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).
Executive Decision (1996)
6.4/10
Director: Stuart Baird
Starring: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry
Arab terrorists are in control of a 747. The solution: Sneak an elite team aboard the plane already in flight! The suspense never flags. The writing,... Read more
F1 The Movie (2025)
7.8/10
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Brad Pitt
In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, the owner... Read more
F1 The Movie (Blu-ray) (2025)
7.8/10
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Brad Pitt
In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, the owner... Read more
Face/Off (1997)
7.3/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Joan Allen, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Having a strong claim on the title 'best action movie ever made', Hong Kong director John Woo's hyper-kinetic actioner follows FBI agent John Travolta... Read more
Face/Off ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
7.3/10
Director: John Woo
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Joan Allen, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Having a strong claim on the title 'best action movie ever made', Hong Kong director John Woo's hyper-kinetic actioner follows FBI agent John Travolta... Read more
Fair Game (1995)
4.2/10
Director: Andrew Sipes
Starring: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Christopher McDonald
Acting more with the variety of T-shirts she wears than with her emotions, Cindy Crawford makes her acting debut as a divorce lawyer who is hunted by... Read more
Fallout: Season 2 (2025)
3.6/10
Starring: Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan
In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from ra... Read more
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
6.8/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, D...
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former stud... Read more
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.8/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, D...
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former stud... Read more
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
6.5/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Kevin Guthrie, Carmen Ejogo, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Ju...
Professor Albus Dumbledore must assign Newt Scamander and his fellow partners as Grindelwald begins to lead an army to eliminate all Muggles. Read more