| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
A whole lot of fun that plays with the audience’s expectations of a Star Trek movie with many in-jokes about the original series. Many of the clichés from the original series are also intact here, such as characters introduced merely to be killed-off in the next reel; while the lead actors remain largely unhurt.
Sadly, however, the gratuitous violence is also much in evidence - albeit with the necessary homoerotic tinge. Along with clichéd, unimaginative plotting and special effects that over-awe, but serve no dramatic purpose.
Although dramatic, this movie lacks a real heart that would have been approved of by Gene Roddenberry - the creator of the original tv show. The opening sequence is exceptional, but it is downhill all the way from there. Furthermore, the inexpensive actors employed here (most of the budget being spent on the SFX) are not empathetic enough to make us care about them - mostly because they are not very good actors. Only Mr Spock (Zachary QUINTO) offers any gravitas in the role and, worst of all, the villain is bland. Most of the original tv series’ episodes were this bad, but they at least had good, likable actors.
Too much emoting; not enough emotion. Like a tribute band, more of an affectionate tribute to a tv series than an exemplar of the real thing. Like teenagers in charge of their dad’s sports car, it seems odd that such youngsters could ever be in charge of a starship. A lazy movie that knows it has a ready-made audience for its wares and so does not feel the need to try too hard to actually be worth a damn.
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