The tension is relentless and the effects awesome.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The tension is relentless and the effects awesome.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Confusion is the name of what stops being a game because after the first hour it's no fun any more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Confusion is the name of what stops being a game because after the first hour it's no fun any more.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer have done a terrific job of resurrecting the Seventies style of war film spiced up with the benefits of modern editing and special effects.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Screenwriter, Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer have done a terrific job of resurrecting the Seventies style of war film spiced up with the benefits of modern editing and special effects.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cruise, doing many of his own stunts, owns the territory with stellar charisma.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cruise, the cheesy soundtrack and the stunning aerial photography that marks out its combat scenes are its three main selling points.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Cruise, the cheesy soundtrack and the stunning aerial photography that marks out its combat scenes are its three main selling points.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sadly, despite plenty of obvious effort and passion, this film is not as hilarious as the early clips suggested.

~ Stephen Carty -

Sadly, despite plenty of obvious effort and passion, this film is not as hilarious as the early clips suggested.

~ Stephen Carty -

This is not a great film. It is not a terrible film, either. It is a long film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

This is not a great film. It is not a terrible film, either. It is a long film.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cruise is by far the most entertaining thing in Rock Of Ages, and as with all his films, he looks like he is trying exceptionally hard.

~ Owen Van Spall -

Cruise is by far the most entertaining thing in Rock Of Ages, and as with all his films, he looks like he is trying exceptionally hard.

~ Owen Van Spall -

The slow-burning two-hander first half gives way to a revelation-heavy final hour, where every new sub-Shyamalan surprise only confirms how much Oblivion is ripped off from superior sci-fi that knows its game better.

~ David Graham -

The slow-burning two-hander first half gives way to a revelation-heavy final hour, where every new sub-Shyamalan surprise only confirms how much Oblivion is ripped off from superior sci-fi that knows its game better.

~ David Graham -

Abrams combines kinetic action sequences with internal logic-fuelled storytelling to give us an impossible mission head, shoulders and a rabbit's foot above the previous two instalments.

~ Stephen Carty -

Abrams combines kinetic action sequences with internal logic-fuelled storytelling to give us an impossible mission head, shoulders and a rabbit's foot above the previous two instalments.

~ Stephen Carty -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Following the phenomenal sequences up on the Dubai skyscraper, it seems that the only way is down.

~ Anton Bitel -

Following the phenomenal sequences up on the Dubai skyscraper, it seems that the only way is down.

~ Anton Bitel -

Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Open your eyes. Admire the death defying artistry.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

If anything the potential dangers of AI are even more in the news now than when the film was shot, making it feel bang up to date.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If anything the potential dangers of AI are even more in the news now than when the film was shot, making it feel bang up to date.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

For those who cannot follow the plot there are some really good set pieces, with enough tension and excitement to carry the movie.

~ Gator MacReady -

For those who cannot follow the plot there are some really good set pieces, with enough tension and excitement to carry the movie.

~ Gator MacReady -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Sentimentality is already dead. Irony lives! And coincidence is king.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Sentimentality is already dead. Irony lives! And coincidence is king.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Worthy, without being worth watching.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Worthy, without being worth watching.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As a piece of art it offers quite a bit to admire, but it's not ultimately very successful as a viewing experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As a piece of art it offers quite a bit to admire, but it's not ultimately very successful as a viewing experience.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Elegant, disciplined and, ultimately, stirring.

~ Stephen Carty -

Elegant, disciplined and, ultimately, stirring.

~ Stephen Carty -

It all feels too professional, too clean, too choreographed.

~ Paul Griffiths -

It all feels too professional, too clean, too choreographed.

~ Paul Griffiths -

What's remarkable about Crowe's cinematic high-point is how he achieves conventional things in unconventional ways.

~ Stephen Carty -

What's remarkable about Crowe's cinematic high-point is how he achieves conventional things in unconventional ways.

~ Stephen Carty -

Make no mistake: despite the big cast, this is the sort of thriller you can safely snooze through on a plane, connecting with ease the dots between the clichéd fights and chases.

~ Anton Bitel -

Make no mistake: despite the big cast, this is the sort of thriller you can safely snooze through on a plane, connecting with ease the dots between the clichéd fights and chases.

~ Anton Bitel -

The relish with which Tom Cruise delivers even the most awful lines is quite engaging.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The relish with which Tom Cruise delivers even the most awful lines is quite engaging.

~ Jennie Kermode -

You are never sure what is actually happening, what is real and what is pretending to be real.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You are never sure what is actually happening, what is real and what is pretending to be real.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cage gets killed over and over and comes back to the same place to start again. Bor-ing!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Cage gets killed over and over and comes back to the same place to start again. Bor-ing!

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Jeffrey Schwarz, one of the most prolific documentarians working today and a man who has dedicated his life to redressing the balance in regard to LGBTQ+ narratives, is careful not to deliver only those stories which we have all heard before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Jeffrey Schwarz, one of the most prolific documentarians working today and a man who has dedicated his life to redressing the balance in regard to LGBTQ+ narratives, is careful not to deliver only those stories which we have all heard before.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Even the ending, which otherwise would be dismissed as inconclusive, feels valid and true, emphasising yet again the magic that is Mann.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -