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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Following the car chases, punch-ups, financial intrigue, and multiple language fun of 2008’s Largo Winch, Tomer Sisley returns as the eponymous hero in Largo Winch: the Burma Conspiracy with even more corporate shenanigans, double-crosses, high-octane action, discoveries about Largo’s deceased father Nerio, and clues about his own adopted past. It doesn’t particularly mess with the first film’s blueprint; an oddly satisfying mix of knowing Bondesque mechanics and business titans, but that’s all to the good. It’s just as fun, even with the addition of the hot-button country of disdain, Burma, and the diversion of Sharon Stone playing a cougar International Criminal Court investigator.

Taking a leaf out of Quantum of Solace’s opening we’re thrown straight into Largo’s latest international transaction via a high-speed car chase with machine gun toting baddies in tow, after he crosses the grotesque...

Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq's graphic novels return to the big screen with the follow on from Largo Winch – Deadly Revenge. The Director of the first installment and The Tourist reunites with the original writer to bring us The Burma Conspiracy.

For anyone unfamiliar with the Belgium comic books, there's a helpful recap of the discovery of Largo's existence three years earlier. A TV news bulletin tells us Largo promises to be the most powerful man on the planet if he steps up to the job as CEO of the W Group to successfully run his inherited business empire. Now that his powerful billionaire father, Nerio, is deceased and Largo's identity as his adopted son has been legitimatised, Largo must protect the honour of his family name and his business interests when accused of being involved in a Burmese massacre 20 miles from the Thai border that his father...

This thriller, with its own demented logic and some suitably hammy characters, is based on a Belgian comic-book. Tomer Sisley plays daredevil billionaire Largo Winch, who decides to strip the family business of its assets and give the profits to charity. This irritates quite a few shadowy figures, so he's fitted up by Sharon Stone's international prosecutor for a massacre in the Burmese jungle three years before. So the one-note hunk seeks to clear his name and reunite with his pretty, earnest, former girlfriend (Napakpapha Nakprasitte). An erratic, convoluted and rather humourless film, which really needs a more charismatic lead.

Well bugger me! Breaking Glass Pictures deserve a pat on the back as they announce they'll be bringing Ekachai Uekrongtham's Thai horror 'The Coffin' to Us DVD shelves. The Bangkok spirit based ritual tale has been knocking around for a few years now but good news if you're based stateside as at least you'll be able to enjoy this bad boy in the comfort of your home at long last. Ananda Everingham, Karen Mok, Florence Faivre (below), Hoi Lin and Napakpapha Nakprasitte all star. Catch 'The Coffin' on shelves from 30 August....

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming comic book adaptation, "Largo Winch II", a France-produced feature directed by Jerome Salle, starring Tomer Sisley as 'Largo Winch', Olivier Barthelemy as 'Simon Ovronnaz', Mamee Napakpapha Nakprasitte as 'Maluna', and Sharon Stone as 'Diane Francken' :

"...Propelled to the head of 'Group W' after the death of his adoptive father, 'Largo Winch' decides to everyone's surprise, to put the company up for sale to create an ambitious humanitarian foundation.

"But on the day of signing, Winch finds himself accused of crimes against humanity by a mysterious witness. To prove his innocence, Largo will return to his past life, in the heart of the Burmese jungle..."

"Largo Winch" the Belgian comic book series was created by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. The principal character is 'Largo Winch' (aka 'Largo Winczlav'). Other important characters...