In this increasingly redundant and threadbare series, the fourth entry tries to cover both the legacy and younger fanbases with new and uninteresting mercenaries teaming up with the few remaining beleaguered oldies (with the reliably watchable Jason Statham rightly getting most of the screen action) to take on the coolly ruthless (but criminally underused here) Iko Uwais, who has been hired to obtain nuclear detonators for a major arms dealer. With a couple of decent explosions, a lot of really dodgy CGI, lots of neon lighting and tired jokes about ageing, It does manage a surprise death at the end of the first act that puts - of all people - Megan Fox in the driving seat of the revenge mission. With the feel of a franchise clinging on for life, everything seems somewhat underpowered and underwritten in this barely functional throwback actioner.
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