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Bastille Day (15)

Action

A young artist and former CIA agent embark on an anti-terrorist mission in France.

The critical consensus

Inconsistent but entertaining action-thriller from James Watkins starring Idris Elba.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 18/04/2016

The longer the film progresses, the more its originality dissipates. By the final reel, the whiff of old fromage is overpowering.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 22/04/2016

It rarely makes sense – the script vastly overestimates the power of the hashtag as a weapon of mass destruction – but you’re never bored.

***(*)(*)John Nugent, Empire Online, 21/04/2016

Everyone concerned deserves better.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 18/04/2016

Richard Madden plays a hapless pickpocket and Elba a macho CIA agent in this competent popcorn-flavoured thriller.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21/04/2016

The latest terrorist thriller sees Idris Elba and Richard Madden racing through a ridiculous plot without the film resorting to crass stereotypes.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 24/04/2016

Don’t worry if the recent real-life terrorist atrocities in the French capital make this seem in bad taste. The picture is pure hokum and all the more welcome for it.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Sunday Express, 24/04/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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