The reinvention of Star Trek, with sincere tributes to previous films.

Rating: 8/10 (20 April 2017)

This movie follows "Star Trek" 2009, continuing the effort to create a new story around the characters of the immortal television series of the seventies. This time, the plot revolves around the first encounter between Kirk and Khan, one of his most powerful and fearsome enemies. Any similarity between the plot of this film and the plot of "The Wrath of Khan" (1982 film) is not mere coincidence but rather homage to the previous work, assuming these films as "heirs" of their predecessors. Leonard Nimoy's discreet but forceful presence is also an honorable tribute to one who has become one of the most recognizable faces in the "Star Trek" universe.
The film retains the main core of the previous cast. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Anton Yelchin give life to the central characters, with Benedict Cumberbatch embodying the villain. We cannot talk about mistakes from the cast. They worked well. Even CGI was generally better than in the immediate 2009 movie, though some things remain unrealistic and there are certain plot holes that elementary science knowledge could have avoided. With this movie, Star Trek saga shows us that its solid in cinema and still has a lot of good things to give us.