An elite military unit targets a monomaniacal arms dealer who is deadset on global destruction.

Virtually everybody in this fourth instalment of the vroom-vroom franchise is cheesed off about something.

The new-gen Team X mutants are a killer look, but a glowering Hugh Jackman is the big, gym-toned ticket here.

The colossal battle scenes are ringmaster Ridley Scott at his whip-flourishing finest.

Director Jon Faverau’s glamazon juggernaut rolls out the hardware and the one-liners with breezy expertise.

Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton’s dedication is admirable: both take a torrid and minutely detailed pounding.

The message is brutishly clear: the natural order is best left that way.

When you’re a soldier in China’s battle-plagued Han dynasty, survival is compromise.

It’s as crazy as a jar of bedbugs, but the mishmash takes shape as an almighty fight to the finish.

Director Justin Lin ratchets up the heat with a cast of lookers, a few easy laughs and freewheeling, blow-your-socks-off stunt work.