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Average Rating: 8.6/10
Reviews Counted: 71
Fresh: 69 | Rotten: 2
Dark, sinister, but ultimately even more involving than A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back defies viewer expectations and takes the series to heightened emotional levels.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 2
Dark, sinister, but ultimately even more involving than A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back defies viewer expectations and takes the series to heightened emotional levels.
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The second entry in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy finds Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the green-as-grass hero from the first film, now a seasoned space warrior. Luke's Star Wars cohorts Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) are likewise more experienced in the ways and means of battling the insidious Empire, as represented by the brooding Darth Vader (body of David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones). And, of course, "The Force," personified by the ghost of Luke's mentor
PG, 2 hr. 4 min.
Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
May 21, 1980 Wide
Sep 21, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox
All Critics (71) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (3) | DVD (15)
In many ways the new film is a better film than Star Wars, visually more exciting, more artful and meticulous in detail.
Top CriticThe Empire Strikes Back is a worthy sequel to Star Wars, equal in both technical mastery and characterization, suffering only from the familiarity with the effects generated in the original and imitated too much by others.
Irvin Kershner directed the actors this time around, and without the benefit of Lucas's personal affection they seem stiffer, more clenched.
The total effect is fast and attractive and occasionally amusing. Like a good hot dog, that's something of an achievement in a field where unpalatable junk is the rule.
A superior motion picture!
I found myself glancing at my watch almost as often as I did when I was sitting through a truly terrible movie called The Island.
The best of the original series, but the most intense, too.
Continues to set the standards for sequels to this day...
O melhor de toda a s�rie, este epis�dio abra�a o potencial sombrio do universo concebido por Lucas e consegue equilibrar com efici�ncia os aspectos infantis da narrativa com os momentos de maior densidade.
Despite ... an unresolved storyline that paves the way for its dismal sequel, Empire remains in many ways the best (indeed the last good) Star Wars film.
A more mature instalment than its predecessor, loaded with spectacular special effects and efficiently written, this may well be the pinnacle of the saga.
Each section of the film has a stand-out sequence that inspires hyperbole like 'best ever.'
Lucas and his cronies have done absolutely nothing to port this thing over for home theater other than to simply dump it on DVD.
The most imaginative and emotionally connectable "Star Wars" film and, with the exception of "Revenge of the Sith," also the darkest.
The second act is very strong, cutting back and forth between Luke training with Yoda and Han, Leia, Chewie and C-3P0 fighting the Empire. And it's paced leisurely enough that you get to know the characters a little bit.
An extended ricochet from one incendiary set-piece battle to another which still finds time to attend to plot, pace and character.
The best of the films.
Sci-fi cinema at its best.
Everything you loved about A New Hope and more.
The backbone of the Star Wars saga takes the story and themes of the first film into deeper waters.
...this is as close to Cloud Nine as we're going to get for a while. [Star Wars Trilogy DVD set]
...the deepest, darkest, most mature, and most thoughtful entry in the series.
The best Star Wars movie out of the entire saga. Even though the Star Wars series has always been revolutionary in its vision and scope, I can't help but to feel that it is lacking in its mechanics; the acting, storytelling, cinematography, and editing have always made me desire for more. That's not to say that "The
November 28, 2011Super Reviewer
Irvin Kershner gets the call to pickup where Star Wars: A New Hope leaves off; in turn Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a sequel worthy of its title.Although the major characters are all returnees, the film still manages to reveal more about them as the story progresses. The addition of new characters and the
March 15, 2007
Super Reviewer
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