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).
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 3 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 3 of 6. In this installment of 'Cowboy Bebop' the 'space cowboys' face hidden dangers aboard their own ship, will have to confront their dark p... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 4 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 4 of 6. Life as a 'space cowboy' can be tough indeed. The crew of the Bebop are set on a collision course with their mysterious pasts. Faye sea... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 5 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 5 of 6. Being a space bounty hunter aboard the Bebop is getting stranger and more dangerous with each mission. Can an old Earth space antique,... Read more
Cowboy Bebop: Volume 6 (1998)
8.9/10
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Starring: Animation
Volume 6 of 6. 'It's time to blow this scene'... as the exploits of the Bebop crew of space bounty hunters draw to their dramatic and action packed cl... Read more
Crackers (1984)
5.2/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Christine Baranski
Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than b... Read more
Cradle 2 The Grave (2003)
5.8/10
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring: Jet Li, DMX , Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle U...
When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely allian... Read more
Crank (2006)
7/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Car...
Jason Statham stars in this cranked-up thriller as hitman Chev Chelios, who wakes up one morning to discover he has been injected with something calle... Read more
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Reno Wilson, Bai Ling, C...
Picking up right where the first movie left off, Chev (Jason Statham) has survived the climactic plunge to his seemingly certain death on the streets... Read more
Crash Dive (1997)
6.4/10
Director: Andrew Stevens
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Michael Dudikoff
When an American nuclear sub is commandeered by terrorists who want a billion dollars in gold or else Washington will get nuked, Navy analyst Michael... Read more
Crime Story (1986)
8.4/10
Director: Kirk Wong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Kent Cheng, Christine Ng
Based on a real life event in Hong Kong concerning the kidnapping of a Chinese businessman. Jackie Chan plays a policeman assigned the job of tracking... Read more