Star Trek IX: Insurrection

1998 • 102 minutes

About this movie

When the crew of the Enterprise learn of the Federation plot against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Ratings and reviews

I think I had only originally seen this one in the theater, so I wanted to refresh my opinion of it. It was as I remembered: terribly underwhelming. It really comes across as a long TV episode instead of the cinema quality of First Contact. It really is a step backwards for the Next Generation cast: after saving the entire human race in the last movie this one tries to show how important it is but fails when the level of involvement is simply a group of villagers. Maybe that was the whole point, but it loses something in the execution. A lot of strange character choices that don't seem to jive with previous movies or the TV show also drags down the mediocre plot. Jerry Goldsmith's score is also a step backwards from his excellent First Contact pieces; the astute direction of Frakes also takes a hit after his previous outing. It's just an overall disappointing Next Generation movie, more so given the previous one was so good.

This feels far too much like a retread of where the show has gone before and not in a good way. While I can't speak for everyone this movie is the worst Star Trek movie and it's not even close. It ranks down there with a lot of Voyager, my opinion.

This one was good but I felt the villain seemed a bit carbon copy Would have been a better episode, and in my opinion is the weakedt of the next gen movies. But still a good movie and worth a watch