Ham acting. Dull plot, no emotion.

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 1999)

In this 'smash hit' which is low on everything including genuinely exciting action we are given cardboard, one dimensional characters, awful direction, awful camera work, and quite frankly, shocking casting, we see a plot which could put anyone to sleep and little to no expansion on the original trilogy. I am sick of modern directors who use effects to win the audience over. This film does not make us want the Jedi to win. Darth Maul is a complete stranger who does nothing to make us hate him. It would have been much better if we had started off with three Jedi Knights and we had got to know the third one until the evil Darth Maul comes along and mercilessly kills him. Instead you can't help rooting for him in the end. As well as an awful script the acting from Natalie Portman and Ewan Mcgregor. They seemed embarrassed to say their lines, who can blame them. Onto Anakin Skywalker. An awful character and damnably annoying. I was reminded of Wacky Races more than Ben Hur. Yet because of Liam Neeson's performance and Jar Jar Binks. I will give this a six out of ten. Maybe it is just because I am not into Sci Fi in the slightest but it can be entertaining probably for kids. I see this as one to miss.