Awful script, nice visuals.

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2011)

Yes so some crazed Romulan who doesn't actually look like a Romulan gets thrown back in time and causes James T. Kirk's father to die prematurely, thus altering the course of history. The reason this happens, is that Spock was too late to stop a star from going supernova. Quite why he was late is not explained, probably because the writer had no clue why a Vulcan would be late for a major event like a supernova... Well Spock has this 'red matter' which can cause a black hole which eats a supernova for breakfast. Presumably the writer knows nothing about astrophysics since his black hole can eat a star yet would not pull the orbiting planet out of the Goldilocks zone... not that there would be a Goldilocks zone since there's no star to support life any longer... It is this 'black hole' through which older Spock travels back in time... however, the supernova which was swallowed some moments before did not travel back in time to the same location, yet the now deranged Romulan is transported to the same spot some moments before Spock.... amazing how a whole cataclysmic stellar event just disappears down the plot-hole, i mean black hole... So Nero the crazy Romulan hangs about for a couple of decades for Spock to pop out of the black hole... then captures Spock and takes the red matter. Instead of going to save his own planet, fruit-loop Romulan decides to destroy Vulcan with the red matter... It's a pity the talents of the cast were wasted on such an awful script...