Movie Review: The New Star Trek

Holy beer and pretzels batman this is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. The Star Trek franchise has been reborn with the power of a thousand suns, this is the Rock Star of the Trek movies as the "I've already seen it twice guy" sitting next to me declared. I am already foaming at the mouth for the next installment. I'm not even going to try to be objective here.

This Star Trek boldly goes where none have gone before and serves as a prequel to all the previous movies. It begins....at the beginning. And when I say beginning, I mean it. I'll not spoil anything for you here, but let's just say we meet James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock long before they form the lasting friendship Trek fans have come to love at the helm of the USS Enterprise.

Whoever did the casting for this movie should have a bronze statue erected in his honor. Chris Pine gives us a James T. Kirk that Shatner would be proud of, with all the swagger and ego he had in the original series. Zachary Quinto as Spock embraces the rational logic that is a Vulcan with the same acerbic tone that Leonard Nimoy gave the role for so many years.

The dreaded Romulans are back in full bad guy mode in this Star Trek. Fresh from the Star Fleet academy; young Kirk and Spock, along with Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Sulu, Chekov, Scotty and Uhura must save the current captain of the USS Enterprise, Earth and defeat the Romulan aggressors. Here's the full synopsis.

Look I don't want to give away anything in the story, so let's just say, this movie is worth seeing in the theater, twice at least. Even if you aren't a big Trek geek like I am you'll love this movie. (No, I don't go to conventions and I don't own a plastic Star Fleet badge nor a faux phaser.) It's got it all. Car chases, intergalactic wars, love scenes and it's also funny as all get out, the audience laughed out loud over and over again.

I give this movie 4 out of 4 stars. Star Trek is BACK!