Directed by GaryCe Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Runa, Donnie Yen, Ben Mendelson, Max Mikkelson, Alan Tudek, Forrest Whitaker, Jiang Wen, Ritz Ahmed and others, Star Wars: Rogue One will be released in mainland theaters on January 6, Beijing time. Previously, the film was released publicly in North America on December 16, 2016. At present, the media and audience ratings in North America have been released, and overall, this film has received good word of mouth, meeting the expectations of most Star Wars fans for Star Wars.
The well-known foreign review website Metacritic has now included 51 media reviews, 35 positive reviews, 13 positive reviews, 3 bad reviews, and a comprehensive score of 65, compared with the "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" released last year, which has a score of 81, and it can be seen that there is still some gap in the score between the two.
Among them, the British authoritative film magazine Total Film and the United States New York Daily News new York Daily News two media gave a full score of 100 ratings, the British authoritative film magazine Total Film believes that this film is the best one after the 1980 "Star Wars Episode II: Empire Strikes Back" one.
The New York Times, on the other hand, gave it a 50-point rating: the plot was clumsy and weak, more like a transitioner for Lucasfilm's next film.
Rotten Tomatoes currently has a total of 325 reviews, of which 276 are positive, 49 are negative, and the freshness rating is 85%. The specific evaluation is as follows:
Star Wars: Rogue One brings the Star Wars series into a whole new trajectory. ——Calvin Wilson
Fierce battles in the air, armored vehicles, grenades, flamethrowers, handsome snipers and cunning thieves, a variety of elements rich and complete, comparable to World War II. —Bob Mondello, National Public Radio
The plot of Star Wars Gaiden: Rogue One incorporates the pre-existing plot of the original Star Wars trilogy and is not as vague as The Force Awakens. ——Margot Harrison
A film full of heroism and redemption, with cool fight scenes and dark political intrigues, as well as touching moments. ——Fausto Ponce
This movie is selling old feelings, as nostalgic as possible and simple packaging plot to form a movie. —MTV review by Amy Nicholson
Rogue One doesn't have the slightest chance of being a good film: it's just weakly narrating to make sure the plot is seamless, as if the ending of the film is meaningful. —James Hadfield, The Japan Times