Michael Bay gets to play with his Transformers sound effects box again, in this all action revenge film from the writers behind Deadpool and Zombieland. Car chases, gun fights, far fetched special effects and black humour are blended together to form a smoothly shot - if not always believable - thrill ride.

Ryan Reynolds is almost too cool for the James Bond style action here, when your supposed to support his back story that the story builds on. Propping up the bar and trading barbs with the main bad guy - while swigging from a bottle of Aviator Gin (guessing that was in the contract) - sure. Planning all the action and calling the shots, yeah; he's the boss and it's his show. But then he loses his cool in a car chase or something breaks and you remember he's Van Wilder, rather than James Dyson meets Chuck Norris, which kind of breaks the spell. Similar to Bad Neighbours Dave Franco (6). Sure, he was good in Now You See Me, yet here his role limits his potential. Comparatively, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (3) gets a good mix of action and humour, getting quite a few of the best lines and situations.

The flash backs fill in some of the character development and can definitely see there being a sequel