All the better for being the relaunch follow up

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2013)

Those of you who enjoyed the relaunch will do so all the more with the reboot follow up. Unburdened by the need to introduce all but a few new characters with the exception of the "baddie" the film just goes for it and delivers it in thrilling spades. Easy to criticise if you are precious about the franchise past and easy to dismiss by the more aloof critic. Sit back, buckle up and feel the g-force as lift off takes the story to orbit. Better paced than the reboot, more joined up as it moves from one arc to another in the storyline. Perhaps at the end, a little bit dragged out when the ending could have come a few minutes earlier but perhaps this is setting up for the next thrill ride. Go see, allow yourself to be drawn in and just enjoy. There is so much pap out there, even the trailers prove this, so when it is done so well only the the most begrudging spend the time of the film searching for faults. Just enjoy.