6.5/10. Though I was left with the sense that this movie never really knew where it was heading the dialogue is crackling and the performances live up to their billing — Bale and Rodriguez work perfectly together and Bale is truly electrifying.

3/10. I have not been so bored in a film for a very, very long time. Gilliam’s statement that the film allowed him to rediscover the ‘child within’ (given in a special speaking-direct-to-the-camera prologue) should have been warning enough but two hours later we are left in no doubt just how dull extended exposure to [...]

4/10. Very poor. Abysmal plot, uninteresting dialogue and acting so wooden one can only imagine it is intentional.

7/10 (for genre). Michael Mann’s latest outing is pure Hollywood but done with enough energy and skill to lift above the genre average.