The best that can be said of it is that there's nothing wrong with the glossy computer animation, but the plot is yawningly convoluted and, like many foreign-language animations, the script travels abysmally.

The equivalent of the last comic on the shelf at the campsite supermarket: it may provide some distraction, but don't expect much.

Devotees of the characters of diminutive Asterix and his hulking friend Obelix - and there are many - no doubt will celebrate that the latest film in the franchise is getting a cinema release, albeit a limited one.

Flat animated tale has moments of peril, cartoon violence.