war on everyone

Icon Entertainment, £12.99 (Blu-ray), £10.99 (DVD)

This black comedy about two corrupt cops (Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña) leaving a trail of mayhem across New Mexico inexplicably garnered a string of good reviews. Despite the talent in front of the cameras, even the normally wonderful Peña can’t do much with this glib, nasty and nihilistic material, courtesy of Brit writer/director John Michael McDonagh, whose script comes across like a long-forgotten cast-off found at the back of Quentin Tarantino’s sock drawer. The results are unfunny, boorish and painfully flat. Ds 4/10