Fireball (15)

Basketball for psychopaths? This brutal Thai flick is billed as "the most mind-blowing martial arts action film since Ong-Bak", which has me at a disadvantage.

Even though I've seen Ong-Bak I have no memory of it, and I'm not sure it would help even if I did. Preeti Barameeanant plays an ex-con who finds his twin brother in a coma after a savage beating in an illegal but lucrative underground sport known as Fireball.

What follows is possibly the most berserk and unsavoury team game since the legendary Leeds United bullied English football in the early 1970s – and even Johnny Giles never launched flying kung-fu kicks at an opponent's head. The fight choreographer and stunt co-ordinator certainly earned their money here; the writer, if there was one, has been less diligent. I'd rent Dodgeball instead.