Star Wars lite, the rise of a substance free film

Rating: 2/10 (2 January 2020)

Reys acting improved slightly, stilll incredibly plumby with RP accent for a scavenger, but Hollywood obviously obsessed with plumby brit accents even in far far away galaxies.... Those brits out colonising everywhere....
Wanted to really really like this film but after the first 10 minutes knew exactly where this was going... Formulaic narrative, illogical plot with some twists and plot holes which made no sense at all. Actually a lot of the film made no sense at all, in fact most of the film made no sense at all!! But why bother with explanations if we can just cram in more action scenes and titillating angst driven love/hate skits(cue Reneo and Reyliet looking angrily and lustingly at each other).
Great locations and fight sequences, but whilst this sounded and looked like a star wars film in many ways the characters are wafer thin shadows of those that went before them. The dialogue so wanted to be taken seriously but like a stroppy spoilt teen trying to convince its parents it was really really angry, whilst wearing bed time pyjamas, you couldn't take it seriously for too long.
Saving grace of this film aside from some of the action scenes was Billy Dee Williams and the stellar Adam Driver.
This film teased at being moody and dark in places, then chickened out and turned the lights back on, as if it became scared of itself. Had so many reincarnations, I was just waiting for Darth vader to appear... Oh I have you now.
Suger-free, meat free fare for those who find a rational plot too heavy on calories. Shame as visually really really stunning. But lacking on substance.