Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Star Trek XII: Wrath of Reboots

After wiping the slate clean with Star Trek ‘09 and opening up an infinite universe with infinite stories to tell… they retell Star Trek: II. Poorly.

Geoff: I’ll admit, I disliked this movie a lot less watching this time around than I did when I first saw it. That said, it still annoys me.

“Hahaha let’s do the iconic Spock death scene but this time have Kirk do it and throw in the famous “Khaaaaan” line!”
“But why?”
“Because!”
“OMG THAT’S GENIUS!!!”

If you don’t know the series, these things won’t bother you. But you also won’t get much out of them, so… I don’t quite understand. Did they think fans wanted to see this story retold?

Like Star Trek ‘09 this one moves fast, and like a typical J.J. Abrams movie, while you’re swept up in it, it’s a fun ride. It’s only later you realize it’s a house of cards and nothing makes sense.

I don’t know, I have a hard time hating this movie because it is well made, it just wasn’t well conceived.

Rank: 8th

Carolina: They almost ruined this new universe by going back and redoing the Wrath of Khan storyline, arguably the best Star Trek movie out there. When you watch this movie you're entertained. You're going through the motions and you're excited to see what's going on. It's non-stop. After the movie is over and you start thinking about the story... that's when you notice all the plot holes and how they take direct scenes from the original and do nothing new with them besides switching the roles. As if the creators hope that this will convey the same emotions the original did, but with a "twist." With Benedict Cumberbatch's character, him being Khan all along, it means nothing for the newcomers and just pisses of old fans. I don't understand. Out of all the stories you can do in this universe, out of all the stories you could re-tell and make better, they chose the one that needed no update or improvement.

I’ll give it props, they found a better excuse to revive someone, at least compared to The Search for Spock and their new logic doesn’t open up a huge plot holes and does not leave good characters as idiots. It does, however, mean everyone is immortal now, right? You know what, forget I said anything.

In the end, the movie serves as a time killer. I'd certainly watch this movie over any of the bad Star Trek movies.

Rank: 7th