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 Northman (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Wi...
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's... Read more
The Northman (Blu-ray) (2022)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Eggers
Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Wi...
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's... Read more
The November Man (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Will Patton, Eliza Taylor, Olga Kurylenko, Bill Smitrovich, Cate...
Code named 'The November Man', Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is an extremely dangerous and highly trained ex-CIA agent, who is lured out of quiet r... Read more
The Numbers Station (2013)
5.6/10
Director: Kasper Barfoed
Starring: John Cusack, Liam Cunningham, Bryan Dick, Lucy Griffiths, Malin Akerman, Richard...
After his latest mission goes disastrously wrong, veteran CIA black ops agent Emerson Kent (John Cusack) is given one last chance to prove he still ha... Read more
The Odd Couple (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Sammo Hung, Ka-Yan Leung , Liu Chia-Liang, Chan Lung, Chung Fat, Ching-Ying Lam
Every ten years the King of the Sword (Sammo Hung) and the King of the Spear (director Liu Chia-liang) meet for a duel that inevitably ends in a draw.... Read more
The One (2001)
5.9/10
Director: James Wong
Starring: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham
It's Jet Li squared and then some in an explosive mix of martial arts and sci-fi that finds L.A. sheriff's deputy Li battling his evil doppelganger fr... Read more
The One That Got Away (1957)
7.2/10
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe
An exciting based-on-fact POW drama about Franz von Werra (Hardy Kruger) who, after two failed escape attempts from an English prison camp, is transfe... Read more
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Chiao Chiao, Huang Tsung-shun
One of the classics of martial arts cinema, this is often referred to as the first real martial arts film, focusing as it does on techniques and style... Read more
The Other Guys (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more
The Other Guys (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson, Steve Coogan, Will Ferrell, Dwa...
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony... Read more