Rogue One: A Star Wars
Story (2016)
Directed by Gareth
Edwards this film stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn,
Mads Mikkelsen and Donnie Yen. A young woman is forced into help the
rebellion on the promise of finding her father.
To start with the bad
clearly this is Disney's first signal of intent when it comes to
milking the franchise to death. Most of the characters are not as
well fleshed out as they could be and the character arcs could have
done with a little more work. It does take the film a bit of a while
to get going as well, for some the opening acts will drag a little.
Some of the cinematography is a bit dingy at times but in my opinion
was not out of place with the tone of the film.
With all that being
said there is a ton of stuff to love about this film. Taking the
black and white world we are used to in Star Wars this film does an
excellent job of adding shades of grey to the universe and that is
one of the film's biggest strengths. There is a huge amount of fan
service in the film but it works perfectly helping seamlessly tie the
film in with Episode IV and never feels indulgent.
This is not a prefect
film but what it attempts and pulls off in the end is truly
impressive. Few would have the guts to attempt a film like this,
especially in the franchise it is apart of. Where the film falls
short it can be over looked because where it succeeds it does so in a
way no Star Wars film has done since Episode VI.
4/5
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