Slightly better than you might expect. Slightly.

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2016)

Slightly more well thought out than the usual Hollywood nonsense but only just. Nicolas Cage is... Nicolas Cage, EXACTLY as he is in every other movie, and John Travolta reprising his Pulp Fiction persona. The weird thing is, given the date of the movie and how long it has taken me to see this, is how UN-dated this feels. Exactly the same memes still play out in all the "big" movies. Have we really not progressed in ANYTHING in 20 years??
Script is playful, filming and effects occasionally lazy and repetitive but also occasionally good, body count really WAY too high for this boll***s, female characterisation actually better than usual (but still shockingly s***).. meh. Seriously, how much do these things cost/ used to cost?
A (slightly) above average movie with a depressingly timeless feel...
Or -
I'm overthinking it. Have a drink, turn off and enjoy the ride.