Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Paul Bettany and more.
Solo shows us the origins of Han Solo(Alden Ehrenreich) and the movie answers a lot of questions about his past like how he met Chewbacca among others. Alden Ehrenreich had to nail Han Solo previously played excellently by Harrison Ford and I think he did a fairly good job although I wouldn’t say he was perfect as Han.
The film has a runtime of two hours and fifteen minutes but due to not so good pacing the film feels overlong and just bored me. The supporting cast is talented but the character work leaves much to be desired. Han Solo had a good story arc throughout the film and Donald Glover completely nailed Lando Clarissian. Woody Harrelson is great but his character Beckett didn’t really do much for me. Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra was also a pretty interesting character and Paul Bettany was pretty entertaining even though he had very minimal screen time.
The film has some great vfx work that you would expect from a big blockbuster franchise like Star Wars. There are plenty of action set pieces and chases but nothing that stands out. I can’t really remember much of anything when it comes to exhilarating sequences because there weren’t any which is a bummer. The film also suffers from a lack of a proper antagonist which was disappointing.
It has its moments and some good characters but Solo A Star Wars story is overlong and quite formulaic which makes it one of the weakest in the series.