Right royal loud mess

Transformers: The Last Knight (12)

You’ll be left scratching your head, and reaching for painkillers, after sitting through this bloated mess.

We get bombarded with an overload of characters, special effects and, of course, explosions. It all builds to a cluttered-but-action-packed climax at Stonehenge before another end credits sting reveals the frightening prospect of more to come.

The Villainess (18)

Take note Transformers, this is how action is done in smart, gripping style.

Laws-of-physics aren’t so much broken as shattered into pieces during a series of jawdropping sequences.

And director Jung Byung-gil doesn’t lose sight of the importance of emotion, delivered in spades by lead Kim Ok-bin.

It Comes at Night (15)

An apocalyptic horror with a difference sees hordes of zombies and crazed, weapon-wielding humans replaced by a unforeseen terror.

Dread drips from the screen in writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ slow-burn showcase of fear.

Joel Egerton – who also produced the movie – once again proves to be one of the finest talents of his generation with a multi-layered performance.

The mystery takes its time to unravel, but it’s worth the wait and Shults takes things in some surprising directions.

Paranoia looms large and the horrors of humankind prove every bit as menacing as any potential supernatural or viral threat.