It's just you might reasonably want your films a little more stirring and challenging, and not quite so obviously rubber-stamped.

This mega-budget production is certainly worth the price of a ticket if nail-biting rescue missions, realistically presented, are your thing.

That bit of burlesque and the touch of gore, seen in shots of victims of explosions and crashes, are a couple of weirdly human and therefore interesting touches in an otherwise overlong and predictable production.

Call it official propaganda, but at least it is executed with finesse.