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).
Jack Reacher (2012)
7/10
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog, Rosamund Pike, David...
Tom Cruise stars as ex-military policeman turned vigilante drifter Jack Reacher in this pulp-melodrama thriller, adapted from the novel "One Shot" in... Read more
Jack Reacher ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7/10
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog, Rosamund Pike, David...
Tom Cruise stars as ex-military policeman turned vigilante drifter Jack Reacher in this pulp-melodrama thriller, adapted from the novel "One Shot" in... Read more
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
6.1/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders
Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher in this sequel based on Lee Child's bestselling novel Never Go Back, which finds the itinerant problem-solver accus... Read more
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Chris Pine
Kenneth Branagh directs and co-stars in this action thriller starring Chris Pine as the iconic Jack Ryan character created by Tom Clancy. The thrills... Read more
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Chris Pine
Kenneth Branagh directs and co-stars in this action thriller starring Chris Pine as the iconic Jack Ryan character created by Tom Clancy. The thrills... Read more
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Copy) (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Chris Pine
Kenneth Branagh directs and co-stars in this action thriller starring Chris Pine as the iconic Jack Ryan character created by Tom Clancy. The thrills... Read more
Jackass Forever (2022)
7/10
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O , Chris Pontius
Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the original jackass crew return for... Read more
Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
Director: Stanley Tong
Starring: Jackie Chan, Chen Chun Wu, Jackson Lou
Hong Kong's most physically agile cop finds himself in James Bond-like intrigue involving the CIA, Russian Mafia, a nuclear device and a beautiful scu... Read more
Jackpot (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Magnus Martens
Starring: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Arthur Berning, Andreas Cappelen, Lena...
Jo Nesbø has sold over 9 million books - This film is based on a story you haven't read. Oscar Svendsen wakes up, terrified and bloodied; a shotgun in... Read more
Japanese Crime Noir Classics ( Tokyo Drifter / A Tattooed Life / Branded to Kill / Youth of the Beast ) (1966)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tetsuya Watari, Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, An...
A collection of four Japanese crime noir classics from maverick director Seijun Suzuki. "Tokyo Drifter" (1966) - Warned by studio bosses to play it sa... Read more