Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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Critics Consensus: Visually spectacular and suitably action packed, Star Trek Into Darkness is a rock-solid installment in the venerable sci-fi franchise, even if it's not as fresh as its predecessor.
Critics Consensus: Visually spectacular and suitably action packed, Star Trek Into Darkness is a rock-solid installment in the venerable sci-fi franchise, even if it's not as fresh as its predecessor.
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In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are … More- Rating:
- PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence)
- Genre:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Directed By:
- J.J. Abrams , Alan J. Abrams
- Written By:
- Alex Kurtzman , Damon Lindelof , Roberto Orci
- In Theaters:
- May 16, 2013 Wide
- On DVD:
- Sep 10, 2013
- US Box Office:
- $228.8M
Cast
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Chris Pine
as Kirk -
Zachary Quinto
as Spock -
Zoe Saldana
as Uhura -
Karl Urban
as Bones -
Simon Pegg
as Scotty -
John Cho
as Sulu
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All Critics (246) | Top Critics (49) | Fresh (214) | Rotten (32) | DVD (3)
Most of the logic has leached away from this movie, and with it half of the fun.
Happily, there's a good deal of fun if you like things crashing violently into each other and out of warp-drive at regular intervals.
For all its chasing and falling and fighting-and the movie supplies a great deal of each-Star Trek Into Darkness is at its best when the Enterprise crew are merely bickering and bantering among themselves: less space opera than soap opera.
The conceptual sci-fi of the original series is nowhere to be found, though you might enjoy watching the skinny young actors approximate their counterparts from the 60s; Chris Pine is especially good as Captain Kirk.
While the action is often electric, it's the relationships that matter. That, and a lippy regard for a cultural legacy.
The film is, for whatever else it might be, one of the funniest of the Star Trek entries.
The 9/11-style attack on London at the film's beginning is followed by backstory upon cover story and bright rhetoric soars and false flags are planted. They darkly wave. Political opportunity is not wasted on ready opportunists.
Star Trek Into Darkness still manages to be an even more enjoyable film than its precursor.
In terms of sheer spectacle, there's no denying that it delivers. For all the build-up, hype, and hope leading up to the film, it's just a shame there isn't a whole lot more.
The effects are exhilarating, even in these jaded post-3D days, and there are enough action set-pieces, humour and character development to distract from a plot that isn't exactly sci-fi's final frontier.
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness is a bigger and much louder sequel, which sacrifices brains and character building for expensive spectacle.
Cumberbatch, with his otherworldly aura of menace and basso profundo rumble of voice, makes a worthy and memorable Big Bad in the annals of Trek lore.
It's generally a lot of fun, but it's exhausting, and the busyness only somewhat disguises the fact that the story doesn't entirely make sense.
Suggests someone painting by numbers with Herculian intensity, and the effect is hollow and dispassionate.
Not as audacious or exciting as its predecessor but this sequel is still a fun summer ride.
...a terminally perfunctory followup that just barely gets the job done...
Far from going where no one has gone before, this Star Trek is only interested in retreating along its old tracks.
Either reinvent or stick to the source material, don't try to have your fun both ways. It doesn't work.
... a summer film that dimly reminds viewers of what it used to be - and could be again - while still being little more than a rollercoaster ride.
There's really very little to complain about in this warp-speed sequel.
so enjoyable that it becomes easy to forget that virtually everything in the film is a riff or spin on something we (including only casual Star Trek fans) have already seen
Thrilling if not exactly groundbreaking fun...yet something is missing this time around.
Moment to moment, it's as entertaining, rousing and visually impressive as any recent science-fiction action epic, but the script is cratered with illogical motivations and plot holes large enough to swallow Classic Trek's Doomsday Machine.
Even old-school Trekkers will enjoy this voyage.
J.J. Abrams' sequel is smart, fun, witty, essential sci-fi.
It feels a little "been there, done that" but it still entertains.
Audience Reviews for Star Trek Into Darkness
This movie is a fun ride from start to finish. It doesn't have all the origin stuff like the first JJ Abrams Trek movie, so can get right into the action. It's Wrath of Khan re-imagined, with plenty of things twisted and flipped from the 1982 classic. Every crewmember is brought forward and given a role to service the story. I really enjoyed this thing, from the breathtaking opening mission the exploding volcanic planet to the Starfleet-smashing finale.
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Not quite as good as the first movie, but still very enjoyable. Plenty of action. Plenty of humor. Nicely done all around film. JJ Abrams is definitely on a roll!..
MoreSuper Reviewer
An energetic, well-scripted sequel concerning the crew of The Final Frontier, led by Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), and how a new villain named Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) emerges after a deadly terrorist attack in London. This movie does not really miss a beat, possessing the same energy, action, and sense of humor the first film did, as well as an ability to throw in real doubt concerning the safety of some main characters lives. While it still does not hold the same epic qualities and darkness that the great 'Star Wars' films do, this is still a solid entry into what looks like could be a very promising series for J.J. Abams (who ironically is now heading the 'Star Wars' franchise as well). The acting is fantastic, notably Zachary Quinto as Spock and Cumberbatch, and the action set pieces are pretty thrilling.
MoreSuper Reviewer
Star Trek Into Darkness Quotes
- John Harrison:
- You should have let me sleep!
- Kirk:
- Why would a Starfleet admiral ask a three-hundred-year-old frozen man for help?
- John Harrison:
- Because I am better.
- Kirk:
- At what?
- John Harrison:
- Everything. Alexander Marcus needed to respond to an uncivilized threat in a civilized time, and for that, he needed a warrior's mind - my mind - to design weapons and warships.
- Spock:
- You are suggesting the Admiral violated every regulation he vowed to uphold, simply because he wanted to exploit your intellect...
- John Harrison:
- He wanted to exploit my savagery! Intellect alone is useless in a fight, Mr. Spock. You, you can't even break a rule - how can you be expected to break bone? Marcus used me to design weapons. I helped him realize his vision of a militarized Starfleet. He sent you to use those weapons, to fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet, and then he purposely crippled your ship in enemy space, leading to one inevitable outcome: the Klingons would come searching for whoever was responsible, and you would have no chance of escape. Marcus would finally have the war he talked about, the war he always wanted.
- Kirk:
- C'mon Bones. It's gonna be fun.
- Bones:
- Five years in the space, God help me!
- Scotty:
- Enterprise! Can you hear me?
- Kirk:
- Scotty!
- Scotty:
- Guess what I found behind Jupiter.
- Kirk:
- You're on that ship!
- Scotty:
- I snuck on and seeing as I've just committed an act of treason against a Starfleet Admiral, I'd really like to get off this bloody ship. Now, Beam me out!
- Kirk:
- You're a miracle worker.
- Kirk:
- Khan, Scotty. Scotty, Khan.
- Kirk:
- The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
- Spock:
- An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.
- Kirk:
- Still, it's a hell of a quote.
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