Mediocre at best

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2016)

If you want to see some simple action, you gonna like this movie. But if you are looking for a bit more depth you should watch something else.
Of course it is not easy creating a good inbetweener. But this movie doesn't even seem to try. The idea of R1 was to "fix" a plot hole in EP4, but it only seems to create more plot holes. I checked spoilers but let's be honest: If you've seen the trailer and the movie poster: There is nothing left to spoil. The trailer tells you the plot and the movie poster tells you that everyone will die in the end: The cheapest and easiest way to get rid of a cast you don't need in the next movie (EP4). This movie could have been so much more and be the start of a fantastic spin-off that runs parallel to the original trilogy (like Enter the Matrix game did for the Matrix movies) but Disney chose for the easy way.
Basically: The movie is your standard Disney formula with standard plot line (only this time very thin), standard comical character for the humor, only the end is slightly different (but surely not better)
Even the soundtrack feels flat, forced and cheap and is at most places in the movie just cringey. John Williams does a way better job but even from Hans Zimmer I'm used way better than this.