Tonight I was in the mood to watch something fun. I go through these phases of not wanting to think when I go to the cinema, usually it’s when I’m stressed and need to shut my brain down. Well I couldn’t have picked a better film for brainless fun than this. Talk about outlandish!!!! Even for those conusors of the Hollywood action film this movie really does require you not to think – at all. It has some good actors in it but the plot – well there was not one original thought that went into it.

The story sees James McAvoy playing a character as dull and low in self esteem as you could imagine. He is then literally sweep off his feet by the sexy Angelina Jolie and turned into a top assassin. Angie’s group of killing machines are headed by the ever brilliant Morgan Freeman but our three main characters are all caricatures of themselves. To say the events of the film are far fetched would be an understatement to say the very least.

Having said all that the film is fun and you do catch yourself smiling at the matrix-like pace of it all. I’m not going to recommend this one to my mates but it did make me laugh with it rather than at it which was a nice surprise and the three main actors really do try to add to a plot which is as thin and unoriginal as you’ll find.

One for a stressed day when you just want to forget reality and enjoy some nice popcorn away from it all.