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Rating: Null/10 (7 April 2014)

The film starts out as Captain Kirk is being chased on an alien planet. A great beginning scene with the main crew neutralizing a volcano on a pre-warp planet leads ultimately leads to Captain Kirk being demoted as, not only does he violate the prime directive, but also lies on a report. The main action starts later when John Harrison (aka Khan) attacks a meeting of upper ranking Star Fleet officers. Kirk is able to neutralize the threat, but Khan escapes and is pursued. Kirk and his crew, now that Pike is dead, chase him to an uninhabited Klingon planet with the planet to destroy him with a new style of torpedoes. Scotty perceives this as dangerous and, due to his objections, leaves his post and the ship. Upon arrival at the planet, Kirk is able to capture Khan. Khan reveals the truth with the help of Scotty, who is now off ship. The new torpedoes actually harbor Khan's brethren and Marcus (Peter Weller) has been developing new weapons and has hopes of starting a war with the Klingons. Khan and Kirk are able to defend themselves against Marcus's attacks. They later fight amongst themselves, crippling both ships. Khan crashes his ship into San Francisco, and Kirk sacrifices himself to repower the ship. In the final fight, after Khan and the Vengeance have crashed into San Francisco, Uhura and Spock are able to capture Khan and use his blood to revive Kirk.
The obvious attempt to show war without blood, and the body of the woman (but only in part), are blatant attempts to market to the PG13 audience. It gives a sterile vision of war and seems cheap. These are obvious ethical flaws that I find unforgivable. Plenty of money was spent of actors and effects, so I feel that none of this was unavoidable.
The other major problem is that after First Contact humanity was united. In this movie, Marcus and his crew openly attack the Enterprise. The crew is shown, at least in part, human. They also seem not to be given any good reason for openly destroying the Enterprise and her crew. The Vengeance is overly aggressive and this is not conducive to the spirit of a united humanity that is shown in so many movies/shows. It helps to add a big battle that JJ Abrams is known for doing("Armaggedon" "Mission Impossible 3"). The adventurous sci-fi atmosphere is sacrificed for the sake of a giant battle. It doesn't make much sense and is an insult to the genre. It's stated he "went rogue" and "has Khan". He neither went rogue, as Marcus should know and his capture of Khan was to take him to Earth.
This is an example of post-Jaws Hollywood blockbuster. It's fun in the theatre, and is very exciting. These are fun attributes, especially with a group of friends in the theater. There are just more important things than explosions.