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Red Cliff
(Chì Bì,
赤壁);
Red Cliff II
(Chì Bì
Jue Zhan Tian Xia,
赤壁(下))

Director – John Woo – 2008, 2009 – China, Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 139m + 135m ***** As a warlord seeks to crush opposition in Southern China, its two kingdoms join forces to defeat him, with the deciding battle taking place at Red Cliff – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films […]

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Face/Off

Director – John Woo – 1997 – US – Cert. 18 – 138m ***** John Woo’s third and strongest US film to date has FBI agent John Travolta switching faces with villain Nic Cage – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank from Friday, 3rd July to Friday, 31st […]

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Hard Target

Director – John Woo – 1993 – US – Cert. 18 – 100m (UK version), 86m (US version) **** John Woo’s US debut is a New Orleans remake of The Most Dangerous Game with action star Jean-Claude Van Damme – plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank […]

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Terminator 2
Judgement Day

Director – James Cameron – 1991 – US – Cert. 15 – 127m ***** A second Terminator is sent from the future to kill the future leader of the war against the machines – opening film in Film Tottenham’s upcoming programme celebrating female action heroes, plays Sunday, April 12th 2026, 6.30 for 7pm start In […]

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Broken Arrow
(1996)

Director – John Woo – 1996 – US – Cert. 15 – 108m *** Woo’s second US outing pits Christian Slater against nuclear stealth bomber co-pilot turned bad John Travolta in the Arizona desert – part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography at cinemas across the […]

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Point Break
(1991)

Director – Kathryn Bigelow – 1991 – US – Cert. 15 – 122m ***** A rookie FBI man goes undercover with a group of surfers, believing them to be a gang of bank robbers who disguise themselves as former US Presidents – milestone action movie is out in a 4K Restoration in UK cinemas on […]

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The Woman King

Director – Gina Prince-Bythewood – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 135m **** The warrior women of Dahomey defend their people against capture by neighbouring nations for the white foreigners’ slave trade – plays as part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography at cinemas across […]

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Yes, Madam!
(Huang Jia Shi Jie,
皇家师姐)

Director – Corey Yuen – 1985 – Hong Kong – Cert. 18 – 93m ***1/2 Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock’s star debut, in which they play two plain-clothes, kickboxing Hong Kong cops – on Blu-ray from Monday, December 12th 2002 and now part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of […]

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Seven Samurai
(Shichinin
no Samurai,
七人の侍)

Director – Akira Kurosawa – 1954 – Japan – Cert. PG – 207m 207m + 5m intermission – Oscar nominated Seven samurai must defend a poor village of farmers from bandits in one of the greatest action movies ever made – – both released in cinemas in a brand-new, 70th anniversary, 4k restoration from Thursday, […]