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).
Dragon Rider (2020)
5.5/10
Starring: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Freddie Highmore, Felicity Jones
A young silver dragon teams up with a mountain spirit and an orphaned boy on a journey through the Himalayas in search for the Rim of Heaven. Read more
Dragon Swamp (1969)
6.8/10
Director: Lo Wei
Starring: Cheng Pei-Pei, Yueh Hua, Lo Lieh
Cheng Pei-Pei ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon') is a naive young martial artist sent to retrieve the Jade Dragon Sword and her own long lost mother i... Read more
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
6.2/10
Director: Yip Wai-Shan
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Donnie Yen
Award-winning martial arts drama from Hong Kong derived from the comic book of the same name. When Tiger Wong (Nicholas Tse) uses his special Dragon S... Read more
Dragon Versus Needles of Death (1976)
Director: Kuo-Heng Chung
So Dragon Yu is a "good lad," but gets bullied a lot. Poor man. Thank goodness, he's just discovered an ability he never knew he had: being able to th... Read more
Dragon Wars (2007)
3.6/10
Director: Shim Hyung-rae
Starring: Jason Behr, Robert Forster, Amanda Brooks
A.k.a. 'D-War'. Hundreds of flying, fire-breathing dragons descend upon Los Angeles, in this special effects-filled sci-fi actioner. Now, a reporter m... Read more
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
7/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Lauren Holly, Jason Scott Lee, Robert Wagner, Nancy Kwan
This well-done biography of the martial arts hero who died mysteriously at 33 examines his brief but spectacular career, along with his personal and p... Read more
Dredd (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Lena Headey, Karl Urban, Wood Harris, Olivia Thirlby
In a desolate post-atomic America, the remaining humans live in police-controlled 'Mega-Cities'. In Mega-City One, a vast, violent metropolis where cr... Read more
Dredd ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Lena Headey, Karl Urban, Wood Harris, Olivia Thirlby
In a desolate post-atomic America, the remaining humans live in police-controlled 'Mega-Cities'. In Mega-City One, a vast, violent metropolis where cr... Read more
Driven (2001)
4.6/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Este...
The thrills come fast and furious in this rubber burning offering which finds veteran race car driver Sylvester Stallone lured out of retirement to te... Read more
Drop Zone (1994)
5.6/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Gary Busey, Kyle Secor, Wesley Snipes, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter
Exhilarating aerial photography punctuates this tale about a gang of gonzo parachutists (headed by uber-villain Gary Busey) planning to 'drop in' and... Read more