Awakening The Force.

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2016)

Meeting up with a family friend over the weekend,I found out that he had recently picked up the latest Star Wars film.With having heard a lot about the movie,I decided that it was time to see "The Force" wake up.
The plot:
Years since Luke Skywalker has disappeared, The Resistance has been trying to locate the mythical Jedi as The First Order try to destroy them. Obtaining a map with details of Skywalker's location, Poe Dameron ends up getting caught by Stormtrooper Finn.Getting the details out of Poe,Finn at first plans to kill Dameron,but finds himself unable to do so.Despite knowing that The First Order will want him dead,Finn decides to turn his back on them,and to help The Resistance to find Luke Skywalker.
View on the film:
Returning to the franchise, Lawrence Kasdan joins co-writers Michael Arndt & J.J. Abrams in building a galaxy that is a blend of the past titles in the series and the paving of a new landscape for the franchise to take place in the future.Keeping the movie running in a slick Adventure mode,the writers fly sweet tributes to the past movies,which neatly push the adventure on.Whilst Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac (who reunites with his Ex_Machina and Inside Llewyn Davis co-stars Domhnall Gleeson and Adam Driver) give energetic performances,the writers are unable to find any sides to make their characters stand out in any unique way,with the shadows from the original casts taking the light from the new arrivals.
Backed by the roaring score from John Williams,director J.J. Abrams & cinematographer Daniel Mindel give the explosive Sci-Fi action an earthiness with vast tracking shots picking up the destruction of the war-torn empire.Going into space with his trademark lens flare, Abrams strikes between the original trilogy and the prequels,thanks to the outdoors of the planets having a rusty,falling apart at the seams grime,which is wiped off by the stylish spaceships and the burning red Lightsabers,as the force awakens.