Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series Star Trek. It is the fourth feature installment in the Star Trek franchise, and is a sequel to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); it completes the story arc begun in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and continued in The Search for Spock. Intent on returning home to Earth to face trial for their actions in the previous film, the former crew of the USS Enterprise finds the planet in grave danger from an alien probe attempting to contact now-extinct humpback whales. The crew travel to Earth’s past to find whales who can answer the probe’s call.
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This is the only other Star Trek Movie I have in my DVD collection currently, and it’s one we all should watch, as it involves animal extinction and the need for their survival. I enjoy when movies do this, which is partly why I also enjoy the Godzilla franchise.
Now, the movie concludes a story arc from the previous movies, which even if you haven’t seen them, the basic plotline is easy to grasp: go back in time to collect a humpback whale to ward off the probe attempting to destroy Earth (does this sound a bit like the first movie?). It’s a journey back to our own time from the future crew, with a few funny moments as the crew attempts to use our archaic technology to get the job done.
If you are a Star Trek fan I encourage you to watch this movie, if you are not a Star Trek fan I encourage you to watch this movie because of the environmental impact it concerns.
My Rating: ★ ★ ★
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