Jules Wilcox storms through this propulsive trial by fire at the emotionally shredded pitch of a cornered animal.

What a guilty pleasure it is when the eggheads turn on each other like panicked ferals.

Director Christopher Nolan the showman is in his element with this mammoth head-scratcher, rolling out stunts, trappings and confrontations.

Jaded police and angry teenagers clash in director Ladj Ly’s thriller, with from-the-gut performances across the board.

Director Rowan Athale’s thriller peaks with a showdown so tensely wound I was yelling at the screen.

The original dragon-tattooed girl, Noomi Rapace has a softer look these days, less angular and enraged, and without statement-making ink. But she has by no means lost her mojo.

If Spanish politics is a school of sharks, then regional vice-secretary Manuel “Manu” López Vidal is a great white. Forever in motion, packed with personality, he’s a masterly schemer in a sharp suit.

Lee Jongsu, a country boy drifting through life alone as a delivery man, is out of his depth from day one when he re-connects with the mercurial Haemi from his schooldays.

Lewis is a smarmy sybarite who plays women as sexual chess pieces with his housemate Kenny as his gormless second banana. When their paths cross with fractured party girl Sarah, they’re all headed straight to hell.

All is manifestly not well on the manicured island of Jersey where tour-coach hostess Moll lives at home with her domineering, “best-friend” mother and her Alzheimer’s-afflicted father.