Fantastic Fellini adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story “Never Bet the Devil Your Head."

Toby Dammit as played by Terence Stamp is a great character to follow; a Shakespearean actor with an inflated, grandiose opinion of himself. Deep in the throes of alcoholism he sees the roles start to dry up and so is forced to go to Rome where he is offered a Ferrari in exchange for appearing in a pretentious, revisionist Western involving the second coming of…

A pair of flamboyant, Marxist terrorists with a penchant for violence turn up in Hong Kong with the intention of completing an arms deal. Unable to maintain a low profile, they quickly attract the attention of the cops as well as local gangsters and all hell breaks loose.

Gratuitously sleazy and explicit but you can't help but be carried along by the over the top characters and hard-hitting action. There is also some pretty nice camerawork and a moment of…

Nothing beats a good murder mystery.
Ana de Armas is charming.
Jamie-Lee Curtis is great (if underused).
And the rest of the cast is bolstered by a host of veteran actors.

So with a good sense of energy and a vibrant look to the picture, what could possibly go wrong...?

Well I'm afraid the loathsome Rian Johnson once again rears his pumpkin-shaped head to cast a malodorous shadow over proceedings.
His crayon and cookie-dough stained fingers can be discerned in…