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).
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episodes 1-4 (1997)
8.2/10
Director: Charles Martin Smith, John T Kretchmer, Stephen Cragg, Bruce Seth Green
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, An...
'Welcome to the Hellmouth' - Sophomore Buffy Summers transfers to Sunnydale High to make a fresh start but can't escape her destiny as a Slayer becaus... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episodes 5-8 (1997)
8.2/10
Director: David Semel, Bruce Seth Green, Scott Brazil, Stephen Posey
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, An...
'Never Kill A Boy On The First Date' - Buffy starts dating a classmate, but is interrupted by a vampire plot to lead her to Hell. 'The Pack' - Buffy a... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Episodes 9-12 (1997)
8.2/10
Director: Reza Badiyi, Bruce Seth Green, Ellen S Pressman, Joss Whedon
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, An...
'The Puppet Show' - Someone or something is killing the school's talent show contestants for their organs, and all eyes are on a spooky ventriloquist... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6, Episodes 1-11 (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Donald Petrie, Joss Whedon, David Grossman, David Solomon, Nick Marck, David Fury, Turi Meyer
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg,...
Elated with having Buffy back from the dead, her friends never wonder if she may have been in a better place. Only Spike knows the truth and as Buffy... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6, Episodes 12-22 (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Bill L Norton, Donald Petrie, Rick Rosenthal, David Solomon, James A Contner, Michael Gershman, Nick Marck
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg,...
Elated with having Buffy back from the dead, her friends never wonder if she may have been in a better place. Only Spike knows the truth and as Buffy... Read more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7, Episodes 12-22 (2002)
8.2/10
Director: Donald Petrie, Joss Whedon, David Grossman, David Solomon, James A Contner, Michael Gershman, Marita Grabiak, David Fury
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg,...
As Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the new Sunnydale High, Giles continues Willow's magic education in England. But while Buffy is surprise... Read more
Bull Fighter (2000)
5.5/10
Starring: Olivier Martinez, Michelle Forbes, Assumpta Serna, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Park...
A man on the run is surprised to learn that he is a Knights Templar and that his girlfriend is a holy virgin about to give birth to a very special bab... Read more
Bullet to the Head (2012)
5.7/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Christian Slater, Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason...
After a seemingly routine job ends in an ambush, his partner's death, and his own narrow escape, a New Orleans hit man (Sylvester Stallone) goes on a... Read more
Bullet Train (2022)
7.4/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Hiroyuki Sanada,...
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common. Read more
Bullet Train (4K Ultra HD) (2022)
7.4/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Hiroyuki Sanada,...
Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common. Read more