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).
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
6.2/10
Director: Daniel Lee
Starring: Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q, Vanness Wu
Set in ancient China at a time when the Empire was divided between three powers, the Kingdom of Wei, the Kingdom of Shu, and the Kingdom of Wu, "Three... Read more
Three Musketeers: The Serial 1-6 (1933)
6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Francis X Bushman, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr
'One for all and all for one!' Daredevil thrills and spills abound, as John Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle villainous El Shaitan and h... Read more
Three Musketeers: The Serial 7-12 (1934)
6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr
'One for all and all for one!' Daredevil thrills and spills abound, as John Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle villainous El Shaitan and h... Read more
Three Outlaw Samurai (Blu-ray) (1964)
7.7/10
Director: Hideo Gosha
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing taxes, a wandering ronin and two renegades from the magistrate's guard t... Read more
Thunderball (1965)
7/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Sean Connery, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois M...
Bond (Sean Connery) must thwart SPECTRE's most audacious plot to date, when its agents hijack a British bomber, armed with two nuclear warheads, and h... Read more
Thunderball ( Blu-ray ) (1965)
7/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois M...
Bond (Sean Connery) must thwart SPECTRE's most audacious plot to date, when its agents hijack a British bomber, armed with two nuclear warheads, and h... Read more
Thunderbolt (1995)
6.3/10
Starring: Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) has to beat a supercriminal street racer. Read more
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Cimino
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy
Vietnam vet and ex-thief Clint Eastwood teams up with shifty former partners George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis and drifter Jeff Bridges to pull off an el... Read more
Time and Tide (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Anthony Wong, Candy Lo
This electrifying mix of action and comedy focuses on 21 year old Tyler (pop star Nicholas Tse), whose interest in going to South America is piqued wh... Read more
Time Runner (1993)
4.1/10
Starring: Mark Hamill
During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is m... Read more