Star Trek is back !

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2009)

JJ Abrams has resurrected Star Trek with his own angle on the series. The new Star Trek delivers a well written plot along with a perfect casting that suits the characters.
In the year 2387, Ambassador Spock pilots a ship containing red matter. With the threat of a supernova nearby, the red matter is capable of creating a black hole that would soon enough draw the supernova to it. Before Spock succeeds, the unexpected happens when the supernova explodes and destroys Romulus, the Romulan home world. Spock then soon escapes the scene after a miner ship captained by Nero wants to avenge the loss of his home and family. However, both their ships are sucked into the black hole traveling into different times of the past creating an alternate reality. The Narada, Captain Nero's ship, arrives 154 years before the supernova and attacks a nearby Federation starship, the USS Kelvin. Acting captain of the USS George Kirk orders an evacuation of his ship after suffering a devastating attack by the Narada. Kirk stays behind covering the fleeing shuttle crafts, including one with his wife giving birth in. In the dying moment, Kirk hears the cry of his son and his ship collides with the Nerada, saving 800 lives including both his son and wife.
Growing up fatherless, James Kirk shows an inherited intelligence, and rebellion. After a bar fight with a number of Starfleet soldiers, Captain Christopher Pike tries to convince him to join the Starfleet with the heroic antics of his father. After three years in Starfleet, Kirk had befriended cadets Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy and the beautiful Uhura. At the academy, Kirk is accused of cheating on a test program and is then faced by his accuser, Commander Spock. During Kirk's hearing, Starfleet receives a signal from the Vulcan planet. The cadets then are ordered to go help the Vulcans while Kirk ignores his academic suspension with the help of Bones. Kirk is smuggled on the USS while Spock soon tries to save his family, only for his mother to die along the deteriorating planet. Then, Spock and Kirk beam aboard the Nerada saving the captured Captain Pike and then releasing the red matter that would eventually destroy Captain Nero and the rest of the crew.
The film had a well rounded plot that had its own twists. As you followed the details throughout it, you felt excitement and wanted to see more. The casting perfectly suited the characters. Chris Pine (James T. Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) had great chemistry that made you sense the rivalry and tension both their characters had at the beginning. The action JJ Abrams employed was anything but "illogical". It was a well directed film that had the pace and visual images that unfolded in every scene within its momentum and intensity. The visual effects were stunning and believable. The CGI effects did not look cheap as it showed the amount of effort the working people dedicated. To sum up, JJ Abrams did Star Trek a fair job which in my opinion every Star Trek and non Star Trek fan would enjoy. It is a must see movie that has revitalized the series.