Buscatcher

Their is no point going into the finer plot details here surely everyone is familiar with the story of the son of Jor el. The film romps along in similar vein to other comic book based summer blockbusters. The CGI if that's your bag is on a par with Iron man 3 and Avengers assemble and the soundtrack is suitably deafening.

Henry Cavill is our chiselled all American hero who plays the part well. Although save for looking moody, throwing things around and having to probably do quiet a lot of chin ups daily, the role is not the most challenging. Michael Shannon following on from the excellent The Iceman plays the baddie well and doesn't ham it up. Alongside these Amy Adams is on a par with Terri Hatcher in the eye candy department.

The film is as I expected of this kind of vehicle. The main problem I had was I grew up on the Christopher Reeve franchise which had a certain charm, was warmer, way more humorous and took itself less serious than this po-faced attempt. Get the bus and see this if you found the Chris Reeves version too cheesy, failing that see the 1st two in that franchise you won't be disappointed.

Some have called this Die Hard in the White House well this is a damn sight better than the recent effort from that particular franchise (then again most movies are). Here we have Gerard Butler doing what 200 odd bodyguards/special agents can't. After being bosom buddies with and No.1 bodyguard to the President - Aaron Eckhart our hero finds himself desk bound after a car crash in which he fails to save the 1st lady. Luckily enough his new office is just a block or two away from The White House, so when a heavily armed bunch of naughty North Koreans (the new bad guys du jour in Hollywood) take control of The White House our hero is a mere caber toss away from kicking some N Korean bottom which he jolly well does.

The cast also features Samuel L Jackson playing the acting president in his absence ably assisted by Angela Bassett an old pal of our hero. Aside from swatting those nasty Koreans Butler remains buff, rugged and handsome for ladies in Cinemas across the globe (certainly the screening I viewed this had more than its fair share of ladies).

The plot is so so the characterisation so so and the direction likewise. If you want to see a bit of eye candy on a killing spree this is perfect though. The best thing about this movie is it has bucked the trend of recent movies of this ilk in not pandering to the censors to gain a more lucrative 12A rating; hang your heads in shame the makers of Die Hard 5 and Taken 2. Go see this if you've had a heavy night and want to clear your hangover and have an afternoon doze otherwise save your money.

I ignored the reviews for this flick which were mostly unfavourable figuring that Almodovar is not everybody's cup of tea. On this occasion alas I have to agree. I'm assuming this is meant to be an out and out comedy (there was a fair amount of laughter in the cinema) but to me the material was over reliant on cheap, sensationalist blowjob and gay sex gags a kind of x rated Carry On film with none of the charm and simply not funny enough.

I figure that Almodovar fans like myself will watch this regardless of the poor reviews, as for those Almodovar virgins who may be contemplating popping their cherry avoid this and check out the great man's back catalogue.