A young Han (Ehrenreich) has taken to a life as a bandit on his planet who steals a vial of energy source, supposedly for the head thug on the planet. But instead his plan was to use it as leverage for him and his girlfriend Qi'Ra (Clark) to escape from the planet together on a quest through the galaxy with hopes of him getting his own space vessel. When they try to get past customs together, Qi'Ra is apprehended by thugs working for their leader who Han has double crossed. Han vowing to come back for his love, enlists in the flight academy, still with hopes of getting a space vessel. He soon encounters Beckett (Harrelson) who along with his team poses as part of the military but instead they are space bandits looking to steal some containers of power source. Han looking to take up with them is betrayed and placed in a pit to be eaten by The Beast who he would wind up befriending and naming Chewbacca, helping him to escape and teaming up with Beckett. After a failed attempt at steal a train full of enrgy, they will try again, but Han will encounter Qi'Ra who works for the man they need to steal the energy source for. In need of a ship fast enough to help them with the assignment, they meet with the savy, smooth talking Lando Calrissian (Glover) who relunctantly joins them with his ship The Millenian Falcon. Han will soon realize that no one can be trusted not even Qi'Ra as he has to decide to do good or bad after they retrieve the cannisters.
Reel Talk:
WOW!!! It was 1977 when we were first in awe with Han Solo who was then played by a young Harrison Ford. There have been many Star Wars adaptations since that year. Well now we have another one. This time around under the new direction of director Ron Howard, this film is not a sequel but rather tells the beginning story of how a young teen Han became Han Solo, how he became friends with Chewbacca and how he encountered Lando Calrissian and The Millenian Falcon. It was a good intro to the orgin of how it all came about. It has action and excitement with a fairly good cast. Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo does not command the screen as nuch as co-stars Woody Harrelson and then Donald Glover who makes the most of his time as Lando. It does have some slow moments but overall it is a pretty good film. Just don't go expecting a great film.
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clark, Donal Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Paul Bettany
Directed by: Ron Howard
Rated: PG-13
I give it 3 corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLERS
