The movie is directed by Jake Kasdan and once again stars Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in the video game body swap film.
The ante has of course been upped this time, and as in the video game world the levels get harder as you progress, so the danger is greater.
The original film took just shy of a Billion dollars globally 2 years ago, and with the same stars and humour there is no reason why this wont go over a Billion.
The BBFC have given the film its 12A certificate for moderate violence and it has a runtime of 123 minutes (2 hours and 3 minutes), the film was passed uncut.
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