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Star Trek Into Darkness

  • 2013
  • PG-13
  • 2h 12m
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
New on Blu-ray: After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
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After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass ... Read allAfter the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

  • Director
    • J.J. Abrams
  • Writers
    • Roberto Orci
    • Alex Kurtzman
    • Damon Lindelof
  • Stars
    • Chris Pine
    • Zachary Quinto
    • Zoe Saldaña
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    • Director
      • J.J. Abrams
    • Writers
      • Roberto Orci
      • Alex Kurtzman
      • Damon Lindelof
    • Stars
      • Chris Pine
      • Zachary Quinto
      • Zoe Saldaña
    • 1.3KUser reviews
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    • 72Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 58 nominations total

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    Chris Pine
    Chris Pine
    • Kirk
    Zachary Quinto
    Zachary Quinto
    • Spock
    Zoe Saldaña
    Zoe Saldaña
    • Uhura
    • (as Zoë Saldana)
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Khan
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Spock Prime
    Karl Urban
    Karl Urban
    • Bones
    Simon Pegg
    Simon Pegg
    • Scotty
    John Cho
    John Cho
    • Sulu
    Anton Yelchin
    Anton Yelchin
    • Chekov
    Bruce Greenwood
    Bruce Greenwood
    • Pike
    Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    • Marcus
    Alice Eve
    Alice Eve
    • Carol Marcus
    Noel Clarke
    Noel Clarke
    • Thomas Harewood
    Nazneen Contractor
    Nazneen Contractor
    • Rima Harewood
    Amanda Foreman
    Amanda Foreman
    • Ensign Brackett
    Jay Scully
    Jay Scully
    • Lieutenant Chapin
    Jonathan Dixon
    Jonathan Dixon
    • Ensign Froman
    • (as Jonathan H. Dixon)
    Aisha Hinds
    Aisha Hinds
    • Navigation Officer Darwin
    • Director
      • J.J. Abrams
    • Writers
      • Roberto Orci
      • Alex Kurtzman
      • Damon Lindelof
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    9Xstal

    Rage & Retribution...

    Boldly going where no man (or woman or gender fluid) has gone before, climb aboard the Enterprise and let it fly and soar, as old friends gather, reunite, off to battle and to fight, strange new worlds, civilisations to explore.

    A renegade from the future rewrites his score, it's as if he wandered through another door, it's a better incarnation, riven through with lamentation, leaves Ricardo full of wrath just like before.

    Embrace it or you'll lose it, change is good, just let your imagination take you away, it's only a story after all.
    dillydrop

    We need Star Trek Into DEEPNESS, not darkness.

    We need Star Trek Into DEEPNESS, not darkness.

    In the movie theatre I heard a complaint from an old school Trekkie that the second installment of the Star Trek reboot had too many "Little Archie and Veronica" moments.

    This is true and it would be OK if that were just the icing on the cake. The real problem with the movie is that it runs like a typical SciFi action plot inserted under a Star Trek banner.

    This movie is missing the hallmark epiphany moments Star Trek is famous for. Mainly, it is missing the philosophical "WOW" factors that don't just blow your mind but rather expands it, making you realise that everything you thought you knew is wrong and that everything you thought the Federation had figured out is also wrong. These expansions used to pave the way for the audience to mentally and emotionally take that next step to, "Boldly go where no man has gone before..."

    This movie has no epiphany. Where is the deepness that Star Trek is synonymous with? This movie gives us what? A federation struggling with internal corruption and terrorism, a la the typical disgruntled ex employee, who in this case was cryogenics frozen for 300 years, as is the plot. Big deal. These are familiar themes we've all seen in movies before. Just trade the Federation for any corrupt financial, medical, educational, government and or religious institution. Trade the "John Harrison" character for any Bond villain and you have a movie that sounds like a bunch of other movies or what the news broadcasts. Boring.

    To me the Federation meant a time in the future when Humanity had finally gotten its act together and to a certain extent had rooted out all this corruption and terrorism. Unless a Klingon or Romulan shows up, things are supposed to be refreshingly illuminating. Not something that degrades into ordinary, mainstream, average caveman fist fight showdowns.

    How can we boldly go where no man has gone before in the future unless we have thrown off the shackles of the past? What a sad/shamey day it is when a Star Trek movie presents a not so optimistic future just as dark as today's headlines. I can read/watch the news/The Matrix if I want that. IS THERE NO ESCAPE?!!! IS THERE NO HOPE?!!!

    Obviously, Gene Roddenberry's spirit could not find a way to keep the franchise on track. Will, (Vulcan fingers crossed) Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike know the difference between the wealth of deepness and the poverty of darkness?
    8claudio_carvalho

    The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

    After violating the Prime Directive of the Federation interfering with the primitive inhabitants of Planet Nibiru, saving their lives from a volcanic eruption and exposing the Enterprise to them to save Spock (Zachary Quinto), Captain James Kirk (Chris Pine) is summoned by Admiral Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood) and loses the command of the Enterprise.

    Meanwhile, a Starfleet facility in London is bombed and the high-command has a meeting where the identity of the responsible, the former agent John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch), is disclosed. However, Harrison attacks the commanders; kills Spike and flees to Kronos, the land of the Klingons. Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller) assigns Kirk to kill Harrison and brings seventy-two torpedoes to the Enterprise to accomplish the mission. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scotty (Simon Pegg) refuses to receive the weapons and Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin) is relocated to his position and Dr. Carol Wallace (Alice Eve), who is a science officer specialized in weapons, joins the Enterprise crew. When they arrive in Kronos, they are attacked by Klingons but out of the blue, Harrison kills the Klingons and surprisingly surrenders to Kirk after knowing that the torpedoes are on board of the Enterprise. Then he discloses that he is Khan, a superhuman that was awakened by Marcus from a cryogenic pod to prepare the star-ships with powerful weapons for a war against the Klingons. When the Enterprise is intercepted by a mysterious starship commanded by Admiral Marcus, Kirk asks Khan to help him to save his crew.

    "Star Trek into Darkness" is a great sci-fi with a good story of Kirk and his crew and a powerful villain. The good acting and direction associated to top-notch special effects make a highly entertaining movie. Surprisingly there are bad reviews in IMDb that must be ignored by those that like this franchise. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "Star Trek Além da Escuridão" ("Star Trek beyond the Darkness")
    6TheLittleSongbird

    Nowhere near greatness, hardly 'Star Trek's' darkest hour either

    While it was not a perfect series (William Shatner's overacting, less than great production values and an iffy Season 3), the original 'Star Trek' series was a genre landmark and hugely influential and ground-breaking, also a mostly great series in its own right especially for the characters, the relationships and Leonard Nimoy's Spock.

    The films based on the original series were a mixed bag. A few great ones with 'The Wrath of Khan', 'The Voyage Home' and 'The Undiscovered Country', one in-between film with 'The Search for Spock' and disappointments with 'The Motion Picture' and particularly 'The Final Frontier'. There were ten 'Star Trek' films before this 2009 reboot, four being based on the 'Next Generation series where the only outstanding one was 'First Contact'. 'Generations to me was another in-between film and 'Insurrection' and 'Nemesis' were two other particularly problematic ones.

    Don't think 'Star Trek Into Darkness' is as good as the generally positive critical reception makes out, despite some really impressive elements (more so than those who dislike the film have made out), it is a heavily flawed film and does disappoint as a 'Star Trek' film. At the same time, as a film on its own 'Star Trek Into Darkness' is pretty decent but admittedly it could have been much better. While the disappointment is understandable and personally concur with a lot of the criticisms, it is nowhere near as bad as 'Star Trek' fans who hated it have said, coming from a subjective person this is not a 1/10 film.

    Visually, the film mostly looks great. The special effects are mainly fantastic and leave one in awe, while there is audacious and suitably moody cinematography and atmospheric lighting.

    Michael Giacchino delivers another winner of a music score, don't remember ever being disappointed by this man. Sure it is familiar, but it fits very well with the film and its mood and is unmistakable Giacchino, a beautiful score to listen to and has a lot of atmosphere.

    Where 'Star Trek Into Darkness' scores highly is in the action, it is staged in a way that generates a huge amount of thrilling excitement, tension and suspense. It's well shot too, and JJ Abrams knows how to deliver on the action and spectacle. The sound effects have a lot of authenticity.

    Regarding the story, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' evoked mixed reactions from me. It is rich in atmosphere and has some thrilling moments and truly exciting action, while the interplay between Kirk and Spock is brilliantly written and makes one feel quite nostalgic. The casting is in crucial parts bang on with some great performances. Chris Pine has garnered mixed reactions, to me he was more relaxed here and has a charisma that commands the screen.

    Zachary Quinto once again nails it as Spock, with huge shoes to fill, capturing perfectly what was so iconic about the character in the first place. Karl Urban is suitably cantankerous, Zoe Saldana is sexy and fiery and Leonard Nimoy makes a moving cameo. Best of all is Benedict Cumberbatch, who is sensational as Khan and is the best thing about the film, Khan is also the most interesting and most developed character and Cumberbatch gives him menacing intensity and sympathetic melancholy, a character who you fear but in some way understand his point of view.

    'Star Trek Into Darkness' has a lot of faults though. The script has some clunky moments, has comedy that really doesn't gel and is not very funny and fails to provoke much thought or have much depth, some of it feels dumbed down. Character development, something that 'Star Trek' at its best was particularly good in, is mostly lacking, outside of Khan, most of the cast actually are criminally underused and are very bland in personality (Urban was fine but was too much in the background), Alice Eve is little more than a window dressing plot device that felt incidental to the story and Simon Pegg (who is very funny in other roles) is irritating comic relief.

    Despite some good moments, the story was very problematic. That it has a lot of inconsistencies and continuity errors is just one problem, more of an issue was that some of it was in need of much more clarity because some of it is convoluted and under-explored, the big reveal is clumsy and far too obvious and the romance is shoe-horned, forced, underdeveloped and completely unnecessary.

    Although most of the film was well made, a few of the techniques that distracted a lot in 'Star Trek' (2009), especially the lens flares, still distract and look cheap. Abrams does action and spectacle well, but fails on what is a large part of 'Star Trek's' appeal when at its best which is the writing and the characterisation, both problematically executed and robs the film of heart and soul. The film is all big and noisy, but the brains and heart are missing.

    Overall, nowhere near greatness but hardly the franchise's darkest hour. 6/10 Bethany Cox
    8ThomDerd

    Good story - great fun

    Yes it's just pure fun. Not a Star Trek fan but I loved the action, the acting and the story. Good visuals and great entertainment. Recommended, 8/10

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    • Trivia
      Leonard Nimoy's final film role (and by extension, his final time portraying Spock) before his death on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83. It's also the first in the Star Trek franchise (either movie or TV series) after the death of Majel Barrett.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 24 mins) While planning the space jump, Sulu's display incorrectly labels the Enterprise as NCC/0514, which is the registry for the USS Kelvin from Star Trek (2009). It should read NCC/1701.
    • Quotes

      James T. Kirk: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

      Spock: An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.

      James T. Kirk: Well, still, it's a hell of a quote.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits in the film except for the title card, making this the third consecutive Star Trek film that does not list its cast at the beginning.
    • Connections
      Featured in The One Show: Episode #7.133 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from 'Star Trek' TV Series
      Written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry

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    • Release date
      • May 16, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Klingon
    • Also known as
      • Star Trek: En la oscuridad
    • Filming locations
      • The Getty Center - 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Star Fleet Headquarters)
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Skydance Media
      • Bad Robot
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    • Budget
      • $190,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $228,778,661
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $70,165,559
      • May 19, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $467,365,246
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 12 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
      • IMAX 6-Track
      • Sonics-DDP
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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