CHICAGO – It will be a stunning surprise if the summer of 2009 produces another slice of movie entertainment as satisfying and well-made as J.J. Abrams [7] rollicking “Star Trek [11]” reboot, a film that not only delivers on high expectations but shatters them by clicking on every single level.
Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
“Star Trek” features a character travelling through time (not a major spoiler…don’t write hate mail) and that’s exactly what writers Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman and director J.J. Abrams have done with their film, returning to the start but also injecting their own life into a dead franchise.
Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Star Trek” in our reviews section. [16] |
The film opens with an attack on a Federation ship that happens to have among its crew members the man who would be the father of the king of the Trekker world - Kirk. His son James Tiberius is born on an escape pod as his dad crashes into a gigantic Romulan vessel. Years later, a rebellious young Kirk (Chris Pine [5]) is recruited for Starfleet Academy by Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood [4]), a man who knew his father and sees the same leadership skills in the new cadet.
In the blink of an eye, Kirk is aboard the Enterprise and dealing with a universal crisis that could mean the end of Earth. I wouldn’t dare ruin the surprises of this clever script, but Kirk is, naturally, joined by Spock (Zachary Quinto [14]), Uhura (Zoe Saldana [15]), Sulu (John Cho [8]), Chekhov (Anton Yelchin [2]), Bones (Karl Urban [9]) and Scotty (Simon Pegg [10]).
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