£19.99/ £26.99 Blu-ray

Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terence Stamp, Rhys Darby, Bradley Cooper, Fionnula Flanagan

CARL Allen (Carrey) oversees the approval of loan applications at the bank where he works alongside nerdy, Harry Potter-obsessed boss Norm (Darby).

He is a man going nowhere, personally and professionally, still nursing the wounds of a break up with his girlfriend Stephanie.

After a run-in with his best friend Peter (Cooper) and former colleague Nick, Carl decides to attend a self-help seminar run by the enigmatic if somewhat unconventional Terrence Bundley (Stamp), who publicly shames Carl into embracing the power of 'yes'.

The bank worker embraces a radical new code of conduct and miraculously he begins to reap the benefits, landing a promotion at work and catching the eye of free-spirited painter Allison (Deschanel).

However, saying 'yes' to everything soon lands Carl in hot water. Based on Danny Wallace’s humorous memoir, Yes Man is a pot-pourri of lacklustre elements that never quite gel, most notably Darby’s scene-stealing turn as a chirpy misfit, who seems to belong in a different movie entirely.

Writing trio Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel take a neat central conceit and go nowhere with it, bullishly contriving a series of ludicrous vignettes.

Deschanel’s kooky love interest is adorable but there’s no palpable screen chemistry with Carrey, who tones down his usual array of wild gesticulations and funny voices, even when fending off the lascivious attentions of Fionnula Flanagan's old dear.

A number of subplots are completely superfluous and Carl's brush with the law, late in the film, is a weak punchline to the running gag about his online purchases and night classes.

Rating: **

The Day The Earth Stood Still ( Cert 12)

£19.99 or £24.99 Blu-ray

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, John Hamm, Kathy Bates, John Cleese.

A STRANGE sphere of light descends from the heavens and touches down in Central Park, New York, bringing with it Klaatu (Reeves), a representative of the other civilisations in the galaxy.

Some of the world's top scientists, led by Michael Granier (Hamm) and astro-biologist Helen Benson (Connelly), interrogate Klaatu to deduce his intentions.

The otherworldly visitor warns his captors, led by Secretary of Defence Regina Jackson (Bates), of impending doom and the dire consequences should he be held in custody.

Thanks to Helen, Klaatu escapes interrogation and goes on the run with the widow and her truculent stepson Jacob (Smith). They seek out Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Barnhardt (Cleese), who tries to persuade Klaatu that mankind is not yet beyond redemption.

The Day The Earth Stood Still follows the template of Robert Wise's 1951 classic, augmented with all of the technological, computer-generated bells and whistles you would expect.

Reeves finesses the art of staring blankly into the camera and running the gamut of emotion without flexing a single facial muscle.

Connelly is wasted as the female lead while Will Smith’s son Jaden is surprisingly effective as a grief stricken tyke rebelling against his step-mum.

While the original film was a product of cold war era paranoia and laden with religious symbolism, Scott Derrickson’s remake goes green, banging the drum for an environmentally responsible and sustainable future.

David Scarpa’s screenplay sketches characters in broad strokes and implies that the only way to avert annihilation at the hands of alien neighbours is with public displays of mawkish sentimentality.

Rating: *** Transporter 3 (Cert 15)£19.99 or £24.99 Blu-rayStarring: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Robert Knepper, Francois Berleand, Jeroen Krabbe. HARD man Frank Martin (Statham) savours the quiet life with his good friend, Inspector Tarconi (Berleand). Trouble comes a-knocking and against his will, Frank burns rubber from sunny Marseilles, through Stuttgart and Budapest, and eventually on to Odessa to complete a job ordered by bad guy Johnson (Knepper). En route, Frank collects his package, Valentina (Rudakova), the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev (Krabbe), head of the Ukraine's powerful Environmental Protection Agency. It transpires that the girl is a bargaining chip to force Leonid to sign a contract allowing shipments of toxic waste into port. Once Frank learns of Johnson's ulterior motives, he risks everything – including his shirt – to prevent Valentina falling into the villain's clutches. Transporter 3 is a brawny yet brainless sequel, appropriating an eco-friendly central theme as a flimsy hook for the usual fisticuffs and high-speed car chases, scripted by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Statham returns to what he does best – taking his shirt off and flexing his pecs – as he whips bad guys to a pulp. He trots out the smattering of one-liners without blinking an eye and performs a strip tease to appease scheming Valentina. Action sequences might be thrilling if they weren't so implausible such as Frank somehow balancing his car on two wheels so he can drive through the gap between two articulated lorries. The least said about a ridiculous sequence on a BMX over an obstacle course of tables and metal railings, thrown into the mix for a little variety, the better. A three-disc DVD box set, comprising the original Transporter and its two sequels, is also available. DVD Extras: “The Making Of Transporter 3'' featurette, storyboard and feature comparison, special effects featurette, production design featurette, car stunts featurette with director commentary. Rating: ***Rating: ***

Transporter 3 (Cert 15)

£19.99 or £24.99 Blu-ray

Starring: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Robert Knepper, Francois Berleand, Jeroen Krabbe.

HARD man Frank Martin (Statham) savours the quiet life with his good friend, Inspector Tarconi (Berleand).

Trouble comes a-knocking and against his will, Frank burns rubber from sunny Marseilles, through Stuttgart and Budapest, and eventually on to Odessa to complete a job ordered by bad guy Johnson (Knepper).

En route, Frank collects his package, Valentina (Rudakova), the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev (Krabbe), head of the Ukraine's powerful Environmental Protection Agency.

It transpires that the girl is a bargaining chip to force Leonid to sign a contract allowing shipments of toxic waste into port.

Once Frank learns of Johnson's ulterior motives, he risks everything – including his shirt – to prevent Valentina falling into the villain's clutches.

Transporter 3 is a brawny yet brainless sequel, appropriating an eco-friendly central theme as a flimsy hook for the usual fisticuffs and high-speed car chases, scripted by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Statham returns to what he does best – taking his shirt off and flexing his pecs – as he whips bad guys to a pulp.

He trots out the smattering of one-liners without blinking an eye and performs a strip tease to appease scheming Valentina. Action sequences might be thrilling if they weren't so implausible such as Frank somehow balancing his car on two wheels so he can drive through the gap between two articulated lorries. The least said about a ridiculous sequence on a BMX over an obstacle course of tables and metal railings, thrown into the mix for a little variety, the better. A three-disc DVD box set, comprising the original Transporter and its two sequels, is also available. DVD Extras: “The Making Of Transporter 3'' featurette, storyboard and feature comparison, special effects featurette, production design featurette, car stunts featurette with director commentary.

Rating: ***