Boisterous action ensues when colourfully tattooed extreme sports fanatic Xander Cage is press-ganged into the service of the US government. Rob Cohen directs with brutal bravado, there are some amazing stunts, and the whole thing is noisily entertaining. Vin Diesel’s Xander, though, is no match for Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken, and a touch of John Carpenter’s genuine anarchy would have been welcome.