Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Petros T — 18 Dec 2017

The first half is underwhelming to say the least. The characters are superficial and the dialogues stilted, the script does a fairly bad job at establishing anything and emerges as confusing and unengaging while the scarce action is weak and devoid of thrills.

Thankfully the second half is a vast improvement. It's not like suddenly the narrative becomes inspired or the writers bother with characterization, yet with that very well-directed and absorbing hour of ceaseless action comes the payoff.