The worst of the series

Rating: 3/10 (5 October 2009)

The fifth installment in the "Star Wars" series features quite a laborious and convoluted plot that begs for not just a re-write but a shot of alcohol.
Picking up ten years after "The Phantom Menace", Anakin and Obi-Wan face new challenges with the rise of a mysterious new villain known as Count Dooku (played by the magnificent Christopher Lee). Easily, he saves this film from total disaster. And keep in mind, this is just a loose summary of the film. If I tried to explain the whole thing, we'd be here forever as the plot holes are as big as skyscrapers.
Not to slight anyone, the whole cast redeems this film. Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, and all the others keep things moving but even their talents can barely overcome the flat dialog, wooden line deliveries and a truly bad lead performance by Hayden Christensen as Anakin.
All in all, this is the least of the series but the lulls are redeemed by this great cast, most especially by Lee.