What a terrible little film.

Rating: 2/10 (26 November 2019)

I didn't hate it as much the second viewing as I did the first, but I still found it incredibly weak and cringe inducing. It's hard to point at one particular element that fails as it's all pretty poor. Oscar Isaac is the one saving grace as far as casting goes because pretty much everyone else seems miscast. Boyega grimaces and mugs for the camera somewhat less than previously but is still underwhelming in the extreme. I want to like Ridley so much but she's just wooden and doesn't seem to "get it". All the usuals are there, doing what they do but it's all a lot less charming this time around. The story is just another retread and Driver, as good an actor as he is, and as miscast as he is, can't save this tired old piece of space junk.