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The pacing means the plot doesn't sizzle so much as stew, with only the basic psychological drivers explored.

This isn’t quite as wild and startling an experience as its creators seem to think, but for the most part it’s entertaining.

It’s astonishing to realise that this is Reis’ first screen role.

As big liz flicks go, Godzilla delivers the goodies.

When the sentiment ways us down, its Johnson who keeps us watching through sheer presence.

The problem is neither Cage, nor the concept. It is the story.

None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.

See Billy Crystal's name in a line-up like this and you probably expect wise-cracking comedy, but in fact this is a rare straight role for the actor and it illustrates what he's capable of when he really gets to flex his acting muscles.

The flaw in David Koepp's film is that it tries to do too much. A little bit of weirdness goes a long way.

It is bigger and longer than the original – but certainly no better, and this time round lacking even a novelty factor.

The comedy is not funny, the action is exhausting, and by the time its 156 minutes are over, you too will have been transformed into a dead-eyed machine that has lost the power or will to care.

By the time Frank and Chris are taking on the train - complete with running, dangling and some large chunks of that back story you had rather hoped they'd forgotten about - the tension begins to hum.

The best movie this wonderful writer/director has made in a long time; funny, sharp, perfectly paced and rather gorgeously shot, with a quartet of cracking parts for excellent actors placed firmly at its centre.

O'Connor and cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi lay on some visceral bouts in the ring, thoroughly exploiting the fact that mixed martial arts makes for a less predictable combat sequence than a boxing match might.