Flawed But Still Good

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2014)

This movie essentially picks up where its predecessor leaves off with the main characters having somewhat established themselves in their individual capacities. More or less. In this specific film a terrorist by the name of "John Harrison" (Benedict Cumberbatch) has created significant destruction on earth and has fled to safety on an uninhabited part of the Klingon home world of "Kronos". Believing that he is about to give top secret information to the Klingons, "Captain James T. Kirk" (Chris Pine) and his crew are sent on a top secret mission to seek out and kill John Harrison from a great distance with newly developed long range torpedoes. But things don't go as planned. At any rate, rather than disclosing what happens next and possibly ruining the movie for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this was an interesting movie for the most part. Overrated but still interesting. As in the last movie the makers of the film choose to take segments from previous Star Trek television shows or movies and completely rearrange people and events to fit their specific story. And the use of good CGI and plentiful action manages to camouflage any discrepancies. At least for the most part. As such modern viewers will probably enjoy the film for what it appears to be-an enjoyable science-fiction movie. Those who grew up watching the original television series or the Star Trek movies from years past will probably notice the disparities and will base their overall judgment of this film accordingly. Personally, I thought it was a good movie. Flawed but still good. I rate it as slightly above average.