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).
Cold Pursuit (Blu-Ray) (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
Cold Skin (2017)
6/10
Director: Xavier Gens
Starring: Ray Stevenson, David Oakes
A young man arrives at a remote island to take a post of weather observer only to find himself defending the watchtower from deadly creatures which li... Read more
Cold Sweat (1970)
5.9/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Liv Ullmann
Aka "De la part des copains". One evening, Joe Martin (Charles Bronson), an American living in France, is approached by Captain Ross (James Mason), an... Read more
Collateral (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Bruce McGill, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smi...
Hired to kill five witnesses before they can testify against a drug cartel, existential hit man Tom Cruise forces cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him throu... Read more
Collateral ( Blu-ray ) (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Bruce McGill, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smi...
Hired to kill five witnesses before they can testify against a drug cartel, existential hit man Tom Cruise forces cabbie Jamie Foxx to drive him throu... Read more
Collateral Damage (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis, Elias Koteas
When his wife and child are killed in a bombing by a terrorist known as "The Wolf," Los Angeles fire-fighter Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take mat... Read more
Collateral Damage ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis
When his wife and child are killed in a bombing by a terrorist known as "The Wolf," Los Angeles fire-fighter Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take mat... Read more
Commando (1985)
6.7/10
Director: Mark L Lester
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Alyssa Milano
John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a former Special Forces colonel who attempts to rescue his kidnapped daughter (Alyssa Milano) from South Americ... Read more
Commando ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.7/10
Director: Mark L Lester
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Dan Hedaya, David Patrick Kelly...
John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a former Special Forces colonel who attempts to rescue his kidnapped daughter (Alyssa Milano) from South Americ... Read more
Con Air (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Simon West
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Mean...
This mega movie stars Nicolas Cage as a wrongly imprisoned good guy who winds up on a plane carrying a group of heinous criminals, who once aloft take... Read more