Makes Episode 1 look good

Rating: 1/10 (1 June 2002)

Ye gods but this is an AWFUL movie.
The only good things about it are : 1). Christopher Lee - in fact if you threw away everything in the film before his appearance then it would be a lot lot better 2). Ewan McGregor - more at home in his part than in Episode 1 and sounds more like Alec Guinness too 3). The visuals - ILM strike again
Natalie Portman is better than in the first but the "falling in love"/"love" scenes are plain boring because she has nothing to react to...Hayden Christensen is just terrible, his "love" scenes/dialogue risible and it is unbelievable that this petulant teenager with no presence will turn into the iconic baddie of 20th century movies. Come back Jake Lloyd all is forgiven :-(