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).
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 1 (1994)
6.7/10
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst
Long ago... In a time of myth and legend, when ancient gods plagued man with suffering - only one man dared to challenge their power. Hercules! Starri... Read more
Hero (2002)
7.9/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen
Director Zhang Yimou's highly stylized martial arts epic stars Jet Li as a nameless expert swordsman, who tells the ruler of one of ancient China's wa... Read more
Hero ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
7.9/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai), Zhang Ziyi, Daoming Ch...
Director Zhang Yimou's highly stylized martial arts epic stars Jet Li as a nameless expert swordsman, who tells the ruler of one of ancient China's wa... Read more
Heroes of the East (1979)
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Starring: Chia Hui Gordon Liu, Yuka Mizuno
A Chinese man (Gordon Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issu... Read more
High Ground (2020)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Johnson
Starring: Simon Baker, Jack Thompson, Ryan Corr
In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous war... Read more
High Ground (Blu-ray) (2020)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Johnson
Starring: Simon Baker, Jack Thompson, Ryan Corr
In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous war... Read more
High Plains Drifter (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Verna Bloom
The Stranger (Clint Eastwood) rides into the 1870 Southwest frontier town of Lago where he is hired by the community to protect them against the immin... Read more
High Plains Drifter ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Verna Bloom
The Stranger (Clint Eastwood) rides into the 1870 Southwest frontier town of Lago where he is hired by the community to protect them against the immin... Read more
High Road To China (Blu-ray) (1983)
6.1/10
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Starring: Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong
During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia, that... Read more
Higher Power (2018)
4.8/10
Starring: Ron Eldard, Colm Feore, Austin Stowell, Richard Portnow
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test s... Read more