Inconsistent but entertaining action-thriller from James Watkins starring Idris Elba.
The longer the film progresses, the more its originality dissipates. By the final reel, the whiff of old fromage is overpowering.
It rarely makes sense – the script vastly overestimates the power of the hashtag as a weapon of mass destruction – but you’re never bored.
Everyone concerned deserves better.
Richard Madden plays a hapless pickpocket and Elba a macho CIA agent in this competent popcorn-flavoured thriller.
The latest terrorist thriller sees Idris Elba and Richard Madden racing through a ridiculous plot without the film resorting to crass stereotypes.
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.
General release. Check local listings for show times.