Should Satisfy Your Action Needs

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2017)

I saw "Star Wars:The Last Jedi", starring Mark Hamill-Kingsman:The Secret Service, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; Carrie Fisher-Charlies' Angels:Full Throttle, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; Adam Driver-Logan Lucky, Midnight Special; Daisy Ridley-Murder On the Orient Express_2017, Star Wars:The Force Awakens and Andy Serkis-The Planet of the Apes movies, 13 Going on 30.
This is the second, or middle, of the third trilogy-or episode eight-that follows the 2015 Star Wars:The Force Awakens. This is also Carrie's last film appearance-she died last December-and there are no CGI enhancements of her here. It is all really her on screen. They also continue the grand tradition of the opening scrawl catching you up on what is going on. It picks up right where the last installment ended, with Carrie/Leia leading her defiant rebel resistance fighters in a retreat from the evil First Order and Daisy/Rey just finally tracking down Mark/Luke, trying to get him to help in their fight. She also wants him to train her in the use of the Force. Adam/Ben/Kylo is getting a performance review by his boss, Andy/Snoke, about his lack of winning-this frustration causes Adam to get rid of his helmet. There is a connection between Daisy and Adam; they each want to turn the other one to their side. There are also some deaths of characters, both good guys & bad guys, and a few good cameos-I remember seeing Benicio del Toro and Justin Theroux pop up. There is a new cute animal, a Porg, and there is a fantastic, hold on to your seat, lightsaber fight in Andy's headquarters. It should satisfy your action needs for a while. The only problem that I had was the way they would jump from scene to scene, back and forth, just when something was getting good. I know, it was supposed to be showing how things were happening simultaneously, but I wished sometimes that they would stay with one scene a little longer before jumping to the next one.
It's rated "PG-13" for sci-fi action and violence and has a running time of 2 hours & 32 minutes.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.