While it won’t be widely released in US theaters until next week, a private press screening of Star Trek Beyond was held on Wednesday night in Los Angeles — and initial reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

TrekNews.net contributor Laura Sirikul, who attended the LA screening, tweeted “#StarTrekBeyond is what the Trekkies have been waiting for from the three movies. This was great” immediately following the film’s conclusion.

“The word is given!! #StarTrekBeyond is a blast! Great fun, action, humor! A throwback to The Original Series!” tweeted Access Hollywood film critic Scott Mantz.

Critic for the Guardian and host of Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast Jordan Hoffman tweeted “STAR TREK BEYOND does something magical: has big, bold action but puts these characters in, basically, a TOS episode. For me it was a dream.”

#StarTrekBeyond is what the Trekkies have been waiting for from the three movies. This was great @StarTrekMovie. — Laura S (@lsirikul) July 14, 2016

STAR TREK BEYOND does something magical: has big, bold action but puts these characters in, basically, a TOS episode. For me it was a dream. — Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) July 14, 2016

#StarTrekBeyond honors the old films, Leonard Nimoy, and Anton Yelchin. — Laura S (@lsirikul) July 14, 2016

The word is given!! #StarTrekBeyond is a blast! Great fun, action, humor! A throwback to The Original Series! LOVE! pic.twitter.com/pTkzFdIJ1p — Scott Mantz (@MovieMantz) July 14, 2016

#StarTrekBeyond feels like a TOS episode in a way that gives this new Trekverse a really long future. Fun, pretty dark, lots of fan moments — jen yamato (@jenyamato) July 14, 2016

You know what I really loved about #StarTrekBeyond, none of the women were sexualized for no random reason or at all. — Laura S (@lsirikul) July 14, 2016

Heyyy, there’s a special guest here at the LA press screening!#startrekbeyond pic.twitter.com/bdxNgxgMnI — TrekNews.net (@TrekNewsNet) July 14, 2016

Directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg, Doug Jung, Roberto Orci, John D. Payne and Patrick McCay, Star Trek Beyond stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella and Lydia Wilson. The film will hit theaters on July 22 after premiering during San Diego Comic-Con on July 20.

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