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Truth be told, I haven't watched such a ridiculous movie in a veeery long time. Constant jabbering, meaningless philosophical mumbo jumbo throughout, characters devised to make the movie somewhat peculiar (but rather making it altogether senseless since the said characters would never be allowed to operate in such a unit), numerous plot holes, make-believe twists here and there, and all the whatnot I just will not bother to put here just make this movie almost unwatchable. One really needs to endure to get to the end, which if you make even a half-educated guess mid-stream comes as not a surprise at all.

Also, when the Chinese are involved in the production of an American spy flick, they also make a few suggestions to how the movie ends as well, I think.

All in all, this is a Mission Impossible or Bourne wannabe kind of flick, which ends in a not so American way, courtesy of the Chinese-backed production, and which otherwise is altogether uninteresting and unwatchable.

Another addition to the long-list of Netflix-sponsored poor sci-fi/disaster/fantasy movies that just don't go anywhere. Very hollow script, numerous moments of artificial suspense filled with cliches that have exploited many times before, lame dialogues and intctions, plot developments that just don't make sense, and an inconsistent lead character who chooses to act like a man one moment and then throw tantrums the very next.

Also, the movie feels like it was conceived after watching a masterpiece, which is The Road.

Last but not least, a rather abrupt and meaningless ending.

If I were you, I would spend my 2 hours watching something else.

Sooo... it seems that many of our old friends from the SW galaxy got to know each other in just a couple of parsecs -that is, in the same blink of an eye- eh? Even in the end, when the movie is about to wrap up, they throw in one major character from a very different story line, someone who just shouldn't and couldn't be there if the old Republic is no more. It is as if in the "new" SW universe everybody knows everybody else (even dead characters) or gets to meet him or her in a very short span of time. Convenient, don't you think?

This is what this movie is: Introduce the earlier times of many of our fellow SW icons, throw in a bunch of CGI extravaganza, attempt to paint the story background with senseless musical overtures (the soundtrack is not very good, yes), all the while taking us through a lazy and silly script full of meaningless twists and coincidences (not to mention one major timeline breach), and voila... There comes your Solo consolation: That the movie is at last over and you can go out the movie theater and have a breather until the next action-packed, promotion-heavy, disappointment-filled installment in the series.