An enjoyable sci fi flick

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2016)

Star Wars The Force Awakens takes place 30 years after the original one left off which starred Harrison Ford,Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill who all reprise their roles here in this version. This time around and Luke Skywalker(Hamill) has vanished and its up to a young woman named Rey(played by newcomer Daisy Ridley)and Finn to team up with Han Solo(Harrison Ford)and fight against a new villain called Kylo Ren(Adam Driver)who is in charge over the first order. But what secret is Kylo hiding....without spoiling anything lets just say that Han Solo knows him pretty well.
The effects are very well done,and it was nice to see Harrison Ford and co back again. Now I haven't seen a Star Wars movie since the 2002 flick Attack Of The Clones and I think I seen one of the originals as a kid which had Jar Jar Blinks,Yodi and Darth Vader. Sadly none of them are in this version as Vader died and I don't know what happened to the other charcthers. The story is well OK I guess its the effects that makes this movie likable like Avatar for example.There were a few twists and turns that I did not see coming at all. One charcther whom we all love in the Star Wars films gets killed off in the last 3rd act and I was shocked but I guess the actor that played this particular charcther had enough and wanted to do other projects. Daisy Ridley and that guy that was with her who played Finn were very good,I actually thought Ridley was like Lily James meets Kiera Knightly in some parts. Also I thought BB8 was cute he reminded me of Wall-E from Pixar.
If you are a die hard fan of Star Wars then this is for you,but if your like me you only seen a few Star Wars films but you like action packed films then you may like it. Parts of it I didn't quite get but still I thought it was an excellent Sci Fi adventure.
8/10
Very Good
Also I loved the John Williams score at the beginning of the film and if you own this on DVD you will be disappointed as there is no special features only the main film which is a shame.