Good but I have mixed feelings.

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2009)

The above says it all, really. J.J. Abraham's reboot of Star Trek is bold, exciting, action-packed, decently acted and well-directed, with good effects, humour and a touching appearance by the original Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. But there is really one big problem with it.
It isn't Star Trek.
Throughout the entire 40-odd year history of the franchise, what made Star Trek so popular was it's commitment to optimism, philosophical fun, and some tongue-in-cheek cheesiness. Roddenberry and his writers created a universe that the viewer wanted to belong to. But this film wipes the entire history of Star Trek in one fell swoop, and creates a grimed-up world of its own making. Gone is the clean-cut look; the Enterprise's engineering section looks more like an oil refinery than a sophisticated Starship. And consider the following:
WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS!
Not long after Kirk And Spock first meet, the planet Vulcan is destroyed, killing Spock's mother in the process.
Kirk's father is also killed at the moment his son is born, defending his family against the same Romulan responsible for Vulcan's destruction, completely rewriting Kirk's personal history at a stroke.
Uhura and Spock fall for each other, hugging and kissing in a scene near the end.
And although Leonard Nimoy narrates the famous Star Trek credo, to seek out new life etc, what we really have is an action war movie, with little of Star Trek's respect for cultural differences. Star Trek dumbed down to the level of Battlestar Galactica - I'm talking about the old one! I don't think I've ever seen a film with as many plot holes as this one and still enjoyed it.
However if you can forget the entire history of the franchise you can find much to admire - Zachary Quinto is an excellent Spock, and Chris Pine is also a brash likable Kirk. Some of the action sequences are brilliant, Kirk and Sulu's attempt to save Vulcan by a sub-orbital drop is breath-taking, as is the final battle sequence with The Enterprise appearing suddenly above Saturn's rings to take the Romulan ship by surprise - a sure nod to The Wrath Of Khan, here.
Simon Pegg has a standout-extended cameo as Scotty, though Eric Bana's Romulan villain Nero feels pretty one-dimensional. In the film's biggest misstep, he even waits around for 25 years, just to have his revenge on Spock.
Entertaining and fast-moving, then. But it's just not Star Trek.