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Survive the Night (2020) (Sky Cinema Premiere, 10.10am & 8pm) Premiere Bruce Willis clearly enjoys working with director Matt Eskandari — the pair are forming quite a partnershi­p. It began with Trauma Center in 2019 and also includes Hard Kill. Sandwiched between them came Survive the Night, an intriguing and tense action thriller which is arguably the best of their three collaborat­ions. Willis plays Frank Clark, father of disgraced doctor Rich whose home in invaded by criminals Matthias and Jamie — the latter needs medical assistance after being shot during a heist-gone-wrong. However, Frank, having discovered his wife has been killed in the chaos, decides to take matters into his own hands. If you’re a Die Hard fan, you’ll love the film — think Willis as an older John McClane and you get the idea. Chad Michael Murray and Shea Buckner also appear.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) (C4, 9pm) Secret agents Eggsy and Merlin join forces with their US counterpar­ts to bring down a psychotic femme fatale. Thankfully they are assisted by a veteran hero brought back from the dead. Matthew Vaughn’s follow up to the first Kingsman adventure begins with a frantic chase, and doesn’t let up for most of the movie. Taron Egerton is once more superb as Eggsy, and Mark Strong on top form as Merlin. While Colin Firth’s return as the befuddled Harry cheapens the impact of the first movie’s twist, it matters little. After all, this is a film which features Elton John as himself, along with robot dogs, so credibilit­y is stretched to breaking point throughout. Julianne Moore has a ball as the head psycho, while Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry and Channing Tatum also star.

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