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 Water Margin (1972)
6.8/10
Director: Chang Cheh
Starring: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Lily Ho, Feng Chin
There are martial art epics and "brotherhood hero" films, but then there is nothing out there that comes even close to "The Water Margin". Based on th... Read more
The Way West (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Jack Elam, Stubby Kaye, Harry Car...
In 1843, a former U.S. Senator leads a wagon train of settlers to Oregon, but his megalomania leads to growing dissatisfaction with his leadership. Read more
The Whispering Shadow: Volume 1 (1933)
5.5/10
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Robert Warwick, Henry B Walthall
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose br... Read more
The Whispering Shadow: Volume 2 (1933)
7.7/10
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Robert Warwick, Henry B Walthall
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose br... Read more
The Wild Bunch (1969)
8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson
Peckinpah at his violent best. In the Southwest of 1913, Pike Bishop (William Holden) is leader of 'The Wild Bunch', a gang of outlaws coerced by a Me... Read more
The Wild Bunch ( Blu-ray ) (1969)
8/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: William Holden, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson
Peckinpah at his violent best. In the Southwest of 1913, Pike Bishop (William Holden) is leader of 'The Wild Bunch', a gang of outlaws coerced by a Me... Read more
The Wild Geese (1978)
6.8/10
Director: Andrew V McLaglen
Starring: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger
Their home is the battlefield. Their calling is war. Their only loyalty is to each other. They are the Wild Geese, fifty crack mercenary paratroops co... Read more
The Witches (2020)
5.3/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock
A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader. Read more
The Wolverine (2013)
6.7/10
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Will Yun Lee
Based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 solo "Wolverine" comic series, this exciting sequel is set after the events of "X-Men: The Last Stand... Read more
The Wolverine ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.7/10
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Will Yun Lee
Based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 solo "Wolverine" comic series, this exciting sequel is set after the events of "X-Men: The Last Stand... Read more