The film we have been waiting for since 1979

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2009)

This is the Star Trek film Trekkers have been waiting for for decades! True to the spirit of the classic series Star Trek tells the adventures of a young Enterprise crew on their first mission. The film is awfully well told and full of action and suspense. It's 127 minutes long and not one of them is boring. However, the film is engaging not only because it is a well made action film but also because it has strong and interesting characters. The acting is superb. With the exception of Chris Pine, all actors manage to make us recognize the original characters without just copying the original actors. Particularly Checkov as Wunderkind is a great character. Pine does not convince as Kirk. The story is Kirk's initiation into becoming a responsible officer but especially in the beginning Pine plays him too smug and too self satisfied. At the end there are a few moments when Shatner's suave performance shines through but all in all Pine lacks the ability to relate to the character. But since the film is more about Spock than Kirk it's not too much of a problem. All in all Stark Trek is one of the few adaptations of TV series that creates something new yet treats the originalm series respectfully.