,: Space the final frontier….
Kudos to Mr Abrams … not only has he managed to re-invent a classic movie and tv dynasty but he’s also pulled off the greatest and hardest trick in movie making, satisfying the die hard Trekki fans who are probably the most insane weird bunch of loons (check out on Trekkies and Trekkies II).
Sorry in advance, but I’m going to use a few trek cliches in the next few lines
To bold go where no man has gone before…. a Justin Timberlake concert (kidding), the movie is set in early day’s of Starfleet where Kirk is the outcast rebel who is drawn into Starfleet by a friend of his father George Kirk.
On entering Starfleet things get a bit mischievous and Kirk clashes with a young intern Spock, the reason for the clash is Kirks reinterpretation and successful completion of the Kobayashi Maru simulation as mentioned in Star Trek The Wrath of Kahn. From here the usual characters materialise Uhura and Bones (played brilliantly by Karl Urban) and Scotty played by Simon Pegg. Oh and I almost forgot Sulu, and Chekov with an unforgettable Russian accent.
The villain of the piece is mister chopper himself Eric Bana as Nero, my only needle about this is the characters name, seriously Nero ? Thought they could have come up with something a bit better. Anyhow not too give too much away hes pissed off and is taking revenge. Cue lots of action well paced and exciting a bit of humour provide by Simon Pegg and surprisingly Karl Urban as Bones.
Some elements of the story do come with a few surprises I wont ruin it for you, some movie magazines have given away spoilers and ruined it in my opinion. Lastly I just like to say this is by far he most exciting Star Trek ever, the special effects the direction and acting are all first class it is almost flawless (the perfect popcorn movie).