Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Review - 6 Ups & 2 Downs

2. The Performances Are Great

There has been much criticism that while the actors are clearly having fun, the characters just don't seem the same anymore and come across as caricatures of their past selves than how they used to be.

However, everyone here brings their A-game to deliver arguably some of their best work. Craig Charles' understated and mature take on the aging David Lister allows him to showcase his growth from a young waster, while still being a freewheeling space bum.

Chris Barrie tones down his usually over-the-top portrayal of Rimmer that dominated Series X to XII and manages to channel some of the emotion and contemplation the character went through in the earlier series.

Kryten and The Cat are as reliable as ever, with Danny John-Jule's portrayal of the Cat completely perfected now, and just his facial expressions are enough to ring laughs out of a scene.

The villain steals every scene he is in, the boys are all on fire and Norman Lovett's return shows he hasn't missed a step as Holly. All the side-characters do a great job as the loony cat people worshipping Lister as their God too.

The step-up to film clearly got everyone involved motivated to step-up their acting chops.