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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 39

Fresh: 8

Rotten:31

Average Rating: 3.9/10

Consensus: Filled with dull action sequences and an underdeveloped storyline, this fifth Trek movie is probably the worst of the series.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's... Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's pain. With a laugh, the two join forces and plan to steal a starship. Cutting to the rock and scrub of another desert, the jeans-clad Captain Kirk is climbing bare-handed in Yosemite. After a near-accident followed by a night of beans and whiskey and campfire songs, Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are called back from shore leave to the new Enterprise for an emergency mission. Counting on Scotty (James Doohan) to bring the new ship up to specs, they travel to Paradise City on Nimbus III, where delegates from the Romulan, Klingon, and Human races have been kidnapped. The crew soon find themselves joining kidnapper Sybok (Laurence Luckenbill), a renegade Vulcan desperate to discover the secret that lies beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy. A thrilling and thought-provoking directorial debut from William Shatner, the journey becomes a metaphysical quest for the meaning of life, as the crew of the Starship Enterprise comes face to face with "God." [More]

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill, Charles Cooper

Director: William Shatner

Director: William Shatner
Screenwriter: David Loughery
Story: William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery
Producer: Harve Bennett
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Reviews for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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Did it really take William Shatner in the director's chair to finally give us a decent Star Trek movie?

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment 3 Comments
04/05/09
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

weeeeeak

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
07/05/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

William Shatner's inauspicious feature directing debut is a double letdown.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/08
Variety Staff
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Although the film's ontological approach may be intriguing, this rather dull entry fails to generate the kind of thoughtful, exciting adventure that made the Gene Roddenberry TV series so compelling.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/19/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The worst Star Trek movie.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/19/08
Matthew De Abaitua
Channel 4 Film

[The] special effects, despite the hefty budget, look strictly bargain basement.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/19/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Proceed with caution.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

...delivers all the pleasure of a plucked pubic hair.

Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | comment 1 Comment
04/08/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

The plot, about a quest for the Ultimate Answer, resembles something Douglas Adams would have thrown in the bin.

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02/09/06
Time Out

No review available.

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08/28/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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05/19/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Shatner can be funny, but he stinks as a director.

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02/04/05
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Disappointing production, but always good to visit the old crew.

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01/03/05
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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02/22/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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01/29/04
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

No review available.

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01/06/04
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Isn't horrible, but I'd only recommend to a diehard.

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12/25/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

The only thing worse than letting William Shatner act in a movie is letting William Shatner direct one.

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12/19/03
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

It will likely maintain its long-cemented reputation as the worst film in the series.

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10/22/03
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

absolutely terrible... a vanity project for William Shatner

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/11/03
Christopher Null
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