![]() ![]() But if you just want some old-fashioned action with some familiar characters, this totally hits the spot. Star Trek is streaming on Paramount+ (4.99+ per month after a seven-day free trial) and for free with ads on Pluto TV, and is available for digital purchase (9.99+) and rental (2.99+) from Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and other digital outlets. Kirk has applied for a promotion to Vice Admiral and commanding. Struggling to find continued meaning in the endless nature of their mission of exploration, Captain James T. If you expect this movie, like the series, to explore racism and war culture, well, you're not going to be happy. Star Trek Beyond Three years into its five year mission, the USS Enterprise arrives at Starbase Yorktown, a massive space station, for resupply and shore leave for her crew. Nothing in this movie is there to provoke thought, and I'm not entirely convinced that anything in the movie really makes sense, although there's nothing at the time that hit me as too absurd to live with (unlike the previous movie). The main villain has very little in the way of motivation, and when he explains his purpose it's quite disappointing. Crashed on an uncharted world, the crew must join forces with Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, to escape and stop Krall from triggering all-out war. But that's the last thing in the movie that suggests even a moment of thought. Woot On a rescue mission, the USS Enterprise is attacked by Krall, a warlord sworn against the Federation. The smartest thing in the movie is the funny opening scene, which suggests the difficulty of communication between different cultures. The movie had almost all the qualities of the original series except one - the thinking part. Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. After the noisy and irretrievably stupid (though reasonably entertaining) Into Darkness, I wasn't desperate to watch this one, but when I finally did I was relieved to discover that it was even more enjoyable than the first film in the reboot, a rollicking adventure with terrific alien weapons, fun McCoy/Spock repartee, a promising newcomer alien, and a lot of really excellent action scenes. ![]()
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