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).
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Starring: Youki Kudoh
At the Yokota Air Force base in Japan, a nervous American military is on the brink of the Vietnam War. But a greater threat exists within the walls of... Read more
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
5.3/10
Director: Chris Nahon
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Field, Koyuki , Yasuka Kurata, L...
A live action adaptation of Hiroyuki Kitakubo's cult anime, starring Gianna Jun as the centuries' old vampire slayer. Now, in the 20th century, Saya i... Read more
Blown Away (1994)
6.2/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker
Jeff Bridges plays a Boston bomb squad specialist who has one-on-one with a former IRA bomber, played by Tommy Lee Jones, setting in motion a plot of... Read more
Blue Beetle (2023)
6/10
Starring: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Becky G
Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its... Read more
Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Teddy Chen
Starring: Donnie Yen, Hu Jun, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Simon Yam, Wang Xueqi, Eric Tsang, B...
1906, City of Victoria (British Colony of Hong Kong). In five hours, in the distance of thirteen blocks, the one man who holds a nation's fate must su... Read more
Borderline (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Starring: Bruno Kirby, Charles Bronson, Ed Harris, Michael Lerner, Wilford Brimley, Enriqu...
The film follows a United States Border Patrol Agent in Charge, Jeb Maynard (Bronson), who is forced to track down the killers of a young Mexican boy... Read more
Born to Defend (1986)
Director: Jet Li
Starring: Jet Li, Kurt Roland Petersson, Jia Song, Paulo Tocha
Jet Li's first and last film as a director tells a story of foreign oppression as American G.I.s invade China, ganging up on kickboxing champ, Jet. W... Read more
Born to Fight (2004)
6.2/10
Director: Panna Rittikrai
Starring: Chattapong Pantanaunkul
The writer and fight choreographer from 'Ong Bak' directs this martial arts tour de force about a group of Thai athletes (played by actual Thai athlet... Read more
Braven (2018)
5.9/10
Starring: Jason Momoa, Garret Dillahunt, Jill Wagner, Stephen Lang
Joe Braven is a logging company owner who lives with his family in Canada. Joe's father, Linden, suffering from dementia, mistakes a woman in a bar fo... Read more
Britannia: Season 1 (2017)
6.8/10
Starring: Mackenzie Crook, David Morrissey, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Julian Rhind-Tutt
In 43 AD, the Roman Army - determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by war... Read more