Star Trek Beyond Review

The new star trek reboot series has had its ups and down, the first one was good, the second one disappointed a lot of people, so how does this new film compare?

When this movie’s trailer had come to the tune of Bestie boy’s sabotage, lot of people had said that this was an Effect of Guardians of the Galaxy and it use of classic tracks, but star trek 2009 also used a bestie boys track and this time they managed to integrate it into the film rather well.

This movie is the closest they have gotten to the spirit of the original Star Trek films without losing its sense of newness and wonder. This movie isn’t as rushed as the 2009’s film and definitely not as clichéd or random as the previous ‘Into Darkness’.

This is actually the BEST film in this reboot series.

This movie has gotten everything right.

Right from the emotions, to the story, the plot, the action and the FX. Not the least the Music. The theme from the first reboot movie carries on and the music really takes the movie forward.

Acting and Character wise, star trek has always been important as an ensemble piece, it does have its male lead in Kirk and female lead in Uhura, but this time the writing is VERY solid and everyone in the core team has something important to do.

Without giving away the story or the twists, this movie is about one mission and doesn’t have the helter-skelter feel of the previous two movies.

It’s also obvious by now that Justin Lin the Helmer of Fast and Furious, Fast 5, Furious 6 among others is a far better director than J.J Abrahams and he adds a very fresh and new factor into this movie. It has it absurd moments, but it’s so well-crafted that the movie shines at these moments!

Mild spoilers Ahead:

The sequence with the multiple Kirks on a bike and the part where Sabotage plays in space with explosions all over the place is amazing and some more screen time on that section would have been nice.

As for negatives, I don’t have any. The movie doesn’t leave any chance for nitpicking, it starts strong, follows up rather well and ends with quite a bang.

For Star Trek fans, this movie is going to be quite a ride, maybe new comers to this franchise will get a bit lost in the past lore, but this movie isn’t meant for non fans anyway.

Rating : 8.5/10

P.S: They added Nimoy’s passing into the script and made a small plot point as well. That’s very creative writing while paying homage to the Character inside the movies as well. It’s a great send off for the older Spock.