A flash set of wheels notwithstanding, it’s hard to imagine that Diesel’s most loyal fan group, Fast and Furious petrol heads, will find much of interest here.

However, the muted reaction to recent examples of the crone-slaughtering genre like Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters suggests that this kind of action-based witches’ brew might not be particularly appetising. There’s a possibility that this film will tap into an audience taste for occult ass-kicking which was hitherto sated by the Blade series. The on-screen rapport between Vin Diesel and Rose Leslie is never less than supremely awkward Like its star, The Last Witch Hunter is big, overblown and frequently incomprehensible. When a deadly enemy from his past re-emerges, Kaulder must join forces with his natural foe, a young female witch-turned-Manhattan bar owner, in order to save humanity.

Vin Diesel stars as Kaulder, an immortal law enforcement agent charged with keeping the witches that live amongst us in line.