This is an attempt to be both a high-octane actionfest and a satire on such films, the result of which is the weirdest concoction: the metaphysical blockbuster. No wonder it tanked.

Waititi’s shtick runs thin, and there are badly misguided moments, but this is still a warm, heart-mostly-in-the-right-place portrait of a momentously poor sports team.

Badly scripted, hackneyed, cliched, deaf/blind comedy.

A stylish, darkly satirical horror-thriller, raising serious questions about Hollywood’s sanitisation of violence.

Slick, sick stuff, but save the odd squirm, a killer-plant horror that doesn’t grow anywhere.

It rips a few too many pages from familiar playbooks, but when it indulges in its own weirdness this film casts off those heavy caterpillar tracks and soars.

A needless threequel. Note to director: avoid 'rise of the' titles.

Likeable leads and the odd good joke makes this romance an amiable time-passer.

Besides being an author, Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most vicious, merciless critics of his age. He would not have let this get past him without skewering its shortcomings with a barbed quill.

Sadly, this will not go down as one of Brooks' classics.

It's a long way from Top Gun, but it's still stirring stuff.

Vintage Lee visual flourishes and a couple of chucklesome fantasies spoofing a 70s sitcom and blaxploitation flicks make this more watchable than the infuriatingly pointless content warrants.

A likeable comedy that uses its greatest asset, its talented, funny cast, to good effect.

Borderline dreadful waste of potential.

According to Phillips, the 'Part II' in the title is a nod to the second "Godfather," which matched the genius of its forerunner. Ironically, his own sequel offer is one you should refuse.

Even The Rock's immense charisma cannot save this predicatable fare.

Too much distance has crept in for The Old Guard 2 to feel memorable, and it shows. A convoluted, sequel-baiting mess that proves time is not a healer.

It’s not bad, but given all the talent involved, it would have been nice for Hamburg to push the envelope a bit further and deliver something with real bite. As it is, this is more of a pleasant, but forgettable, time-filler.

This isn't afraid to be a horror movie.

Covering alcoholism, manslaughter, infidelity and petty crime, there’s a rich spread of melodrama on offer, but none of the tales have meat enough to satisfy alone. Together, though, they form a varied backdrop to showcase some respectable character work.

Delivers a decent puzzle and enough jumps to keep you enjoyably jittery.

This is one of those failures that has so many near-great things that it almost gets by on guts.

This latest visit to Raccoon City captures the games’ spirit but fails to translate that to cinematic thrills.

Moderately lame horror.

An unbelievably long film for so little pay-off. More cowboys, please.

There are moments that make the whole enterprise worthwhile, and introduces an intriguing new Batman. But it’s also cluttered and narratively wonky; a few jokes wouldn’t have gone amiss, either.

A dream cast are on good form in a film that makes you want to call your siblings, but very glad you don’t live with them.

This is so derivative it has no soul of its own.