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Samson Coulter and Ben Spence give startling, intensely physical performances.

There are good performances made of small moments throughout.

Where Luhrmann and Butler score are in the concert sequences in which the King truly comes alive.

Gibson has an eye for a good story and knows how to lay it on with a trowel

Is the action packed? Certainly. Does it add up to anything? No.

There’s an anarchic silliness about it which suits the science fiction setting, an openness to having fun and delivering a story unselfconsciously, on its own terms.

It is to Tom Cruise's credit that the sequel is infinitely better than the original.

Jonathan Cake's Mediterranean stud is hilarious, as is Hodgson's hungover slob.

The greatest horror comes from moments of intended 'deep' emotion, which ring as hollow as the cave system in which they are set.

Van Helsing doesn't pretend to be anything other than a comic book adventure, but even comic book adventures need some kind of grounding in reality.