Star Trek

Star Trek has a heart beat again! The series was on life support and nearly gone forever but this re-boot has breathed new life into the series. This eleventh iteration directed by J.J Abrams has the original crew back but this time we're starting at the beginning and with new actors. HOO-RAY

Before I review the movie I want to give you a little background to the story. There were four comics released before the movie came out and luckily for you I read them all. The comics start off twenty eight years after the events of the last movie Nemesis. Spock is the ambassador to Romulus and for the past few years he has been trying to convince the Romulan senate that their sun is going to supernova. Spock believes he has the solution to repair the sun by using a substance called red matter but the Romulans don’t completely trust Spock.

Meanwhile off-planet, Nero, the commander of the mining ship Narada has been experiencing the sun's unusual effects first hand. He returns to the planet to warn the senate but sadly the information he provides falls on deaf ears. This is where Spock and Nero first meet. Spock informs Nero that they must return to Vulcan and convince the Vulcan high command to part with their red matter therefore taking matters into their own hands. Nero agrees to help Spock but by doing so he becomes a traitor and an outcast.

When they arrive at Vulcan they have to deal with more bad news; the Vulcans will not part with their red matter. After months of negotiations, time has expired and the Romulan sun has gone supernova. Its explosion has destroyed Romulas, Remas, and is now threatening the entire quadrant. This has Nero pissed off beyond belief. He has lost his family (wife and unborn child) and his home planet Romulus. Revenge is the only thing on his mind and he wants it served up cold!

Nero leaves Vulcan and connects with a secret Romulan facility to enhance his ship. Once the Borg upgrades have been applied to his ship he begins his search for Spock. Once he finds Spock a colossal battle begins which causes a temporal rift in space sucking both ships in and ending the comic book series.

The movie starts off with Nero traveling back in time on accident and causing an alternate time line. This is something I appreciate very much; they can change the cannon of Star Trek with out upsetting a lot of Star Trek Fan boys. The Battle that occurs when Nero arrives will take your breath away and bring tears to your eyes. Fifteen minutes into the movie and there’s already a lot of character development.

The remainder of the movie shows Kirk teaming up with the original enterprise crew and regaining his position as captain of the USS Enterprise (not even a alternate time line can prevent him from becoming Captain). There were a ton of enjoyable moments and several Easter eggs (I noticed about 10 in the three times I watched the movie). The special effects are among the best I have seen in any movie. Something that this movie was missing was the chemistry that the original Star Trek actors had (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley) and I am not sure it could ever be duplicated or perfected but we’ll see what the next movie brings.

Rating: 9/10