OK, but a little disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (15 June 2013)

I loved the JJ Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot, so I'm not one the haters of the new franchise. I though Abrams had injected a welcome new energy and scope to the ST universe. The film was fun and inventive and had me looking forward to what they were going to do next. A sequel is always a difficult matter, because you have to deal with people's expectations and those are often impossible to match. It seems to me that Into Darkness suffers from the need of giving MORE of everything that made the first installment so successful: more action, more CGI, more noises, more jokes, more emotional scenes. There's just not any time to breathe in this film. The action scenes, for instance, are just too confusing and noisy. I would have preferred a more classic and less frenzy approach to the action shooting. This is Star Trek, not Jason Bourne. I also think that Abrams tried too hard create bombastic emotional moments for the audience. Personally, I think it is too soon for that. This is only the second film of the new franchise, and, since the first one was more of a pilot, we are watching the beginning of the adventures of the Entreprise. As the film starts, the whole crew is already falling apart. Too soon for that. It's too bad, because the plot had great potential and the villain played by the great Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the best I've seen in a ST movie. When he's on screen, the film grows. Overall, Into Darkness is a decent piece of entertainment, but one that would have benefited of a tighter script, more focused on the story and the villain. Please, forgive my English.