10
Director: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Starring: Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurelien Recoing, Claude Perron
When a group of vengeful cops descend on the hideout of a criminal gang, they get more than they expected when the building comes under siege from an... Read more
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
7.2/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers
For his only Civil War feature, director John Ford crafted a stirring true story of a Union cavalry raid into Confederate territory. Colonel John Wayn... Read more
The Human Race (2013)
5.3/10
Director: Paul Hough
Starring: Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Eddie McGee, Trista Robinson, T Arthur Cottam, Brianna...
Eighty people are abducted from a city street by an unknown entity and forced to participate in a brutal race to the death. The rules are simple; foll... Read more
The Hunger Games (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Hutcher...
In a post-apocalyptic future, the government of what was once North America sponsors an annual televised entertainment in which 24 teenagers battle on... Read more