This was a very disappointing movie. I was not at all surprised when I got to the end credits and realised Michael Bay had directed it, I should have guessed from the nonsensical explosions.

I wish someone would tell that man that just because a car crashes, does not mean it will blow up in an explosion so big it looks like a bomb went off.

There are a few decent action set pieces, but the vehicular ones are offset by distractingly bad crash test dummies being behind the wheels, and the fight scenes are usually offset by so many jump cuts it's like watching Taken.

The characters are over the top caricatures, there are no plot twists or subplots, just the one main story that is in the movie description - billionaire recruits team to take down dictator.

This is a film that, on paper, seemed really interesting. It had a pretty good cast, a director who, love him or hate him, has spent his career making vast amounts of money by giving people high octane thrill rides, and a bonkers budget of 150 million.

Which it often seems like they blew 100 million of shooting the opening scene.

It had the action, but it needed a bit of drama, some real build up of interpersonal relationships, to really elevate it. As it was, I didn't care when any of them were in danger because I don't know anything about them.

What was disappointing about this movie is that it had the potential to be so much more. It just needed two things that the Fast and Furious have in spades - a sense of fun, and also a relatable sense of purpose. At it's heart, that series is all about family. If this film had a tangible, relatable through line like that, it would have been much better.