J.J. Abrams has done it again

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2015)

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is the twelfth picture in the STAR TREK franchise and the sequel to the 2009 reboot, simply titled "STAR TREK" and it is once again directed by by an extremely popular J.J. Abrams from a script written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci & Damon Lindelof.
The plot of INTO DARKNESS takes place one year after the previous installment, with Kirk, Spock, Uhura and the crew of the USS Enterprise sent to the Klingon homeworld seeking former Starfleet member-turned-terrorist John Harrison, but he turns his back on everyone and decides that he is going to have his long awaited revenge.
The story is amazing and the credit is given to the three writers of this film and the direction of this film is just amazingly epic and fantastic. The dialogue is the main aspect in this film and it was fantastic that they wrote some good lines for the characters, especially Kahn / John Harrison and the earlier film that was inspired by the film was "STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN".
The music by Michael Giacchino, who returned to compose music for this film and composed music for the previous film, STAR TREK and also composed music for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, which I reviewed on IMDb, as well as STAR TREK (2009) and it was just simply amazing.
The visual effects created by Industrial Light and Magic are just as good if not better than the original film. It was also post converted to 3D and it was really cool. The action sequences are really cool and amazing, especially the fight scene between Spock and Kahn at the end of the feature film was just choreographed well and well shot.
The acting is MUCH better this time around. The returning cast members is amazing as it was in the first film. Alice Eve plays Carol Marcus in the film and she is hot and cool in this film and she does a good job with what she's got. Peter "Robocop" Weller plays the role of Admiral Marcus and he is good in his screen time he has until he is killed off in the film.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the role of Kahn / John Harrison and he does a darn good job in his portrayal of the character, who was once played by the late Ricardo Montalban, may God rest his soul, in the STAR TREK TV series and the second film "STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN".
He had to fill some very huge shoes and I am surprised that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did not give him an Oscar for his role.
Overall, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, the film is an improvement over the 2009 reboot and I cannot wait for STAR TREK 13.
But it is sad to say that J.J. Abrams will not be returning for the third Star Trek film, because he has just finished STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, the seventh episode in the STAR WARS movie franchise.
Justin Lin is directing STAR TREK 13 and I could not have been happier because he has directed Fast and Furious 3, Fast Four, Fast Five and Furious 6.
9/10.