Angels & Demons (Cert 15, 133 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). Starring Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino.

Adapted from the best-selling book by Dan Brown, Angels & Demons is an action-packed game of cat-and-mouse around Rome.

The lean and mechanical script trades in the convoluted history lessons and spurious mythology for unabashed thrills. Hanks has buffed up considerably and appears to have recultivated some of his hair since his last foray, while McGregor’s Irish accent comes and goes on a whim.

Ten minutes shorter than its predecessor The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons is undemanding fun.

Crank 2: High Voltage (Cert 18, 91 mins, Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK Ltd). Starring Jason Statham, Dwight Yoakum, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Clifton Collins Jr, David Carradine, Geri Halliwell.

In the 2006 action-thriller Crank, Jason Statham played a hit-man who combated a deadly and powerful toxin, injected into him, by maximising the amount of adrenaline in his system.

For the sequel, Statham reprises his role as bruiser Chev Chelios in a storyline that continues directly after the explosive exploits of the original film. So you get all of the elements of the first film, turbo-charged to ridiculous extremes.

Fists and obscenities fly as Statham hooks himself up to various power supplies.

Is Anybody There? (Cert 12, 90 mins, Optimum Home Entertainment). Starring Sir Michael Caine, Bill Milner, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, Leslie Phillips, Thelma Barlow, Robert Vaughn, Sylvia Syms.

Is Anybody There? is a surprisingly tender coming-of-age story set in the fashion black spot of 1987.

The film really shouldn’t work with its disparate themes all jostling for attention, and its downbeat setting.

Caine delivers a tour de force performance as a one-time showman slipping inexorably into the grasp of Alzheimer’s. He doesn’t strike a single false emotional note, and is matched sob for sob by the wonderfully expressive Milner.

Supporting performances invigorate even the smallest roles.