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Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 41
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Considered by many fans to be the best of the Star Trek movies, Khan features a strong plot, increased tension, and a sharp supporting performance from Ricardo Montalban.

Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1

Considered by many fans to be the best of the Star Trek movies, Khan features a strong plot, increased tension, and a sharp supporting performance from Ricardo Montalban.

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is fondly regarded as being the closest in spirit to the 1966-69 TV series that spawned it. Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) escapes the tedium of a desk job to join Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley) on another space mission. While boldly going where no man etc. etc., Kirk crosses the path of his old enemy Khan (Ricardo Montalban), who as any die-hard Trekker can tell you, was the chief antagonist in the 1966 Trek TV episode

PG, 1 hr. 53 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Nicholas Meyer

In Theaters: Jun 4, 1982 Wide

On DVD: Jul 11, 2000

Paramount Pictures

There is something comfortable, even old-shoeish, about the new film, a sense, appropriate to its theme of coming to terms with middle age, that all aboard are pleasurably rediscovering their best selves.

May 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

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Star Trek II is a very satisfying space adventure, closer in spirit and format to the popular TV series than to its big-budget predecessor.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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If only director Nicholas Meyer had grasped the implications of his tale more fully and enthusiastically, this might have become a classic piece of cornball SF poetry, but as it stands the tepid acting and one-set claustrophobia take a heavy toll.

June 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Although I liked the special effects in the first movie, they were probably not the point; fans of the TV series wanted to see their favorite characters again, and Trek II understood that desire and acted on it.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Here comes a sequel that's worth its salt. The second Star Trek movie is swift, droll and adventurous, not to mention appealingly gadget-happy. It's everything the first one should have been and wasn't.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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Star Trek II added hefty doses of action, adventure, and suspense, injecting life into a concept that had been left moribund by its first big-screen feature.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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High-flying installment of the TV space saga.

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

...the best Star Trek ever made, period, and that includes the newest Star Trek movie, no matter how much I liked it. (Blu-ray Collection)

May 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

If this is the supposed high point for the Star Trek movie series, it's still a low point for sci-fi.

March 24, 2009 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

khaaaaan!

July 5, 2008 Comment (1)

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

sbs.is

It's not Shakespeare, but it's certainly fun.

May 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

This is one of the most popular in the series, thanks to a high action quotient (including a tensely staged space battle), a suitably campy turn by Montalban, and the shock value of Spock's 'death.'

June 5, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Keep on Trekkin' ... The Star Trek TV series boldly went where none of its movie versions have gone before or since in Meyer's exceedingly space-worthy sequel.

August 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly Source: Boulder Weekly

The net effect, between embarrassed guffaws, is incredulity: a movie at once post-TV and pre-DW Griffith.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

Many fans consider this the best of the series, and I like it very much.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

There's got to be some moral in the fact that the Star Trek movie with the smallest budget (by far) and fewest resources is still the dominant favorite...

April 8, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Awesome Star Trek flick!

October 20, 2005 Comment

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

What movie would be complete without an incredible villain? In Khan, Ricardo Montalban created a villain of legendary proportions.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

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I used to look down upon Star Trek-thinking it was boring and too nerdy. I slowly got really interested in it though, probably because I've gotten older and can appreciate stuff that I thought was boring when I was a kid. I saw the 2009 film, and really enjoyed it. I was told it was done in the spirit of the original

May 8, 2009

Chris Weber

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The Greatest Star Trek Film EVER. Ricardo Montalbon's Khan Noonien Singh returns from his appearance in one of the greatest episodes of the original Star Trek series (Season One's "Space Seed"). Despite the greatness of the film, however, the Eugenics that created the villain and the intellectuality behind his

August 1, 2008

Colin Montgomery

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Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan Quotes

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1. James T. Kirk: Of all the souls I've encountered on my travels, his was the most...human.
– Submitted by Dakota P (2 months ago)
1. James T. Kirk: There may be wounded, can you spare anyone?
2. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Yeah. I can spare me.
– Submitted by Blair S (4 months ago)
1. James T. Kirk: KHANNN!
– Submitted by Julius J (5 months ago)
1. James T. Kirk: I feel... young.
– Submitted by William P (7 months ago)
1. Mr. Spock: I have been and always shall be your friend.
– Submitted by William P (7 months ago)

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