Their sled having skidded to a halt on the top of a surfacing submarine, the Baudelaires find themselves up against Olaf in an underwater search for a fabled sugar bowl.

Olaf is really beginning to haemorrhage followers, four of them finally recognising him for the fiend that he truly is at the end of the previous story, and another by the end of this aquatic tale of battling subs. It’s a fun 90 minutes as the warring craft engage in Jules Verne-style adventures with a heady dose of pirates added to the mix.

The art department have a field day with Olaf’s Nautilus redux, its multi-tentacled design even reaching Esme’s increasingly bizarre couture. Sunny continues to enchant, particularly when she peels potatoes with her teeth, and her older siblings also get the chance to get one over Neil Patrick Harris’ maritime meanie. And a special mention to Kitana Turnbull as the tap-dancing and ‘adorable’ obnoxious brat Carmelita Spats.

Verdict: Shiver me timbers! The Beaudelaires plumb new depths with this submarine tale that adapts Book the Eleventh. The end is tantalisingly within reach and this feels like one last hurrah before things get finally tied up. 8/10

Nick Joy