Star Trek: Into Blandness

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2013)

*** May Contain Spoilers*** I was really looking forward to this movie, especially as the first in this re-booted series was highly enjoyable. It started off well enough, great special effects, exciting action and good characterisations but, when the big reveal of the villain came it all fell apart. I wanted to see something new, something never before attempted in a Star Trek movie, all I got was a tepid remake of The Wrath of Khan. Sure, Cumberbatch played a good bad guy and I liked the new look Klingons when they appeared but why rehash an old movie? Once Khan is revealed the movie just heads downhill and never recovers. All in all, a bitter disappointment.