Good but could have been better...

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2014)

The budget for this film was 190 million???? Seriously??? Why??? I mean I know in order to make a good sci-fi flick (especially with one that already has a strong fan-following and back story which begun decades ago and also revolutionized technology for story lines as such back then) you have to go all out but seriously was spending nearly 200 million necessary? Never mind the fact that this installment of the 'Star Trek' series went so overboard with its grandiose main plots and sub-plots that ten more films and perhaps other franchises could have been spawned from the material used in just this one film. The cast was excellent (as they were in the previous film) and the visuals were remarkable but there were way too many characters fighting for screen time & acknowledgment that the writers/editors should have just stuck to the "Khan" story line and fleshed it out instead of the slew of after-thought-like sub-plots which were so clumsily shot and poorly executed, especially towards the climax of the film.