The least Trek of any Trek film

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2013)

Star Trek has finally been bitten by the Michael Bay bug where explosions and blurry action scenes seem to substitute for quality film-making.
This is an entertaining film without doubt but it is too un-Trek like to be considered one of the the better Trek films. The director himself said he wanted to make a film which someone who didn't know the back story nor was a Trek fan could still watch and enjoy. This was a poor move and it shows. There are too many inconsistencies with it in terms of holding true to the Trek style where dialogue, suspense, deep plot lines were the norm and set Trek apart from most sci-fi movies. This new film is just too bang! boom! zing! and lacks enough link to the themes which made each previous Trek film (bar a few exceptions) special additions to the Trek family of films.