Great special effects

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2016)

As ever the special effects were outstanding. However don't believe the 10/10 ratings these are likely to be from people with a Star Wars shaped void in their lives living for the next release. There are numerous new characters in this episode, all with their own stories some of them very interesting unfortunately possibly too many characters to develop any affinity with as they feature all to briefly. This is despite the story being quite long and meandering. Enjoyable battle scenes and nice to see the resurgence of the 70s/80s moustache for the fighter pilots. However the lead characters are weak it's difficult to develop any empathy for them or really care what happens to them. Diego Luna......... Why? He has the charisma of a wet rat in this film. Enjoyable as a family film but ultimately disappointing for my 11 year old who usually leaves talking about the best characters or machines or robots. No one is outstanding here actor wise, the characters back stories are undeveloped the stars are the special effect coordinators and designers here.