Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon
Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia
Boutella
Rating: 10 out of 10, it is special. I
was fortunate to see Gene Roddenberry make a presentation live when I was in
college. He laid out his vision of the Star Trek universe and I think this is
one of the few films that honors that vision. This is a film about the
possibility of human endeavor. While it is anti-military in tone – I loved it.
Any real Soldier would love to see the military become obsolete. This was a
return to some of the best features of the original series. While there was
almost non-stop, amped up action this is a character driven movie. The large
cast is each given a chance to shine as the plot has the survivors of yet
another Enterprise disaster strewn about a planet. Faced with impossible odds
the crew figures it out, of course, in time to save the universe. The scarily
deadly female assassin from Kingsman, Sofia Boutella, has legs this time out
and plays a stranded ally, while stealing every scene she’s in. In addition to
the action the goofy humor the original Star Trek was so good at is liberally
sprinkled throughout. You finally have a sense of comradery and they let the
Kirk character grow up as well. This is definitely the best of the new series.
MVP: Pine, finally filling Shatner’s
shoes as James T.
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