Makes Independence day look smart

Rating: 3/10 (9 May 2009)

For Star Trek fans ONLY. This movie is as visually stunning as it is stupid. Why? Simple: Time travel plots usually have holes large enough to drive a star ship through. This movie proves it.
In this case you have a planet blow up, Romulus. A Romulan captain with a very low IQ and a very powerful ship is plunged backward in time. He decides to kill everyone for destroying his planet. The problem: he's in the past so his planet isn't blown up yet. You'd think he'd want to phone home, warn the folks, maybe even contact the government and tell them what's on the menu in a century or so...but no: This guy has only one mission, to wait 25 years for Spock to show up, and then start the killing everyone in revenge for...uh...what hasn't actually happened. Even Spock seems to have forgotten that since Romulus isn't blown up yet, maybe he could have a chat, explain it, and everyone could go home happy. Nope...Spock has lost his marbles too. So now we have alternate reality Star Trek where EVERYTHING you've ever watched before now never happened even within the framework of fiction! What is worse, pompous scenery chewing Kirk has now become Kirk the young punk. Spock, sucks face in elevators, and Scotty doesn't wash. What a waste!