Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. It is the 12th installment in the Star Trek franchise and the sequel to the 2009 film Star Trek, as the second in a rebooted film series. It features Chris Pine reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, and Leonard Nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, and Peter Weller are also in the film’s principal cast. It was Nimoy’s last film appearance before his death in 2015. Set in the 23rd century, the film follows Kirk and the crew of USS Enterprise as they are sent to the Klingon homeworld seeking a former Starfleet member-turned-terrorist, John Harrison.
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This movie could easily be retitled “The Wrath of Khan” – which is a classic storyline from the Star Trek series as a whole. It is re-done so well, that initially when I went to re-watch it, I had no idea what was going on until Khan revealed himself two-thirds through the movie.
I enjoyed watching these characters grow in themselves and with each other, but there is a lot of death and destruction here too. Khan does cause a decent amount of damage before his agenda is found out in its entirety. The Enterprise does not look good at all. Nor do quite a few of our favorite characters.
I also approve of the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan, it just works so well. He comes across just perfect as the villain of this story.
My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
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