Ben Wheatley remains one of the UK's most original, unpredictable and gifted new directors, though perhaps one who still hasn't a definitive film, unless that would be the utterly horrifying Kill List. Here he jinks to pitch black comedy and the underused genre of British country holiday serial killers.

Genre wish fulfillment movies like this full blown take on Japanese monster movies but with mega Hollywood budget and special effects are rarely more exciting in the flesh than on paper. For once a visionary director of huge talent like the singularly imaginative Guillermo del Toro is given the reigns, to great success but sadly didn't fancy the sequel.

Pretty much a dream team for me, given Drive ended up my film of the entire decade, so a reunion of Nicholas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling, both of whom I'm fans of away, was pure catnip. A hugely stylized, neon lit, ultra violent, existential art film? I didn't stand a chance. It must SURELY have firmly established itself as a cult classic by now? The critics hated it but I loved it.

Perhaps generous here as its an almost tedious Si-Fi but with stunning production design. The ever reliable Tom Cruise fights against a vague but often breathtaking backdrop.

Director Jeff Nichols debut film, Shotgun Stories, was an astonishing and hugely original film, sadly since then not so much and this far more major film is it's polar opposite. Almost like a homogenized mainstream take on that singular first film and I was generous with the score here. It's very hokey.