If Iron-Man 3 was a pure pop-corn entertainer, this one's where you won't have time to have one!

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2013)

I personally am not a fan of the franchisee. But the trailers looked beautiful and so did Benedict in the role of John Harrison. The last Star Trek film wasn't a put off either, giving me no reason to skip this one.
Fan or not, you are going to love this. Because it wouldn't confuse the ignorants of the back ground either, since it stands as an independent film where characters and scenes have been explained exactly enough to not overdo, keeping the pace on. Even with the unexpected twists, one as an audience would always know where the outline is headed, which can make it dull. But what clearly over-shadows such shortcomings are the various layers. Just when you think it's all going to be capturing or fighting off John Harrison, you come across the Marcus shade, after that the Harrison betrayal and then the retaining of cryo-pods. Still not to assume it's over, it has an enjoyable chase sequence between Spock and Harrison where at the end Spock's asked to keep him alive to use his blood as a cure.
It does not carry the whole film in one motive or few surprising twists like most conventional action-thrillers do but keeps us engaged through out with constant new developments. If Iron-Man 3 was a pure pop-corn entertainer, this one's where you won't have time to have one. (imeansuraj.blogspot.in)