The long, beloved Star Trek franchise is back with a huge bang!

Rating: 9/10 (14 April 2009)

I was one of the lucky few people to catch an advanced screening of this franchise reboot of the original Star Trek series. As a long time fan who grew up with Gene Roddenbery's work, I have to say that in recent years, science fiction has gone downhill. In recent years, the aging Trek series has completely worn out even it's most defiant fans. After Roddenbery left the Star Trek stage, under the direction of Rick Berman, Trek went into a nowhere direction, with three average Next Generation films, (First Contact was good, but nowhere near as exciting as the best of the original series of films) Deep Sleep Nine was a constant bore, Voyager was little more than Lost In Space of the 1990s set in a Starfleet universe, and Enterprise went nowhere fast.
Star Trek was going completely in a tailspin until Lost creator J.J. Abrams, came aboard to jolt the aging Trek franchise with a much needed rush of adrenaline! Wow, this is easily the best Trek film in 20 years, bringing back the excitement of James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy and all the original crew back to their full glory. It's like seeing old friends all over again (even though this is an alternate universe.) Yes, this is a reboot, but the film has much needed action, and a new storyline that will bring new fans of the decades old science fiction franchise. Well done guys, for the first time in many years, I'm ready to go on another Trek! This is easily one of the best films so far this year! I love The Next Generation show and characters which I grew up with, but, I'm sorry, their films cannot, I repeat cannot touch the magic of the original crew at all!
Best of all, you don't need to be a fan of the series to watch this film. It's designed for people who have never seen a single prior Trek film or television show to enjoy it. Take the family, it's great entertainment!
The academy recently expanded it's best picture category to ten films. Star Trek should be on that list!