Underwhelmed

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2016)

Rogue One is not a bad film but it certainly isn't a great film. The film has excellent digital effects and looks great on screen and this is where its strengths lie. The pacing of the film was completely off and I felt the main characters were all quite flat which resulted in me not really caring what happened to them unlike the characters in the excellent 'The Force Awakens'. I suppose it is quite strange when the best performance in the film is from a CGI generated human being (the original actor died over 20 years ago). I think the lack of a John Williams score was extremely noticeable and the film suffered due to this. I have read reviews where some people have said this is better than 'The Empire Strikes Back', I know everyone has their own opinion but I find that astounding. If you like plenty of action etc. you will enjoy the third act, unfortunately you will have to grind through large parts of the first two acts to get there.