"The Force has awakened and its first order is to revitalise the franchise while setting the stage for an amazing expansion of the Star Wars universe," the first voiceover artist says before he's interrupted by the "original" honest voiceover who pipes in: "by shamelessly remaking a New Hope".
"Gear up for a film so desperate to recapture the magic of the first Star Wars, it practically is the first Star Wars," the voiceover adds.
The honest guy doesn't hold any punches, saying lead character Rey is "so good at everything it makes her character completely uncompelling" and that bad guy Kylo Ren "acts like a goth kid who can't find his eyeliner".
Star Wars: The Force Awakens does raise a few unanswered questions in the film: "Why does R2D2 suddenly wake up? Why is everyone in the galaxy either a Skywalker or Solo?" the honest voiceover asks.
But according to the makers of the Honest Trailer, audiences shouldn't have expected any answers from director JJ Abrams.
"Why would we expect the guy who made Lost to have good answers to any of these questions".
They also have the guts to point out the fact that the amazing Gwendoline Christie, who plays Brienne of Tarth in Game Of Thrones, was shamelessly under-utilised during her brief stint on screen as Captain Phasma.
"Captain Phasma ... an awesome looking Stormtrooper commander who's completely wasted in just 91 seconds of screen time," he says.
Other films to get the Honest Trailer treatment from Screen Junkies include The Revenant, The Hunger Games and Spectre.
- AAP
