Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2016)

SPOILER ALLERT!!!!
When you are using real actors and not "reheated" stars alongside silly semi-amateurs, plus a script that does not self plagiarize, any movie from franchise can only be good and very good at least for a hardcore fan like yours truly. Rogue One dares to get out from the Star Wars clichés, but not so much as to alienate the fan-base. It is designed as a single episode without the possibility of a sequel, because otherwise it would be seriously out of time line of the universe. Action is firmly anchored in the main story and in general throughout the universe by the appearance of characters (Senator Bail Organa, Saw Guerrera, Mothma mother, Princess Leia - CGI and of course Darth Vader in the flesh ... and various gadgets attached trough was, you know ..) or by references to them (at one point is heard the name of Admiral Syndulla - Hera Syndulla from Star Wars Rebels). I can not help noticing the courage with which the filmmakers abstained to "exploit" heavily Darth Vader, risking nose grimace of a significant portion of the American public that wants endless remaking of the first three films, mistake they made, from my point of view, in Star Wars The Force Awakens. Overall, the script does not contain exaggerated sentimental effusions, relationship between Jyn and Gaelen ERSO is treated naturally as possible without accents of soap opera. K2 android has replicas of natural humor, unforced. As I said, the acting is well above the average Star Wars movies and I may remark Bob Mendelsohn, actor "specialized" on negative roles in Director Krenik character, whom he plays it brilliantly. Also, a great novelty, at least from my point of view, is "Cassian Andor" the character played by Diego Luna brilliantly. I think that is the first true three-dimensional character of the entire Star Wars series, not like rebels with a heart of gold - Han Solo but authentically. Captain Andor is able to kill in cold blood for the cause he believes in honestly and has a dark but human side, real and not simulated as in other cases.