6 Out & About THEGUNMAN(15)


Sean Penn plays mercenary for hire Jim Terrier, who op- erates in the Congo, where he fulfils secret contracts that would undoubtedly hor- rify his do-gooder surgeon girlfriend Annie (Jasmine Trinca). Jim’s colleague Fe- lix (Javier Bardem), who manages these covert op- erations, accepts a contract to assassinate the Minister For Mining, who has just caused a political firestorm by announcing that he in- tends to renegotiate all min- ing contracts. “Once the hit occurs, the shooter – and the shooter alone – is in the wind,” explains fellow mer- cenary Cox (Mark Rylance). Inevitably, Jim pulls the trig- ger and he leaves under the cloak of darkness. Several years later, Jim returns to Africa to atone for his sins by assisting a humanitarian relief agency. He is attacked by machete-wielding assail- ants and fears the ghosts of his old life have returned to haunt him. So Jim flies to London to warn Cox and gather intelligence from old pal Stanley (Ray Winstone) before heading to Barcelona to reconnect with Felix and Annie, who are now mar- ried. Based on the novel The Prone Gunman by Jean-Pat- rick Manchette, The Gun- man is a slick action thriller about a man of violence, who discovers that he can- not turn his back on the past. Rating: Three stars


THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT (12A)


Robert Schwentke’s action- packed film opens with Tris


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Davis), diner waitress Roxy (Anne Heche) and software millionaire Cyrus Kin- nick (Michael Angarano), who will pay Nick hand- somely. Wild Card gambles heavily on Statham’s abil- ity to convey Nick’s in- ner torment... and loses. Rating: Three stars


THE VOICES (15) ACTION: Jason Statham stars as Nick Wild in Lionsgate Films’ Wild Card (2015)


(Woodley), her lover Four (Theo James), brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and Dauntless traitor Peter (Miles Teller) ensconced in the pacifist enclave of Amity under the jurisdiction of Johanna (Octavia Spencer). Tensions between Tris and Peter spill over just as the gun-toting forces of Erudite led by Eric (Jai Courtney) gate-crash the bucolic idyll. Peter be- trays the fugitives but Tris, Four and Caleb escape and head for the only sanctuary left to them: the realm of the


factionless under the control of Four’s conniving mother, Evelyn (Naomi Watts). “If we were to combine forces, we’d be unstoppable,” en- thuses Evelyn, sensing an opportunity to overthrow Jeanine (Kate Winslet) and her cohorts from Erudite. Al- legiances are tested as Tris and Four disagree about the way forward, flanked by their Dauntless brethren in- cluding Christina (Zoe Krav- itz) and Tori (Maggie Q). Meanwhile, Jeanine hunts down Divergents to unlock


a box that purportedly con- tains the key to eradicating the misfits once and for all. Rating: Three stars


WILD CARD (15)


The action unfolds in Las Ve- gas, where security expert Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is desperate to leave the Ne- vada desert for calmer wa- ters around Corsica. But his dream is out of reach since he doesn’t have the cash to fund his grand expedition.


Old squeeze Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lorido) seeks out Nick after she is raped and brutalised by visiting mob- ster Danny DeMarco (Milo Ventimiglia) and his two heavies at the Golden Nug- get hotel and casino. She wants him to wreak revenge on her behalf. Hell hath no fury and Nick struggles to pull free from Holly’s self- destructive orbit, crossing paths with denizens of the strip including hotel owner Baby (Stanley Tucci), black- jack dealer Cassandra (Hope


Jerry (Ryan Reynolds)works in the warehouse of Fixture And Faucet International in the sleepy town of Milton. Every week, he visits court- appointed psychiatrist Dr Warren (Jacki Weaver), who scolds him for failing to take his prescribed medications that should silence the same voices that drove this unsta- ble mother to her death. An awkward first date with co- worker Fiona (Gemma Ar- terton) ends in grisly fashion and Jerry hides her corpse at home. Sheriff Weinbacher (Stanley Townsend) identi- fies the likely perpetrator as an early thirties man, white and lower middle class, who has trouble fitting in. Fio- na’s colleagues Lisa (Anna Kendrick), Alison (Ella Smith), John (Adi Shankar) and Dave (Sam Spruell) become concerned about her whereabouts, while Jerry’s mood is poisoned by the talking head in his fridge. The Voices initially passes itself off as a quirky portrait of a lonely man hungry for love, but screen- writer Michael R Perry is diving into far darker wa- ters, unmasking the central character as a serial killer. Rating: Three stars


BOOK REVIEW: A Life’sWork: The Art Of Evelyn Williams Sansom&Company, £35


The works of a true genius Grisly production comes to cinemas


To accompany the current Eve- lyn Williams exhibition at Car- diff’s Martin Tinney Gallery, A Life’s Work is literally what it says on the cover – collection of the late artist’s works in paint- ings, drawings, sculptures and reliefs with narrative from her appreciators. The beauty of this collection


is we see an artist who spent her life soaking up inspiration and in turn inspired others. The true genius of an artist is


to create and to go on creating – Williams’ story of her 16-piece moulded and carved clay work Relief of Heads crashing to the ground from an apparent se- cure fixing would have been a sea of turmoil for many an art- ist. Not so Williams who sur- veyed the disaster area of bro- ken clay the following morning


Inspiring Work by Evelyn Williams


and proceeded to draw what looked like heads and hands looking up from the artwork ruins to create the charcoal drawing Sea of Faces. This and many others are


warmly documented in this collective keepsake which will no doubt go on to inspire many for generations to come. The accompanying exhibition will also continue to run at The Martin Tinney Gallery until March 25. AndyHowells


THE fifth fantastic season of Shakespeare’s Globe On Screen continues with one of the dark- est and most seminal produc- tions in the Globe’s history, Ti- tus Andronicus, which will be screened in cinemas across the UK from March 26. This production revisited Lucy Bailey’s spectacular Globe pro- duction of 2006 and caused a stir throughout the UK with staged violence so realistic that audi- ence members fainted in the stalls. The 2015 cinema release, the


first Globe On Screen film to re- ceive a 15 certification, will have audiences on the edges of their seats from start to grisly end. Returning to Rome from a war


against the Goths, the general Titus Andronicus brings with him the queen Tamora and her three sons as prisoners of war. Titus’ sacrifice of Tamora’s eldest son to appease the ghosts of his dead sons, and his deci- sion to refuse to accept the title of emperor, initiates a terrible


cycle of mutilation, rape and murder. And all the while, at the centre


of the nightmare, there moves the villainous, self-delighting Aaron. Shakespeare’s


grisly early


tragedy oscillates between pitch- black comedy, terrible violence and moments of the most pro- found human suffering. Grotesquely violent and dar- ingly experimental, Titus was the smash hit of Shakespeare’s early career, and is written with a ghoulish energy. The creative team – director


Lucy Bailey, designer William Dudley and composer Django Bates – are renowned for their radically inventive approaches and collective fondness for blood and gore. Shakespeare’s Globe On Screen


offers audiences the chance to ex- perience the unique magic of the world-famous Globe Theatre, all captured in high definition and full surround sound. The Shakespeare’s Globe on


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Screen season opened with The Duchess of Mali in February and also includes three further shows from the Globe’s Summer 2014 ‘Arms and the Man’ season. Tickets to experience captivat-


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