Star Trek Into Darkness is the confirmation for Star Wars Episode VII's faith

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2013)

For the first time in science fiction history, the faith of the next Star Wars movie has to depend on this new Star Trek. So is it good? Let's find out.
Now that he's Captain of the Enterprise, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his crew request to go after a Star Fleet fugitive by the name of John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch), after he attacked two key Star Fleet locations. Kirk, Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto), and the rest of the crew embark on an adventure that leads to some surprises and unexpected events.
There was a lot of excitement for this movie, and the trailers made it appear that no one was going to be safe, and given the fact that this is an alternate reality, anything can happen. While it's not as good as the last movie, it does have some improvements. The action scenes are much better and more exciting. So exciting that they made me feel tense most of the time. Since the crew is established with each other, there's better interaction between the characters and Kirk is a much better fighter then in the last movie. The villain is a lot stronger in this movie then Nero was in the last one. Benedict Cumberbatch owns every scene he's in and is great as John Harrison. I also love how Scotty (Simon Pegg) is given more to do since he wasn't introduced until at the end of the second act of the last movie.
There was some stuff that I wasn't crazy about. One thing that disappointed me was that the trailers made me feel a sense of dread, and I didn't feel that until near the end of the film. The rest wasn't all that dreadful. I felt that the ending was somewhat of a cop out. It's not really bad, it's just not as climactic as the ending of the last movie. It felt a bit rushed. One thing that I feel is going to irritate hard core Trekkies, is the fact that the beginning of the third act, feels like they were remaking bits of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". I've seen that movie, and as a very casual Star Trek fan, it didn't bother me all that much, with the exception of one moment in particular that took me out of the movie for a while. People who have seen the movie will know what I'm taking about
Despite that one moment, it wasn't enough to ruin what is an very enjoyable movie. It wasn't as good as the 2009 version and it wasn't as emotionally powerful as I was hoping it to be, but it's still pretty good and if you can, see it in IMAX, because there are scenes that were made for the IMAX format.