![]() ![]() In that film, Princess Leia had in her possession plans for the Empire’s Death Star: plans that would help the Rebels to destroy it. The more you remember of the 1977 movie ‘Star Wars’, the more the story of ‘Rogue One’ makes sense. Going back in time also proves a neat way of resurrecting the pleasures of the earlier films – not least the spiffing banter of battling X-Wing pilots, the Lego-like look of the Star Destroyers and the sight of Darth Vader at his most furious. ![]() ![]() It also kicks into touch a lot of the quasi-spiritual stuff you might expect: the Force is not especially strong here, and lo-fi battle skills turn out to be more important. It’s a scrappy, frenetic film, a bit irreverent, and it muddies ideas of good and evil, introducing unexpected shades of grey. ![]() This ragtag band of fighters, led by Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones, a complicated, not always endearing heroine, refreshingly), come together to lead an attack on the Empire – whose most visible military stooge is Orson Krennic, played with quiet menace and oily ambition by Ben Mendelsohn. This breakaway Star Wars movie – set some time just before the first film – is a punchy standalone action tale about a spunky resistance group within the Rebel Alliance. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |