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).
Justified: Season 1 (2010)
8.6/10
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Erica Tazel, Natalie...
Timothy Olyphant ("Deadwood") stars as a modern-day Western hero based on the character created by legendary crime novelist Elmore Leonard from his sh... Read more
Justified: Season 2 (2011)
8.6/10
Starring: Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Margo Martindale, Jo...
In the aftermath of the deadly showdown that freed Harlan County from the Crowder family crime reign, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) mu... Read more
Justified: Season 3 (2012)
8.6/10
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joell...
In the nonstop, gunslinging third season of the highly acclaimed hit series, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) must wield his brand o... Read more
Justified: Season 4 (2013)
3.8/10
Starring: Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Erica...
The Emmy Award-winning "Justified" returns for its fourth season with U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) picking at the thread of a cold ca... Read more
Justified: Season 5 (2014)
8.6/10
Starring: Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Joelle Carter, Erica...
The vicious and self-destructive Crowe family drive the plot of the fifth season of this FX crime drama. Small-time crook and full-time idiot Dewey Cr... Read more
Justified: Season 6 ( The Final Season ) (2015)
6.7/10
Starring: Joelle Carter, Walton Goggins, Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Erica...
Each episode of the edge-of-your seat final season propels U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and criminal mastermind Boyd Crowder (Walton... Read more
K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Shimako Sato
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura, Takeshi Kaga, Reiko Takashima
Stylish superhero shenanigans in a rollicking adventure, based on a popular '80s manga. K-20 is the nickname for the Fiend with 20 Faces, a prankster... Read more
K-9 (1989)
6/10
Director: Rod Daniel
Starring: James Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe
To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec. Read more
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Masato Harada
Starring: Reiko Kataoka, Kazuya Takahashi, Koji Yakusho
Part crime thriller, part road movie and part social polemic, writer/director Masato Harada's drama follows Yakuza underling Tatsuo (Kazuya Takahashi)... Read more
Kandahar Break (2009)
5.3/10
Director: David Whitney
Starring: Rasheed Naz, Dean Andrews, Shaun Dooley, Tatmain Ul Qulb
Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1999. British mine clearance experts are working for the Taliban Government, who distrust the foreigners completely. Matters on... Read more