Star Trek V: The Final Frontier The Enterprise misfires By Nick Cirkovic April 2009 The one where Kirk and crew do God. There is more than the odd moment in this fifth instalment of Star Trek films with the original crew when you might be tempted to think the title is The Last Straw rather than The Final Frontier : the 'desert siren' scene, perhaps. Although the crumb of comfort to be had from that is that there are minds infinitely darker and more disturbed than one's own out there. Kirk (William Shatner, not only partly responsible for the story but directing the film as well) now Captain Kirk once more and in command of his beloved Enterprise , along with Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are enjoying shore leave in Yosemite Park, complete with campfire, singalongs and a warning to Spock about the explosive combination that is bourbon and beans. Their idyll is disturbed when they are called to rescue hostages from the desolate settlement planet Nimbus III. Terran, Romulan and Klingon ambassadors there are pawns in the greater plans of the cunning and charismatic Vulcan Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), purportedly based by Shatner on televangelists. Meanwhile, unbeknown to Kirk, a bored young Klingon captain is trawling space to find the scalp of a worthy adversary with which to make his warrior name and the legendary Captain James T Kirk's is just the scalp he needs. Shatner's more serious concept was leavened with humour which at times sits