30. Haywire

Haywire is great fun. Just seeing Gina Carano kicking the faces open of half the Hollywood A list (okay B+ list) is a joy to behold.

The wife didn't agree ('This film has nothing of interest for me.') but I got some kind of semi-sadistic kick from the whole affair.

Hard to believe it's directed by Captain Soderbergh as it's straight to DVD B movie stock with an amazing cast and some beautiful cinematography.

Recommended.

I have also noticed that Carano will be appearing in Fast and the Furious 6. Hopefully she will be seen kicking Vin Diesel's jowls all over the shop. That would be just great! :-)

20. 21 Jump Street

"I thought there would be more car chases in this job."

Well this was an unexpected pleasure. After seeing the trailer that sold this movie as a trashy re-make/ re-imagining, I expected practically nothing from 21 Jump Street.

I couldn't have been more wrong! It's smart, funny, overblown and straight up hilarious at times. Jonah Hill (the not so Slim Shady) deserves particular credit as (along with Michael Bacall) he delivers a firecracker of a script that bounces along at a jaunty pace, that is self aware and a real spikey treat.

The whole role reversal set up works really well and it's also great to see Ice Cube in a role as a nasty ass motherfucker for a change.

This is my favourite comedy of 2012 so far. BOOM!