Vin Diesel, every teen's fantasy action hero.

If Dubya and Dick Cheney had made their very own post-9/11 patriotic propaganda movie for the teens they need as globalisation fodder, then this would be it.

Sporadically entertaining, this is nevertheless seriously hampered by a very choppy screenplay.

Diesel doesn't have 007's deft control of a one-liner and overall the film lacks wit but the stunts are overblown and outrageous enough to produce the requisite adrenaline-pumping thrills.