Noel Clarke in Hollywood

Rating: 2/10 (28 February 2014)

Someone must like Noel Clarke to put him in this film because it was a nothing cameo part that added nothing to the film. Benedict Cumberbatch's performance was good. Simon Pegg is well cast as Scotty. The Thandie Newton lookalike (Zoe Saldana) as Uhura was visually interesting, but I didn't believe she was in love with Spock. Surely Uhura kissed Captain Kirk in the original series? Alice Eve's character, Carol, looks like Sally Kellermann's character in an episode from the original series titled 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'. The scene where she is undressing is good, but maybe there should have been more romantic interest. John Cho's performance was uninspired and the dialogue is tacky. The film is dull as a whole, but there are some good performances to showcase talent.