The umpteenth adaptation of an 180-year-old classic is rife with machismo writ large.

Writer-director Jalmari Helander’s blood-and-guts revenge fantasy is the history revision you never knew you needed.

Revisiting the world of hitman John Wick is like touching base with an old buddy who you do not under any circumstances want to cross.

An attempted assassination of the US president is rewound and rewound from eight perspectives.

Liam Neeson is a force to be reckoned with as the vengeful father of a kidnapped teen.

Daniel Craig as 007 is a chilly cove — not a traditionalist’s dream, perhaps, but he owns the screen all the same.

Daniel Craig’s no-BS Bond rocks steel-tipped purpose like a bespoke tux.

Robert Downey Jr is raring to go go go as a (super)man with a mission.

When he takes on a disaster flick, director Roland Emmerich goes all out, keeping the CGI destruction in over-the-top motion.

With pro wrestler John Cena toughing it out, the hardboiled corn churns beefily along with barely a pause for breath.