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).
Clash of the Titans ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
5.8/10
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington, Mads Mikkelsen, Alexa Davalos, Gemm...
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld... Read more
Clean (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Paul Solet
Starring: Adrien Brody, Richie Merritt, Mykelti Williamson, RZA
Tormented by his past, a garbage man named Clean attempts a quiet life of redemption. But, soon finds himself forced to reconcile with the violence of... Read more
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
5.8/10
Director: Jack Starrett
Starring: Bernie Casey, Tamara Dobson, Brenda Sykes, Shelley Winters
Black, beautiful, brawny Tamara Dobson stars as Cleopatra Jones, the U.S. special agent with a style all her own! Plenty of violence and action as 6'2... Read more
Cliffhanger (1993)
6.4/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker
Mountain rescue expert Sly Stallone is pitted against rotten John Lithgow and his gang who are after a hundred million dollars lost in the Rockies. (I... Read more
Cliffhanger (Blu-Ray) (1993)
6.4/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Caroline Goodal...
Outdoor thriller in which a former mountain rescuer is pitted against a group of criminals who have lost their $100 million stash during a plane crash... Read more
Clifford The Big Red Dog (2021)
6/10
Director: Walt Becker
Starring: Jack Whitehall, John Cleese, Sienna Guillory, Tony Hale, David Alan Grier
A young girl's love for a tiny puppy named Clifford makes the dog grow to an enormous size. Read more
Cobra (1986)
5.7/10
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, David Rasche
This vigilante drama stars Sly as a two-fisted, quick-triggered LA cop nicknamed Cobra who shoots, blasts, punches and mauls his way through the ranks... Read more
Code 8 (2019)
6.1/10
Starring: Kari Matchett, Lawrence Bayne
A super-powered construction worker falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother. Read more
Code of Silence (1985)
6/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen
Eddie Cusack (Chuck Norris) is a Chicago detective who plays by his own rules - a dangerous habit, especially when he breaks the force's "code of sile... Read more
Cold Pursuit (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Julia Jones...
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth s... Read more