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).
Tomorrow When The War Began (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Caitlin Stasey
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight. Read more
Tomorrow When The War Began (Blu-ray) (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Caitlin Stasey
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight. Read more
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Colin Friels, Andy Ryan, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings, Phoebe Tonkin, Caitlin S...
Ellie (Caitlin Stasey) and her friends are in the last year of high school, living in a small, quiet town where it seems life will never change. They... Read more
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
7.5/10
Director: Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda
Starring: Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Soh Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, E G...
This $25 million epic collaboration faithfully recreates the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour. An insightful and well-crafted Wor... Read more
Torque (2003)
4/10
Director: Joseph Kahn
Starring: Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Jay Hernandez
Music video director Joseph Kahn's debut feature stars Kiwi Martin Henderson as a biker who gets set up to take the fall for the murder of motorcycle... Read more
Total Recall (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, John Cho, Bryan Cranst...
Slick reimagining of the Philip K. Dick tale, set on a future Earth dominated by two political superpowers in which factory worker Douglas Quaid (Coli... Read more
Total Recall (1990)
7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits "Rekall," a... Read more
Total Recall ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox
Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to the Martian mining colonies to find out why someone wiped out his memory. The state of the art special effects may look... Read more
Total Recall (Blu-ray) (2012)
7.5/10
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, Colin Farrell, John Cho, Bryan Cranst...
Slick reimagining of the Philip K. Dick tale, set on a future Earth dominated by two political superpowers in which factory worker Douglas Quaid (Coli... Read more
Tower Heist (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Alan Alda, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Judd Hirsch, Matthew Broderick, Tea Leoni,...
"Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner's caper comedy stars Ben Stiller as the manager of a posh New York City apartment building. When financier tenant Al... Read more