I thought Bay's Transformers sequels were bad enough but this goes to another level. The disorientation you get trying to follow this story with near on constant flash backs, flash forwards and location changes is a migraine of epic proportions . Add the pointless back stories for the main characters who waffle on and mumble equally pointless dialogue make you want to lie down in a dark room. I assume most of the banter should be making the audience laugh or at least chuckle. It doesn't. Even Ryan Reynolds schtick barely registers.

On the action front it is jaw dropping and absolutely barmy. At times the flying, disintegrating and exploding cars are fun to watch but as much as it's polished it becomes tiresome and oddly un-exciting pretty quickly. The visual gloss is blinding at times and the overly used glam slow mo tedious. The locations are for the most part the stunning Abu Dhabi even though we are told they are Las Vegas, Hong Kong or some fake Middle Eastern country and the various gun fights and battles in exotic looking buildings and on boats make Bond and Bourne look tatty in comparison but it doesn't help the muddled story and jarring experience. On the plus side the CGI is some of the most polished you will see on the screen at the moment. But this isn't enough to make this film a likeable and entertaining action movie. And some may find the gratuitous bloody violence and gun play - not to mention the amount of innocent bystanders that seem to get maimed because of the groups antics too much for their liking.