Reasonably entertaining if utterly familiar.
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:14
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Nemesis has an interesting premise and some good action scenes, but the whole affair feels a bit tired.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sci-fi action violence and peril and a scene of sexual content
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:Dec 13, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $43,056,895
Synopsis: In STAR TREK: NEMESIS, based on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION television series, the USS Enterprise is gearing up for a challenging mission. While responding to a call from the Romulan neutral... In STAR TREK: NEMESIS, based on the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION television series, the USS Enterprise is gearing up for a challenging mission. While responding to a call from the Romulan neutral zone, the crew comes across a signal on the nearby planet Remus. It turns out to be Data's (Brent Spiner) less advanced brother, B-4 (also played by Spiner). Soon thereafter, Picard is confronted by Shinzon (Tom Hardy), who makes an offer of peace on behalf of the Romulans. As Starfleet enters into negotiations, they realize this treaty may have a twist. Shinzon presents himself as a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), and as a simultaneous friend and foe. Though the baby faced Shinzon wears an intimidating shiny black metallic suit of armor, and spits his words through a nasty sneer, he is clearly no match for Picard. Meanwhile Data has a nifty side project debugging his clone, whose intentions are not as innocent as they may seem. As tension mounts between the crew of the Starship Enterprise and Shinzon's Reman minions, resulting in riveting high-tech deep-space battle, a vital sacrifice must be made to save the day. STAR TREK: NEMESIS's shocking ending will leave viewers hanging, anxiously awaiting the next installment in the series. [More]
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Tom Hardy, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Tom Hardy, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Whoopi Goldberg, Ron Perlman
Director: Stuart Baird
Director: Stuart Baird
Screenwriter: John Logan
Story: Rick Berman, Brent Spiner, John Logan
Producer: Rick Berman
Story: John Logan
Producer: Rick Berman
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Studio: Paramount Pictures
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Reviews for Star Trek: Nemesis
As lo-fi as the special effects are, the folks who cobbled Nemesis together indulge the force of humanity over hardware in a way that George Lucas has long forgotten.
John Logan clones Enterprise skipper Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), geek-relatable android Data (Brent Spiner), and -- less successfully -- 1982's Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.
Star Trek: Nemesis stands alone as an engaging intergalactic thriller with a lot of spirit—and some rousing action scenes.
This is the fourth film to feature the Next Generation crew, and everyone is still off-track after the ideologically unsound, sparsely entertaining Insurrection.
The cheesiness so endemic to the Star Trek franchise ... is back in full force.
As spent screen series go, Star Trek: Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to drink.
Stewart instead lends integrity and wry stoicism to Nemesis, but the movie is unworthy of him.
While the movie itself wanders off-course halfway through, the coming attractions -- showcasing Nemesis' jacked-up special effects, production values and camerawork -- were a knockout.
Star Trek: Nemesis spins a fascinating and, finally, quite moving variation on an old saw: You're your own worst enemy.
Nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection, several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme.
Star Trek was kind of terrific once, but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy.
A plodding if mildly entertaining sci-fi adventure that plays more like an extended television episode than a full-length film.
Familiarity breeds content with Star Trek fans, and the 10th movie in the series does nothing to mess with the series' comfortably monotonous fantasy formula.
May satisfy the faithful but can leave the casual moviegoer feeling as if he's walked into a bar where nobody knows his name.
What nudges the movie toward a qualified recommendation is the continuing high standards set by Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Won't go into the captain's log as the U.S.S. Enterprise's finest hour -- that honor still belongs to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- but it is reasonably entertaining and reassuring, like a trip home during the holidays.
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