Die Hard fans will be entertained.

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2016)

ROGUE ONE- A STAR WAR STORY- i must say , there will be some spoilers , because i cant say how i feel about it with explaining somethings. First of all , i am not a big fan of STAR WAR movies(I like STAR TREK more). I think Empire Strike is a masterpiece , considering the time when it has been made. New Hope is very god too. But Return of Jedi is very average film. And the new trilogy was average too. FORCE AWAKEN which came last year was just a remake of NEW HOPE , don't know how it made 2 billion dollars worldwide. But surely ROGUE ONE is better then FORCE AWAKENS , but not on the level of NEW HOPE. The best thing about the film was that it doesn't try to be a STAR WAR film. Surely it is a part of the series but it never pick the FUN TONE of STAR WAR FILMS. In tone it come close to EMPIRE STRIKE BACK , but then again to achieve that greatness was really difficult. liked the tone that the makers have selected and the execution was good too, but their was not much of writing to support that gritty and rusty tone of the movie. Because you select to make movie more serious and not to inject unnecessary jokes you need better writing to support it , and keep it in motion and audience entertainer. But the story-line which the movie shows before the final battle was not that moving. We never connect to the characters , we don't care for their survival , and that's a big problem for a movie which has taken a path being serious. On that note , its doesn't lack jokes totally , there were few , and mostly of them come from a DROID name K 2SO , as dry humor which thankfully never contradict the seriousness of the movie. So what exactly i like about STAR WAR movies - SWORD FIGHT. And there was not a single sword fight in the movie. Because there were no JEDIES in the movie. Other action scenes were very good , but then again not exceptional , no outstanding planning , nor anything out of the box. Among the characters i liked DARTH VEDAR (obviously) most. He is actually one of the best villain of Hollywood , but we didn't get anything much of him . Just two scenes and one very small but great action sequence . This movie directly connects its story to the NEW HOPE , which means i don't think ROGUE ONE will get any sequel , so why not using DARTH VEDAR to his most. It was foolish . Apart from him Orson Krennic the actual villain of this part as DARTH VEDAR'S subordinate was nothing special. He just babbles and shout , he was not menacing or to get fear of. On the right side the BLIND WARRIOR Donnie Yen played was best. He also got one awesome fighting sequence , but again that's it , never used again correctly. About FELICITY JONES , i liked her very much in THEORY OF EVERYTHING , but here her character was not strong enough to inspire the rebellion group, also at first it felt like , she was just interesting in rescuing her father and not in the bigger cause. Nothing to talk about the other characters. The cinematography was very good , and the visuals are of great quality. But i miss the theme music of STAR WAR , the music director Michael Giacchino tried very much to copy the style of JOHN WILLIAMS(composer of all other star war movies) , which felt irritating sometimes , but yes he did a good job with some emotional scenes. This movie has been rewrite and re-shoot which makes you feel like the editing and the flow was smooth. There were many things just left for understanding, like there was one scene when a character uses an octopus to dig out some information from other character , but it was never shown that what information has been found. There was also the case of RIZ AHMED who was actually an imperial pilot , but somehow due to influence of a good character he turn himself into a good person to support the ALLIANCE. But it was never show how that good character influence this imperial pilot so much. My review may show that its not a good movie which is not true. Its a good movie , but that's it. Nothing more. It definitely fills the gap between REVENGE OF SETH and NEW HOPE , and i think that's enough for STAR TREK fans to watch it at big screen , but not for others. But its definitely a good movie to watch at home , and should not be missed by anyone who follows the series. 7.2/10 ANuP APu KuMaR