| Review : |
This film is a decent sci-fi action film, but quite a poor Star Trek film. The acting and FX are of a high quality, but the writing and characterisation ranges from irritating to confused to lazy. New Kirk is a particular lowlight as he's a smug, moody git with all of the charm of a self-sealing stem bolt - a truly awful character. Obviously commercial factors led to the inclusion of the TOS setting and characters, but in Trek terms it's an utterly self-defeating endevour; why not make New Star Trek new rather than simply using the aesthetic aspects of the original series for something that in spiritual terms bears no resemblance to proper Trek? |
