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).
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Blu-ray) (2022)
6.2/10
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
Fantastic Four (2015)
4.3/10
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E Cathe...
As a brilliant teen in 2007, Reed Richards (Miles Teller) works to perfect a teleportation device that could revolutionize science, finding help from... Read more
Fantastic Four (2005)
5.7/10
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon
Adapted from the long-running Marvel comic; the story of four scientists who receive a massive dose of gamma rays while working in space, and are mira... Read more
Fantastic Four ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
5.7/10
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon
Adapted from the long-running Marvel comic; the story of four scientists who receive a massive dose of gamma rays while working in space, and are mira... Read more
Fantastic Four (Blu-ray) (2015)
5.6/10
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E Cathe...
As a brilliant teen in 2007, Reed Richards (Miles Teller) works to perfect a teleportation device that could revolutionize science, finding help from... Read more
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
5.7/10
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry...
The effects-laden sequel to the 2005 film sees our heroic foursome battling an interstellar baddie whose unannounced arrival flattens a large chunk of... Read more
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
6.8/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Tremendously entertaining story of medical team reduced to microscopic size, then injected inside human body. Marvellous special effects and set des... Read more
Fantasy Mission Force (1984)
Director: Chu Yen-ping
Starring: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Jimmy Wang Yu
A truly off-the-wall WW2 actioner with Jackie Chan as part of an elite commando team sent to rescue a group of Allied Generals kidnapped by the Japane... Read more
Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
7.7/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Charlize Theron...
Dom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother. Read more
Fast & Furious 9 (4K Ultra HD) (2021)
7.6/10
Director: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Charlize Theron...
Dom and the crew must take on an international terrorist who turns out to be Dom and Mia's estranged brother. Read more