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).
For Your Eyes Only ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
6.8/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Chaim Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover, Des...
When a British spy ship is sunk, taking with it a high-tech encryption device, Agent 007 (Roger Moore) is sent to retrieve it. However, the Soviets ar... Read more
Force 10 From Navarone (1978)
6.4/10
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Barbara Bach, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Robert Shaw, Franco Nero, Carl Weathers...
An attempt to create a sequel to 'The Guns of Navarone' in which the target this time is a bridge and dam in Yugoslavia. Robert Shaw steps into the Gr... Read more
Foreign Land (terra estrangeira) (1995)
4.9/10
Director: Walter Salles
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Tcheky Karyo
After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to his mother's native land. In a foreign land, he finds love... Read more
Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)
4.5/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Pam Grier, Christopher Lambert, Willie Garson, Patrick Malahide
Futuristic fugitive Christopher Lambert, on the run with his family since the first "Fortress," is recaptured by authorities and placed in a high-tech... Read more
Four Brothers (2005)
6.9/10
Director: John Singleton
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard
Four brothers, all adopted and raised by the same woman, come together for her funeral after she is gunned down in a grocery store robbery. But unsat... Read more
Frank and Jesse (1994)
4.6/10
Director: Robert Boris
Starring: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis
Another grand retelling of the infamous outlaws Frank and Jesse James, with star/co-producer Rob Lowe turning his character (Jesse) into a martyred he... Read more
Free Fire (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Noah Taylor, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Sharlto Cop...
Bold, breathless and wickedly fun, Free Fire is an electrifying action comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Acclai... Read more
Free Fire ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Noah Taylor, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley, Sharlto Cop...
Bold, breathless and wickedly fun, Free Fire is an electrifying action comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Acclai... Read more
Free Guy (2021)
7.2/10
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Channing Tatum
A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game. Read more
Free State of Jones (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Based on an incredible true-story during the Civil War, Free State of Jones tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordi... Read more