Darth Vader Reviews

Appearances: Star Wars: Episodes III-VI (1977-2005)

Creator: George Lucas

Performers: David Prowse, James Earl Jones (voice), Sebastian Shaw, Hayden Christensen

Defining moment: In the first two films (i.e. Episodes IV and V), Lord Vader is nothing more — or less — than the ultimate, über-cool villain. Remorseless, fearless, able to force-strangle his underlings via video link... But it’s in Return Of The Jedi that we realise, somehow, that we care about Vader — just as Luke does. In this sense, he’s defined by a small exchange with his offspring. Having been urged to let go of his hate, he says, almost sadly, “It is too late for me, son...”

Fascinating fact: Vader was also technically played by famed Hollywood sword-master Bob Anderson, who donned the suit for Episode V and VI’s lightsaber duels.

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What the hell happened to Martin Lawrence? Indeed, his last movie was released already 5 years ago and it was the abysmal ‘Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son’ and his last hit was almost a decade ago with ‘Wild Hogs’. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, to be honest, I wonder how I actually ended up watching this flick. Indeed, I have never been a huge fan of Martin Lawrence  and there was no one else really interesting involved in this movie. Anyway, I wasn't expecting much from this damned thing but I have to admit that it was actually not bad at all after all. As I mentioned before, I never cared much for Martin Lawrence’s work so far but he actually delivered a solid performance in this movie and I thought the whole thing turned out to be fairly entertaining. Of course, the story was nothing really original and it was all very predictable but I thought it was actually rather well done. Anyway, to conclude, I though it was a decent watch and I think it is  worth a look especially if you like the genre and if you're looking for something not too challenging to watch.