You can’t even guarantee the safety of your own Star Trek Into Darkness review

PLOT

This is one of those stories that requires you to know the source material (in this case, a TV episode and a different movie) in order to truly get anything out of it, but, in the process, reveals itself to be a flashy-yet-hollow imitation of those sources.

CHARACTERS

In contrast to what I wrote yesterday, most of the core cast in these movies feel like parodies of the original characters, performed (or written) by people who’ve never seen the show themselves.

FX

Lowering the lights helped a little with the “hotel lobby” look on the bridge, I guess.

REWATCHABILITY

I remember having a little more fun with this one in the theater, but I guess it’s just the downside of having more Star Trek knowledge these days than I did back then. I can see what they did to it with this movie now.