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FILM REVIEW
Star Trek Into Darkness
in space, at night or in otherwise dark settings. The film is also possibly the thematically darkest of all the Star Trek films. That does not mean that the film is devoid of the joy or hope that we have come to expect from Trek, but rather that this is Abrams’ Empire Strike’s Back. We join the Enterprise crew midway through a mission and immediately feel at home with everyone and settle in for the ride we know is coming. Things quickly take a turn for the worst with a terrorist attack on Starfleet that sets in place a chain of events that propels the film to its violent conclusion. During the course of the film all the crew get their moment to shine. Scotty, especially has a great side-plot that works well and resonated with me on a personal level. Scotty asks Kirk when they became soldiers as he thought Starfleet was about exploring. This is really Abrams telling the audience that he knows this and acknowledges that this is a dark film. We also find out a little more about Starfleet before earth takes another beating. Part of me hopes the next film features Earth much less as it’s getting a bit same old same old now. All the cast are back in fine form but for me it was really Zachery Qunito who stood out in this film and made me say something I never thought I would ever hear myself say out loud. Which was “Go on Spock. Kick his *&£$ing ass”. I kid you not I actually said that out loud. Pine is as good as ever and the rest of the cast are all comfortable in their roles except Anton Yelchin who really does not bring too much apart
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof Director: JJ Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto & Zoe Saldana
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
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