Another flick starring George Clooney as a retired "Jedi" army intelligence fighter along with the marvelous (and Academy Award winning..) Jeff Bridges. Kevin Spacey also has a small part as Jeff Bridges nemesis in the film and Ewan McGregor supports George Clooney as the journalist who is here to uncover the story of the "Jedi" program.
With this "All Star Cast" you would expect be the recipients of a real treat but this film was lacking to a certain degree. The humor of George Clooney's character practising his "cloud-bursting" skills and slamming into the only tree stump amidst a massive expanse of desert is one of the few slap-stick moments that were cause for a laugh out loud moment although the movie trailer seemed to promise more.
The film traces back the history of the experimental "Jedi" program championed by Jeff Bridges and show's his path to enlightenment and then eventual downfall and removal from the army. George Clooney a former "Star" Jedi student of Jeff Bridges is on a personal quest to rediscover the "Jedi" army operations. We follow George and Ewan on their journey to discover this secret operation and are provided with few laughs along the way.
I had high hopes for this film with it's great cast of actors but it didn't deliver as I expected it to. It still provides an entertaining night out but not of the rollicking kind.
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