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 Meg (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Ruby Rose
Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pa... Read more
The Millionaire's Express (1986)
Director: Sammo Hung
Starring: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Olivia Cheng Man
An all-star action spectacle involving a petty crook (Sammo Hung) in '30s China who returns to his impoverished hometown with a plan to save it by for... Read more
The Misfits (2021)
4.2/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon, Jamie Chung
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that pro... Read more
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
7.3/10
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack
Starring: Irving Pichel, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
Schoedsack and Pichel's adaptation of the famous 1924 short story by Richard Connell that was filmed on the same jungle sets as 'King Kong'. On a dens... Read more
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
6.4/10
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Starring: Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney, Kate Winslet, Idris Elba
Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain... Read more
The Mummy (2017)
5.5/10
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Courtney B Vance, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sof...
Nick Morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. When Nick and his partner... Read more
The Mummy (1999)
7/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Brendan Fraser, Arnold Vosloo
Buried alive more than 3000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian priest is brought back to life by an archeological expedition in the 1920s and uses his arc... Read more
The Mummy ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
7/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J...
Buried alive more than 3000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian priest is brought back to life by an archeological expedition in the 1920s and uses his arc... Read more
The Mummy (Blu-Ray) (2017)
5.5/10
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Courtney B Vance, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Sof...
Nick Morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. When Nick and his partner... Read more
The Mummy Returns (2001)
6.3/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Ve...
Thrilling, and effects packed, follow-up to the atmospheric blockbuster brings back Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz as the adventurers who must again... Read more