Set phasers to stunning

Rating: 9/10 (11 May 2009)

Reload the photon torpedoes - we're going warp 9 with J J Abrams Star Trek.
Action packed from the beginning, Abrams has not forgotten what makes audiences interested as he also allows us to become invested emotionally with the concept within the first 3 minutes. Then, never dropping the pace, he takes us on a roller coaster ride through the galaxy ingeniously re-introducing some of the most well known and well loved characters in TV and film history with an insight to their beginnings.
As with many other "remakes", all is not totally different in Abrams Trek, but a new twist will no doubt breathe vibrant new life into these fabulous characters once again for many more outings to come.
So. Dust off your star fleet uniforms, get your Spock ears out, sit back and enjoy arguably the best franchise reboot this decade so far (notwithstanding the yet to be released Terminator Salvation).