Run time: 122 mins

Led Zeppelin was the first band to be formed with the express intent of becoming the biggest rock stars in the world that then actually succeeded in that goal.

We see the band emerge from the black-and-white rubble of postwar Britain to capture the hearts, and other body parts, of the technicolour US. It ends in 1969 with the chart-topping triumph of their second album, Led Zeppelin II.

Its chronology sidesteps the excesses of the gods of rock’s pomp in the 1970s. Double-necked guitars, 30-minute drum solos, a private jet named The Starship, scandalous activities with groupies, one infamously underage in guitarist Jimmy Page’s case — the film turns its gaze away from all that. Instead this is more of a celebration of the band’s early years, focussing on their master-musicianship, and their sudden rise to world fame.

Zep heads won’t come out of this with any new-found knowledge of the band, but what you do get is incredible music, and even better live performances, all up on the beautiful big screen in full surround sound; there’s a whole lot here to love.