Hitman: Agent 47

The only actor in this movie that I felt actually brought his A-game was probably Rupert Friend... He was good as the character, but it was a boring, boring character.

You'd think a movie based on a video game would have more streamlined action sequences instead of the muddled shootouts here.

That none of it makes any sense is not a problem, but the failure to raise the temperature despite endless shootouts, punch-ups, car chases et al is a fatal flaw.

Some of the set-pieces -- chases through airports, fights on train tracks, car crashes or helicopters hurtling into skyscrapers -- are very niftily choreographed but you can't help thinking this would be more fun as an interactive game.

What it lacks is much excitement, or any soul, and it might be the most asexual genre flick ever made.

It's unlikely this latest instalment was made to fulfil any burning need on the part of the audience, more probably it's a result of the lack of imagination in some sectors of the movie industry.

The action definitely has more fire than the story or its characters, but that’s a pretty low bar.

Any audience versed in even a meager sampling of the past decade's action movies will find nothing exceptional about this 2015 reboot.

Not to be gunned down if trashy entertainment is your thing.

Video game movies have not had the best track record [to put it mildly], and this reboot doesn't do much to change that.