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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Directed by William Shatner
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Overview
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
Rated PG | Length 106 minutes
Actors
William Shatner | Leonard Nimoy | DeForest Kelley | James Doohan | George Takei | Walter Koenig | Nichelle Nichols | Laurence Luckinbill | David Warner | Charles Cooper | Cynthia Gouw | Todd Bryant | Spice Williams-Crosby | Rex Holman | George Murdock | Jonathan Simpson | Beverly Hart | Steve Susskind | Harve Bennett | Cynthia Blaise | Bill Quinn | Melanie Shatner | Michael Berryman | Carey Scott
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/2013 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 3 stars |
| 03/12/2012 | Computer | Streaming | Owned | 2 stars |
| 07/01/2010 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 2.5 stars |
| (Average) 2.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
THE FINAL FRONTIER starts with real promise in the opening scene with Sybok and Gummy McGummerson, but it falls apart from there. The budget constraints show all over this film, and mostly in the special effects; some of the ship sequences are just laughable for what we’ve come to expect from the franchise.
The movie is almost silly too, though not quite THE VOYAGE HOME. Still, that tone against the too-often recurring “finding God” theme of TREK just doesn’t play well. And Uhura’s fan dance is just stupid stupid stupid stupid.
The only parts that really succeed are the campfire scenes and half the confrontation between Spock and Kirk over killing Sybok. There the silly tone works and the actors are allowed to breathe.
THE MOTION PICTURE might be slow, but FINAL FRONTIER just isn’t good.
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