Ed Power talks to the team behind the new sex and swords romp based on Marco Polo    

Busy Irish star Liam Neeson is to stay in his new all-action mode for his next movie — playing one of the Texas Rangers who hunted down and killed notorious robbers and outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Another forgettable kung-fu film to underline the futility of the genre, unless to the surely decreasing number of its fans. OK, so you either love ‘em or loathe ‘em.