Star Trek into Flash Gordon

Rating: 2/10 (14 November 2019)

When Star Trek reaches this point, there's only one conclusion: there is no point.
At least in the hands of the people responsible for making the creative decisions on this film: there is no point.
Stop making these Star Trek films. Stop making remakes!!! I sincerely believe that the lame and lacklustre, awfully constructed follow on 'Beyond' Star Trek film suffered it's box office disappointment, in part, in the dirty air that was this films trailing wake.
In terms of technical credits this film sounds unlike Star Trek. In the character dialogue this film sounds unlike Star Trek. In the production design this film looks unlike Star Trek. In the character actions, motivations, reasonings, this film looks unlike Star Trek!
So, if you are going to make a remake, at least make it Star Trek!! If you want to tell new stories, take new creative decisions, follow new directions with these films DONT MAKE REMAKES!!!
In fact don't:
1) GO "BACK" IN TIME (to young Kirk and crew) of something that informed fans know with familial familiarity if you want to flex your creative muscle
2) DONT MAKE REMAKES and especially not remakes that are terrible due to misunderstanding the film that's being remade.
So really, don't make this film; if the intention is to milk Star Trek milk it properly: if the intention is to be creative BE creative.
I can not give this film more than a couple of stars out of ten.....even the visual flair that marked the '09 'Star Trek' reboot has diminished; even the panache with which actors interpreted or impersonated the original cast characters in that film has dissipated.
The remaining film is an awfully conceived Flash Gordon esque treatment due to its being a badly considered remake of a film, the source of which clearly wasn't understood.