Stepping out of retirement, Steven Soderbergh returns to the big screen with a (Joe) bang with Logan Lucky, one of the funniest and cleverly original comedies we’ve had in a while.

Set in West Virginia, the film follows Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a divorced father, his one-armed bartender brother Clyde (Adam Driver) and his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) as they attempt to rob a NASCAR speedway in North Carolina. They team up with current convict and explosion aficionado Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) in order to pull off their plan…but first they have to break him out of prison. Hilarious antics and complications follow.

The film is in the slightly quirky vein (but not so much that its humour becomes niche). It’s terrifically funny, and is so without punchlines or any gross out humour (something that most mediocre comedies seem to heavily rely on nowadays). There are moments of absurd hilarity, well woven in jokes, and the odd well-constructed pop culture reference. All of these combine to form an unpredictable, hugely enjoyable blast of a film where every comic moment lands.

It is a heist film that doesn’t set out its plan for you, only gives you a comically unspecific one. This allows you to ride along with the film, and not know where it’s supposed to be going at all, savouring every reveal as it comes.

The film has not only a great plot but also great and memorable characters, which are delivered by fantastic performances. It is fun to see many of the actors in roles we’ve not experienced them in before, and every one of the ensemble cast gels together perfectly and knocks it out of the park. It is especially great to see Craig out of the tuxedo and in prison overalls, exercising his comedic chops to a much fuller extent than he gets to do in Bond. Tatum and Driver are also brilliant as the central brotherly duo, with a multitude of stars filling out the rest of the cast in big and small roles, each playing them perfectly – there are no weak links. Plus, almost no one here is doing their own accent but they all pull it off.

The result is a perfectly pitched and paced comic adventure, with a touch of the Coens about it. The laughs don’t even stop when the credits start to roll (watch for Craig’s name). Perhaps it is even the second heist film this summer that is potentially destined for cult status?