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).
Death Trance (2005)
5.9/10
Director: Yuji Shimomura
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Kentaro Seagal, Honoka Asada, Yoko Fujita
A genre-crossing, time-fusing, fantasy blockbuster from the action director of 'Versus' and starring Tak Sakaguchi as a nameless warrior who attacks a... Read more
Death Warrant (1990)
5.7/10
Director: Deran Sarafian
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Officer Louis Burke, a roguish detective sent undercover in a violent penitentiary to seek out those responsible for a... Read more
Death Wish: The Vigilante Collection (1974)
6.4/10
Director: J Lee Thompson, Michael Winner, Allan A Goldstein
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Jill Ireland, A...
Charles Bronson stars as Paul Kersey, a once mild-mannered New York architect who turns vilgilante after his wife and daughter are attacked during a b... Read more
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
5.8/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Ste...
Sharks being used in intelligence-enhancing experiments go out of control, attacking the occupants of a high-tech undersea compound in this sci-fi fla... Read more
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: John Malkovich, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Mark Wahlberg, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan...
On April 20th, 2010, one of the world's largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lo... Read more
Deliverance (1972)
7.7/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
Four Atlanta businessmen's weekend canoe trip turns into a desperate fight for survival in John Boorman's riveting adaptation of James Dickey's novel.... Read more
Deliverance ( Blu-ray ) (1972)
7.7/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
Four Atlanta businessmen's weekend canoe trip turns into a desperate fight for survival in John Boorman's riveting adaptation of James Dickey's novel.... Read more
Delta Force 2 (1990)
4.8/10
Director: Aaron Norris
Starring: Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John Ryan
Chuck Norris becomes a one man war on drugs in the action-packed sequel to 'The Delta Force'. Colonel Scott McCoy (Norris) is called in once again for... Read more
Demolition Man (1993)
6.6/10
Director: Marco Brambilla
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Nigel Hawthorne
Muscleman Sly is back as the titular Demo Man, a 20th century cop cryogenically frozen, resuscitated and crazy fit to nab baaad guy Wesley Snipes in 2... Read more
Desert Thunder (1998)
4/10
Director: Jim Wynorski
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Tyson
A group of Air Force flunkees, led by a retired Air Force pilot, try to defeat a Middle Eastern terrorist before he can act out his threats. Daniel Ba... Read more