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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Directed by Leonard Nimoy

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, ashe5k, CaptainBigTime, themarc, jenerator, sleestakk

Overview

A surprise visit from Spock’s father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock’s living essence.

Rated PG | Length 105 minutes

Actors

William Shatner | DeForest Kelley | James Doohan | George Takei | Walter Koenig | Nichelle Nichols | Christopher Lloyd | Robin Curtis | Mark Lenard | Merritt Butrick | Judith Anderson | James Sikking | Phillip R. Allen | Robert Hooks | John Larroquette | Carl Steven | Vadia Potenza | Stephen Manley | Joe W. Davis | Leonard Nimoy | Miguel Ferrer | Branscombe Richmond | Frank Welker | Scott McGinnis | Phil Morris | Jeanne Mori | Grace Lee Whitney | Nanci Rogers | Paul Sorensen

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

This is where the “odd number Star Trek movies suck” argument collapses. STAR TREK III isn’t the masterpiece that KHAN is, but it holds up as a perfect follow-up.

A lot works well here:

*We have Christopher Lloyd playing an evil Klingon.
*The character is Saavik is greatly improved on by replacing Kirstie Alley with Robin Curtis. No longer is Saavik a pouty eyed trainee, here she’s a strong Vulcan woman.
*The Klingon Bird Of Prey plays a large role in the film. I love that spaceship design.
*The film has more of an epic scope than KHAN and expands the Starfleet Federation’s role in the films.
Fantastic visual effects and model work that still hold up on Blu Ray.

I ended up really loving STAR TREK III. Maybe even more than STAR TREK IV. It’s set mostly in space. The Klingons always make a great villan. The Genesis Project was an ingenious way to bring back Spock. It all has more of an epic scope than the next Star Trek film. We’ll see, STAR TREK IV is next on the list.

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