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).
Britannia: Season 2 (2017)
7.7/10
Starring: Mackenzie Crook, David Morrissey, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Julian Rhind-Tutt
The Romans are here and set to stay. Two years on from his invasion of Britannia, General Aulus (David Morrissey, The City and the City) is romanising... Read more
Broken Arrow (1995)
6/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Samantha Mathis, John Travolta, Christian Slater
About a high-security, high-tech Air Force pilot (John Travolta) who deliberately crash lands a US plane in the middle of a desert and plans to hold i... Read more
Broken Arrow ( Blu-ray ) (1995)
6/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Samantha Mathis, John Travolta, Christian Slater
When a B-3 Stealth Bomber crashes in the Utah desert during a top-secret test run the military quickly moves in to retrieve its two "broken arrows." B... Read more
Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, Lili Taylor, Richard Gere, Wesley Snipes...
Experience the volatile and deadly world of one of New York's most dangerous precincts through the eyes of the men and women pledged to protect and se... Read more
Brother (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Tatyana Ali, Claude Maki
Written and directed by 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, this violent crime drama also features the filmmaker as a Japanese gangster who must flee Tokyo after h... Read more
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci...
This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more
Brotherhood of the Wolf ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Mark Dacascos, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Samuel Le Bihan...
This international box office hit from France is a real genre-buster, mixing up elements of period piece costume drama, horror films, melodrama, swash... Read more
Brotherhood of War (2004)
8.1/10
Director: Je-Gyu Kang
Starring: Dong-kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-joo Lee
Korea's leading filmmaker, Kang Je-gyu, wrote and directed this epic-scale drama focussed on two brothers forced into the war that tore their nation a... Read more
Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965)
6.9/10
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yoshiko Mita
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keepin... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
5.6/10
Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Starring: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer
A horror-action-comedy spoof about a Valley Girl recruited to stop a band of bloodsuckers who have infiltrated some of the classier sections of town.... Read more