The Vidiot Reviews

Rating: 7/10 (11 September 2013)

Star Trek Into Darkness
The advantage to being a Vulcan is you don't need any ear prosthetics to cosplay as an elf.
However, the pointy-eared extraterrestrial in this sci-fi movie isn't interested in infantile costume parties.
After risking his crew (Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin) to save his first officer, Spock (Zachary Quinto), Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) is reprimanded by his superiors, Admiral Pike (Bruce Greenwood) and Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller), and striped of starship command.
But when a genetically enhanced Starfleet officer, Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch), attacks Starfleet Headquarters, Kirk is deployed on a manhunt, armed with photon torpedoes carrying an unsettling Starfleet secret.
While there is tons of space action, admirable performances, and nods to franchise canon, this sequel's shoot-first mentality is the antithesis of Gene Roddenberry's vision.
If the old show had half as much violence as Star Trek Into Darkness than non-losers would have watched it.
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