Just like any good Hollywood franchise they have figured out how to turn the original Star Trek storyline into a new ongoing series that they can sell millions of tickets to. You’ll understand what I mean by that after you go and see the film. Now what i was hoping for was a non stop action thrill ride, what I got was something completely different.

Being that they gave this away in the previews I guess I can reveal it here as well. Jim Kirk, the character that the guy from the Priceline commercials made famous, wants to join star fleet because his father died after being a captain for 13 minutes. In the original series this was different, but that’s why my comment above makes sense, parallel universes and such. So Kirk, Spock, and gang are going after this bad guy who likes blowing up planets and such with his giant drill. The guy who played Harold in the movie Harold and Kumar is also in this film as is the guy from Sean of the Dead (yes I do know their names, I just like saying where they’re from…see above what I called Shatner.) There is a lot of plot to this film and not as much action as I was led to believe from the previews.

The base of Star Fleet is in San Francisco, CA for some reason (I live in SF now which is why I keep mentioning it) and the bad guy with the drill wants to destroy Earth, meaning he wants to destroy SF and then the rest of earth.

Essentially what we have here is a lot of comedy and some action, which is completely different from what I was hoping for from the previews. Thankfully I paid matinee price for it.

Pros: Good acting, some decent fight scenes, you don’t have to be a trekkie to like it
Cons: No where near as much action as I was hoping for
Verdict: 7 / 10 – Matinee

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