Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by 3Lusive — 31 Dec 2016

Probably the best Star Wars film I've ever seen and the best film I've watched this year. Bold, engrossing, tense, and very well put together. Light-years ahead of what I thought it would be. Acting from all main characters is strong, story is generally well thought out and paced. The humour parts are subtle and not overdone or childish.

The villains are exceptional and Darth Vader in particular is genuinely 'scary', his limited screen time is still very effective.

Overall Rogue One has a serious tone to it which suits the film and franchise very well (as opposed to childish crap that plagues some previous ones). You genuinely care for their fate and the task at hand (to get the Death Star files which expose its critical weaknesses). At no point during the film did I feel bored or wanting it to hurry up, in fact I could have sat for at least another hour! Very well balanced and paced.

The film is leaps and bounds ahead of The Force Awakens and previous recent star wars films.

I rarely write reviews but felt this one deserved it.

More please.