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).
Tower Heist (Blu-ray) (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
Train to Busan (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Starring: Jung Yu-mi, Gong Yoo
When a mysterious virus breaks out across the country, the infected turn into the murderous undead. A few terrified travellers find themselves trapped... Read more
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020)
A zombie virus has in the last 4 years spread to all South Korea. 4 Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for USD20,000,000 on a t... Read more
Transformers (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Shia LaBeouf, Bernie M...
The children's toy that became a popular kid's show is granted blockbuster status as the interstellar battle between Autobots and Decepticons rains de... Read more
Transformers ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Anthony Anderson, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Shia LaBeouf, Bernie M...
The children's toy that became a popular kid's show is granted blockbuster status as the interstellar battle between Autobots and Decepticons rains de... Read more
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
5.7/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, TJ Mill...
As the new lead in the franchise, Wahlberg stars as Cade Yeager, a cash strapped Texan who views himself as some kind of an inventor. Although his har... Read more
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.6/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, TJ Mill...
As the new lead in the franchise, Wahlberg stars as Cade Yeager, a cash strapped Texan who views himself as some kind of an inventor. Although his har... Read more
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Shia LaBeouf, J...
Michael Bay's third film about the robots who are "more than meets the eye" concerns a Cybertronian spacecraft that crashes on the moon in 1961...and... Read more
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
6/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, J...
Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner when the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Tra... Read more
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6/10
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Hugo Weaving, John Turturro, Kevin Dunn, Tyrese Gibson, Shia LaBeouf, Rainn Wils...
Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner when the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Tra... Read more