Review: Haywire

The two Expendables movies have been a bit a disappointment as despite being billed as an all-star action cast, they've really featured far too much Stallone and Statham, with little more than short cameos from the rest.

But with the likes of Traffic, the Oceans' Trilogy and most recently Contagion, Steven Soderbergh has proven himself to be the master of pulling together an all-star cast. So whilst its unlikely to see him behind the camera of Expendables 3, Haywire might be closest you'll get to see what he would do with a cast of a-list ass kickers.

Gina Carano is the lead who does more talking with her feet and fists, but can handle herself in both senses against the likes of Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum and Ewan McGregor. Haywire at heart is a simple story of someone having to fight their way to find answers/vengeance, but its stripped back b-movie aesthetic actually results in a fresh 90 minutes that breezes by, avoiding many of the bloated tropes that have blighted a few recent action blockbusters.

Review: Wall Street 2 - Money Never Sleeps

With Western civilisation seemingly collapsing around us as we speak, the time couldn't be better for a second instalment in the adventures of Gordon Gecko - but what we get is up there with Godfather 3 levels of disappointment as we get 2 and half hours of a dodgy love story between Shia Lebeouf and Cary Mulligan instead of Douglas chewing scenery as ultra-bastard Gordon Gecko.

When he does get the chance to do that the film succeeds, but they chances are few and far between. In the end a bit more greed would've been good.