Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 2013)

I'll start by saying when it comes to Star Trek I don't know my Kling'on from my Vulcan; however I watched both the first ((J.J.Abrams)I'm a Novice) and this film on the weekend and the first film was very good I didn't really enjoy Nero so that left the villain spot lacking. The one thing I have to say is BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH; I'm not a cumberbitch, at all and I'm British so his accent is normal to me, however that was such a performance that even when he wasn't on screen he was still very much affecting the film and when he was on it you couldn't take your eyes off of him for me he was the star of the show. Chris Pine played Kirk very well and convinced the audience that everyone has a kid in them and needs to mature. (I hope I haven't offended any Trekkies). One problem that I do have though is (SPOILER ALERT) when Khan and Spock fight at the end I don't understand how he even lasted more than a minute and why did Khan run?!? One other is that why did they need to take Khan alive? They had 72 other superhumans that I imagine had the same blood capabilities. (I could be overlooking some massive plot point that had I watched the original series' I would know the answer to both so if thats the case ignore the last to points) Other than those two very small points it was amazing and again Cumberbatch put in the performance of his life!