The North Pole has fallen and Santa’s been red-napped in a good-humoured festive action flick. Here’s our Red One review.

They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore. After watching the festive PR car-crash that’s followed Jake Kasdan’s original action-adventure blockbuster, it’s not hard to see why.

First, Red One’s December 2023 release was pushed back by nearly a year, reportedly due to the SAG-AFTRA strike which began a full five months after shooting had wrapped. Then, a bombshell The Wrap article alleged Dwayne Johnson ballooned the film’s budget by turning up to set seven-to-eight hours late – allegations Kasdan and producer Hiram Garcia have both strenuously denied, but not before Johnson’s “hardest-worker-on-set” reputation disappeared halfway down the bottles he inexplicably pees in.

Six months on from Johnson-gate, the world’s sharpest pens feel poised for a stinker – if they’re even poised at all.