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).
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Arthur Kennedy, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn,...
Errol Flynn stars as the eccentric yet (in this version) heroic General George Armstrong Custer, beginning with his time at West Point and ending, nat... Read more
They Live (1988)
7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
John Carpenter's sci-fi thriller about one man's battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Pro-wrestler Roddy Piper s... Read more
This Means War (2012)
6.3/10
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman. Read more
Thor (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more
Thor (Blu-ray) (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
7/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Natalie Portman, Rene Russo, Stellan Ska...
Thor battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of "Thor" and "The Avenger... Read more
Thor: The Dark World ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, Natalie Portman, Rene Russo, Stellan Ska...
Thor battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of "Thor" and "The Avenger... Read more
Those Who Kill (2011)
7.2/10
Starring: Jakob Cedergren, Lars Mikkelsen
About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounded by fear and mystique - the serial killer. Read more
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
6/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, Jake Weber
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a... Read more
Those Who Wish Me Dead (Blu-ray) (2021)
6/10
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, Jake Weber
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a... Read more