Doomsday - perfect!

This thing has it all. Can't think of a genre I like which isn't included. Neil Marshall knows his stuff and can pull off a decent action flick. This is one for all us action fanatics and it makes no apology for crashing head first into the mayhem. The basic premise is that an incurable plague decimates Scotland and a giant wall is erected to contain the victims in and leave them to die.

Years later the plague appears beyond the wall and there still isn't a cure. The authorities have suppressed evidence of survivors in the "hot zone" and dispatch a special forces team led by Rhona Mitra to find out how the survivors haven't perished.

What follows is a roller-coaster of action and adventure as the intrepid team look for a cure and make their way through the wasted cities encountering flesh eating tribes and medieval warlords.

This movie is what happens when Escape from New York and 28 days later have a party with King Arthur and Mad Max; almost the perfect movie.

Haywire - Gina Carano, lady in a dress lioness in a fight!

The hunted spy genre is a well worn path and given his body of work I hoped Soderberg would pull it off with nobs on. The film works fine in many respects but to my mind the overall pacing is a little lack lustre. Gina's physical prowess is undoubtable and her action scenes are a visual treat. She really is a lady in a dress and a lioness in a fight.

Her acting range is better than other stars who have made the transition towards the big screen; indeed, alongside Channing (less charisma than a block of wood) Tatum her performance is oscar worthy. Apart from Michael Fassbender, none of the 'A' listers bring an ounce of star quality to the proceedings and it's entirely left up to Gina Carano to carry the movie along. Ewan McGregor seems hideously miscast in this movie and I'd rather have seen more of a relationship develop between Mallory and the Michael Angarano character. It's an action romp trying to be an espionage tale and you never feel that Gina (as Mallory) is in any real danger. Oh...and unlike Segal she doesn't run like a girl.

Having said all that, it is a decent action movie and miles better than many of its contemporaries. I hope Gina is offered more.