MIKE WARD’S SMALL SCREEN
THE GRAND TOUR PRESENTS: SEAMEN
(Amazon Prime Video) ★★★★
THERE’S more to Clarkson, Hammond and May than just messing about like nincompoops in cars.
To prove it we have this feature-length special, arriving today – where they’re messing about like nincompoops in boats.
They journey thousands of miles across Cambodia and Vietnam, but in time-honoured fashion each takes charge of a very different vessel: Richard a speedboat,
James an ancient river cruiser – and Jeremy a jet-powered fighting boat, as used in the Vietnam War. So, yes, there’s ample scope for their bickering and bravado. But they’ve no idea how genuinely scary it’s about to get.
6 UNDERGROUND (15)
(Netflix Film)
★★★★
MICHAEL Bay directs this big-budget action thriller, starring Ryan Reynolds as the leader of a vigilante gang.
What sets this bunch apart from bogstandard vigilantes is that all six have faked their own deaths. With each bringing a unique talent to the table – plus the freedom that comes from being presumed a goner – they plan to wipe out some of the world’s most despicable baddies.
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT (12)
(Download, DVD and Blu-ray)
★★★★
WE’RE in Luton, Beds. The year is 1987. But for young Javed Khan (Viveik Kalra), hero of this feelgood comedydrama, a life-changing moment arrives from across the Atlantic. When Javed stumbles upon the music of New Jersey legend Bruce Springsteen, he knows his world will never be the same again.
MYSTIFY: MICHAEL HUTCHENCE (15)
(Download and DVD) ★★★★
THIS intimate portrait of a complex character – the frontman of Aussie rock band INXS who took his own life in 1997 – has been put together by director Richard Lowenstein, one of Hutchence’s closest friends.