Thursday, November 21, 2024

Movie review - "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) ***1/2 (warning: spoilers)

 Extremely good sequel. Inevitably lacks the surprise and freshness of the 2009 version but full of life, mixes the tropes well, and I really liked how there's two villains, nasty Peter Weller and enigmatic Benedit Cumberbatch.

I was surprised that Bruce Greenwood's Captain Pike survived the first movie so it wasn't a shock to see him killed her. Alice Eve - an It Girl at the time - doesn't really add much and has to do a scene in her underwar. They struggle to give Zoe Saldana stuff to do. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto are excellent.

There's the usual bloat but on the whole I enjoyed this.

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