Considering I wrote a review for this when it was initially released I still stand by my original prognoses that this is arguably the best blockbuster of the summer season (just behind District 9). Undeniably fun, pacey and packed full of genuinely thrilling action beats, it manages to make Trek cool, a feat I thought impossible (I’ve never been a fan personally).
It does have its problems. Eric Bana’s Nero is a fairly one note and weak villain, despite having no qualms about nuking entire planets and their six billion odd inhabitants and considering the climax predominantly features Kirk and Spock you never get a sense of any real danger.
That said, its real trump card is the literal “rebooting” of the franchise, utilising time travel as a way of altering the established cannon, creating a parallel timeline for our new-age crew to trek through. Shatner’s Kirk and Co are out there somewhere, just in another timeline (re-enforced in this case by the appearance of Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime).
Star Trek was just a refreshing change compared to the likes of Terminator: Salvation, which went WAY too dark and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen which was just shit. It was bright, colourful and somewhat perky and retains much of this when watched on the small screen.
Good, well made blockbuster fun.
4/5
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