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).
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Blu-ray) (2024)
7.6/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through... Read more
Fury (2014)
7.6/10
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs,...
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' (Brad Pitt) commands a Sher... Read more
Fury ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7.6/10
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs,...
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' (Brad Pitt) commands a Sher... Read more
Future Cop ( aka Trancers ) (1985)
5.7/10
Director: Charles Band
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Art La Fleur
Tim Thomerson is cleverly cast as a low budget version of Harrison Ford from 'Blade Runner', sent back in time 300 years to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the b... Read more
G-Force (2009)
5.1/10
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
Starring: Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Bill Nigh...
Just when you thought you'd seen every type of hero...along come a bunch of guinea pigs. First-time director Hoyt Yeatman, an award-winning visual eff... Read more
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Park, Dwayne Johnson, Byung-hun Lee, Channing...
Sequel to the 2009 actioner finds most of the Joe team killed in an ambush and its remaining members wanted for a crime they didn't commit. Now, Roadb... Read more
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Go...
In the wake of 'Transformers', another iconic toy line gets the big screen treatment. From the deserts of North Africa to deep below the polar ice cap... Read more
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Dennis Quaid, Jonathan Pryce, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Said...
In the wake of 'Transformers', another iconic toy line gets the big screen treatment. From the deserts of North Africa to deep below the polar ice cap... Read more
G.I. Samurai (1979)
Director: Kosei Saito
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuki, Miyuki Ono
A squadron of Japanese soldiers find themselves transported through time to Japan's feudal period... 400 years in the past, where rival samurai clans... Read more
Galaxy Angel: Angels A La Carte (2000)
7.6/10
The astronomical adventures of the Angel Brigade, a squad of females dispatched to retrieve powerful objects scattered around the Milky Way. 7 episode... Read more