Star Trek Beyond

2016 • 122 minutes

About this movie

From Producer J.J. Abrams comes one of the best-reviewed action movies of the year. Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall a ruthless warlord sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world Captain Kirk Spock and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop Krall's deadly army from triggering all-out galactic war.

Ratings and reviews

This film does a disservice to the Star Trek franchise. In fact, there is no opening title sequence to indicate it is even a Star Trek film. Like Kirk's fears, the plot lacks purpose and floats away into space. While Abrams and Lin give a constant adrenaline-punched ride, the action becomes boring because there is no climatic tension building up to it. Indeed, action outweighs story so much that the viewer is left wondering what is actually happening and why. In these times I wanted to turn off the movie but felt a duty as a life-long Trekkie. All the characters appear flat and lack any complexity. The relationship between Spock and Kirk does not develop in this film, as in the previous movies. Bones is meant to serve as a comic relief to the stoic Spock, but becomes annoying after the first half hour. Even worse, the dialogue is choppy and full of one-liners, which are only sporadically humorous. I felt sorry for the actors because they can perform better than the trite dialog they were given. The ending twist seemed unpredictable and implausible, and therefore unsatisfactory as a whole. Too bad it didn't come sooner. It wasn't worth the $1.25 I spent.

I saw this movie at a theater maybe a month ago and now I can't, for the life of me, remember what it was about. I like the new Star Trek movies but finding it hard to 'love' them since JJ took over the reins. Feels like there is always something missing. Whether it's the writing, or the acting (both are fine) there is nothing drawing me in and keeping me interested. It was the same way with the last Jason Bourne movie which I also saw recently. Kinda like deja vu all over again...

Rediculous waste of time film. I've enjoyed the Star trek reboot films but this was flat garbage. I fell asleep half way through even though I paid to rent it and didn't bother going back to watch anything I missed. I knew when I saw the setup scene of the vintage motorcycle being found it was going to fall on its face and not really even try being Star trek any longer.