Isn’t it a waste of an opportunity to spend another couple of hours telling us a slightly different version of a story we’ve already been told?

If kung fu fighting is to be de rigeur in the movies, I don't want to see upstarts simply proclaiming "I know kung fu" before kicking arse.

There's only one true king of direct-to-DVD and that's Rutger Hauer

Gary Oldman showing the Bat the playing card with the Joker on it? That's goosebump cinema right there.