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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Directed by J.J. Abrams
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Overview
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. 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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 132 minutes
Actors
Chris Pine | Zachary Quinto | Zoe Saldana | Karl Urban | Simon Pegg | John Cho | Benedict Cumberbatch | Anton Yelchin | Bruce Greenwood | Peter Weller | Alice Eve | Leonard Nimoy | Noel Clarke | Nazneen Contractor | Amanda Foreman | Jay Scully | Jonathan Dixon | Aisha Hinds | Joseph Gatt | Jeremy Raymond | Tony Guma | Kimberly Arland | Sean Blakemore | Nick E. Tarabay | Beau Billingslea | Deep Roy | Anjini Taneja Azhar | Jack Laufer | Katie Cockrell | Kellie Cockrell | Jason Matthew Smith | Seth Ayott | Marco Sanchez | Lee Reherman | Scott Lawrence | Usman Ally | Nolan North | James Hiroyuki Liao | Rob Moran | Berit Francis | Akiva Goldsman | Benjamin P. Binswanger | Christopher Doohan | Andy Demetrio | Gianna Simone | Rene Rosado | Jacqueline King | Long Tran | Ningning Deng | Jodi Johnston | Colleen Harris | Jeff Chase | Monisola Akiwowo | Paul K. Daniel | Ser'Darius Blain | Heather Langenkamp | David C. Waite | Melissa Paulo | Cynthia Addai-Robinson | Drew Grey | Douglas Weng | Charlie Haugk | Max Chernov | Marc Primiani | Jesper Inglis | Jacob Rhodes | Kentucky Rhodes | Anthony Wilson | Eric Greitens | Melissa Steinman | Adam McCann | Jon Orvasky | Gerald W. Abrams | James McGrath | Brian T. Delaney | Arlen Escarpeta | Joe Moses | Kevin Michael Richardson | David Sobolov | Matthew Wood | Fred Tatasciore | Kiff VandenHeuvel | Audrey Wasilewski | Bill Hader | Britanni Johnson | Chris Gardner | Julianne Buescher | Joe Hanna | David Acord | Elle Newlands | Candice Renee | Emily Towers | Gina Hirsch | Tom Archdeacon | Jon Lee Brody | Hiram A. Murray | Fernando Chien
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/24/2015 | Tablet | Streaming | Video on Demand | 3 stars |
| 05/15/2013 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 4 stars |
| (Average) 3.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
It didn’t go as far as I wanted, but STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS is a lot of fun and is one of the better films in the franchise.
The best episodes of Star Trek were often those that tried to explore what it means to be human through a non-human frame; this movie tries that in a very light way and succeeds in minor fashion, but it’s mostly a straight ahead action film in the vein of WRATH OF KHAN or UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.
It could have, and should have, done more to plumb the depths of that “soul searching,” but it obviously wanted to focus more on Khan’s wrath and action and in that it fell a bit short; it needed just a few more minutes of antagonistic exchange or dialogue between Kirk and Khan to provoke that climax, which was fantastic.
The cast’s chemistry, as with the first reboot, is still on par with the first generation movies and they’re a fun bunch to watch on screen; I kinda got distracted by watching Cumberbatch’s mouth though.
Each of his films has a few issues and things as a Trekkie that irk me, but overall Abrams has done a better job than most could have of rebooting the franchise.
With this movie, it feels like the origin story is complete and we don’t need more earth-oriented action in the third Abrams-verse installment; it’s time to see that 5-year mission.
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