In 2016, director Gareth Edwards delivered Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first Star Wars movie that was not part of the main series. In terms of cinematography, locations, and visual effects, it was certainly successful, but the film failed to move me. I had exactly the same experience with Edwards’ latest film The Creator, which is about a future war between humanity and artificial intelligence. The movie, which was shot on beautiful locations in Thailand and contains Oscar-nominated special effects, certainly looks amazing. However, the story about an army sergeant (John David Washington, who increasingly looks and especially sounds like his father Denzel) who is on the run with a powerful AI child made no emotional impact on me whatsoever. I didn’t care whether humanity or AI would ultimately win the war. SPOILER: The contrast between what I felt when the Death Star was blown up in the original Star Wars and the destruction of space station Nomad at the end of The Creator could not be greater. A shame really, because the potential was certainly there.

The Creator is now available on Disney Plus

The verdict: to stream or not to stream? Not to stream