Star Trek (2009)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 297
Fresh: 281 | Rotten: 16
Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike.
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 49
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 3
Star Trek reignites a classic franchise with action, humor, a strong story, and brilliant visuals, and will please traditional Trekkies and new fans alike.
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Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role),
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Cast
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Chris Pine
James Kirk -
Zachary Quinto
Spock -
Leonard Nimoy
Spock Prime -
Eric Bana
Capt. Nero -
Bruce Greenwood
Capt. Christopher Pike -
Karl Urban
Leonard "Bones" McCoy -
Zoe Saldana
Uhura -
Simon Pegg
Scotty -
John Cho
Sulu -
Anton Yelchin
Pavel Checkov -
Winona Ryder
Amanda Grayson -
Chris Hemsworth
George Kirk -
Clifton Collins Jr.
Ayel -
Ben Cross
Sarek -
Tyler Perry
Adm. Richard Barnett -
Jennifer Morrison (II)
Winona Kirk -
Jimmy Bennett
James Kirk (young) -
Darlena Tejeiro
Flight Officer -
Rachel Nichols
Gaila -
Amanda Foreman
Hannity -
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
Starfleet Computer
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All Critics (298) | Top Critics (49) | Fresh (286) | Rotten (16) | DVD (6)
One of the most accessible and entertaining films of the year.
Top CriticThe young cast is mostly callow and TV-bland and the special effects don't quite seem worth that hefty price tag, but overall this is a presentable addition to the franchise.
With Star Trek Abrams honors the show's legacy without fossilizing its best qualities. Instead, he's whisked it off to a planet where numbing nostalgia can't kill it, and where the future is still something to look forward to.
In going back to tell the Enterprise story from the beginning, Star Trek presses collective emotional buttons people didn't even know they had. At its best, the effect is like seeing life panoramically, past and future, simultaneous and magnificent.
Star Trek goes back to the legend's roots with a boldness that brings a fatigued franchise back to life.
You needn't know the secret handshakes or utter the Vulcan blessing "live long and prosper" to gain admission to, and enjoy, summer's first thrill ride.
There's going to be an entirely new generation of Trekkies to come from these films.
A welcome reinvention of this most beloved sci-fi franchise
The character work is consistently ace, but Star Trek 2009 doesn't offer the high-minded, underlying ideas that the show was known for.
... it pleases me to report that the new film from Director J.J. Abrams pulled me (a Trek newbie) in like a Romulan tractor beam.
Salutes the rich history of the franchise while avoiding any hint of hokey, by-the-book starch.
Get ready for a new influx of fans, Trekkers.
Star Trek has needed this kind of face lift for years.
Star Trek is a welcome return to the flippant, big-budget bonanza that exists purely for the spectacle,
A franchise is reborn, at warp speed.
Well, it looks like the curse is broken.
Although given the Starship Enterprise?s keys, geek-culture maven J.J. Abrams warps the vessel like he stole it in a sleek, stylish reboot stuffed with jailbreak momentum, deft pacing, dense plotting, passionate principles and perfect casting.
J.J. Abram's Star Trek is a refreshingly entertaining space adventurer, reinvigorating a well worn out franchise while paying homage to past labours.
Not content to just make this the Spock and Kirk show, with supporting players largely reduced to broad strokes, Abrams makes it clear that he's interested in Star Trek as an ongoing, fully fleshed-out ensemble piece.
Somehow J.J. Abrams has managed to make Star Trek cool again, with a fresh and fast-paced, action-packed thrill ride that both new and old fans can lavishly enjoy.
Thanks for the memories; let's leave it at that
One could melt into the luxury of the experience Mr. Abrams provides and objectively appreciate every penny spent in the budget as there is not a false or cheesy speck to be found on screen.
A mindless, milling mess. Just what you would expect from somebody schooled in the Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer academy of bad directing.
Audience Reviews for Star Trek
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- Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Green-blooded hobgoblin.
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- Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Permission to speak freely, sir?
- Spock: I welcome it.
- Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Do you? OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable."
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- Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I suffer from aviophobia. It means fear of dying in something that flies!
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- Leonard "Bones" McCoy: I told you people I dont need a doctor dammit I am a doctor.
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- Capt. Nero: The wait is over.
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- James Kirk: I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
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