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).
Daybreakers ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.5/10
Director: The Spierig Brothers, Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Claudia Karvan, Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Harriet Mi...
In the year 2019, as Earth's human population is outnumbered by vampires (who are always hungry and now low on the red stuff), a leading hematologist... Read more
Daylight (1996)
5.8/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Hedaya, Jay O Sanders, K...
Sly Stallone is a disgraced emergency medical service worker who springs into action when a huge explosion cripples a tunnel under New York City's Hud... Read more
DC League of Super Pets (2022)
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natash...
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, K... Read more
Dead and Deader (2007)
Director: Patrick Dinhut
Starring: Dean Cain, Armin Shimerman, Dean Haglund, John Billingsley, Susan Ward
Dean Cain stars as Lt. Bobby Quinn, a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission deep in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts hi... Read more
Dead Heat (2002)
5.3/10
Director: Mark Malone
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau, Daniel Be...
A heart problem forces the cop Pally to retire, and his wife Charlotte is separating him. Charlotte makes Pally's half-brother Ray visit, and he sugge... Read more
Dead Leaves (2004)
7.2/10
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Pandy and Retro are two unlikely renegades who awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree for food, clothi... Read more
Dead Man Down (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Colin Farrell, Dominic Cooper, Terrence Howard, Noomi Rapace
Seeking retribution for the deaths of his wife and daughter, Victor (Colin Farrell) positions himself as the right-hand man to the crime boss (Terrenc... Read more
Dead Snow (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth R...
Nazi zombies anyone? This over-the-top, blackly comic shocker from Norway begins harmlessly enough with eight med students off to spend an idyllically... Read more
Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead (2014)
6.9/10
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Martin Starr, Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Kristoffer Joner, Orjan Gamst, J...
Martin (Vegar Hoel) hasn't had the best vacation. He accidentally killed his girlfriend with an axe. He cut his own arm off with a chainsaw. And his f... Read more
Deadly Snail vs Kung Fu Killers (1977)
Director: Heung Ling
Starring: Unicorn Chan, Ching Tien, Tony Wong, Yuen Siu Tien
A surreal journey into the world of cheap special effects and brain-twisting plots, this low budget martial arts flick features a snail that is able t... Read more