Super violent movie shown from a first person point of view (through the eyes of the star, for those of you who do not play video games) using GoPro cameras, which is a novel idea but can be a bit off putting when things get frenetic. Henry wakes up as he is being rebuilt by his wife Estelle (Haley Bennett) but it is not long before Henry is forced into action despite not being 100% complete as Akan (Danila Kozlovsky), a villain straight out of the original Die hard movie, arrives and he wants to create an army of super soldiers starting with Henry but Estelle and Henry, briefly, escape from Akan’s reaches by taking an escape pod off his laboratory……escape pod you say? Yes, this laboratory is stationed above the clouds for some reason and in general that just set the tone for the whole movie, it is over the top, the plot is silly and some of the dialogue is awful but this is offset buy the levels of action and in particular the stunt work which is top notch as Henry rampages his way around Moscow chasing Akan and his goons down.

A big shout out to Sharlto Copley who plays Jimmy who acts as a guide to both ourselves and Henry through his mission and he plays the role with such a high level of exaggerated exuberance that he almost becomes the centre of attention and is the only character in the movie who is given any real development.

It’s not a movie for the feint of heart as the violence levels are cranked up to the maximum and there are various scenes which show very interesting uses for everyday items to incapacitate people and if I mention that there’s a dance number towards the end of the film I may be able to get across just how absurd some of the elements in this movie are but if you can get past the obvious flaws, don’t over analyse things and take the movie for what it is then there’s a decent action movie which deserves credit for daring to try something different.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5 Out Of 10