Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Steve B — 11 Apr 2017

Given the overall ratings, I must be in a minority in finding this movie disappointing.

I really enjoyed the last Star Wars reboot though am not a huge fan of the saga, which I felt ran out of steam several films ago.

Rogue One has a confusing plot line, undeveloped and unsympathetic characters and amazingly improbable plot devices, even by Star Wars standards.

For example, the rebels communications rely at one point on throwing a "master switch" which is conveniently placed in the middle of an open area, albeit one that has been.

Turned into a war zone by that point.

Even then, implausibility is stretched beyond breaking point by its being thrown by a blind man, who strides across the ground under extreme cross fire muttering "the force is with me and I am with the force", his standard mantra.

Throughout the film until his demise.

The film relies largely on standard rebels v empire shoot ups, which have been seen a million times before. Quite exciting but unimaginative, which pretty much sums up the whole film for me.