Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

slaventure-49721 Every time the Enterprise is attacked and people are shown flying through the air, the same woman's voice is heard screaming.

angelinakontini First of all, it does not follow any of the real Star Trek principles. The ship does not look at all like a starfleet ship. The crew does not talk at all like a starfleet crew. Starfleet represented higher ideals and a formal way of managing a ship. The dialogues are so informal, thoughtless and none can believe that real starfleet officers would talk in such a manner. The first impression of Captain Kirk is that of a fearful, uneducated cadet. Leaders are born, not made and this Kirk does not sound like a leader. I am not sure what is worse, the script or the actors or both. The settings look highly technological, which is completely contrary to the fact that the setting of the original Star Trek was not so technologically advanced. They failed to create a believable timeline. Nothing inside the starship, reminds one of a starfleet starship. This vast inconsistency in style is not believable. The story itself has nothing unique, nothing intelligent, it is like a badly written episode of a 7 season series, but without any real plot. It's all action. Nothing on morality, nothing on exploration, it is just a continuous conflict and an attempt to escape unfortunate circumstances. Not even any brilliant strategical or tactical scenes. The worst thing about it, is how they tried to recreate the scene where Spock died in "The Wrath of Khan" with Kirk in his place. It was obvious that that scene was placed there as an attempt to somehow connect the old with the new Star Trek, totally failing as it came across tasteless, and without any sort of justification from the actual plot. They changed everything, only kept the name and some childish references to the older Star Trek. Disappointing.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013)In my opinion any negative review to this picture is forfeit; this is the "Star Trek" movie every one can wish for. With connection to "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" directed Nicholas Meyer in season 1981/1982 screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof do their homework in digesting the "Star Trek" universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s to make immersive, exciting and easy-to-follow for any spectator at the movies, who are looking out for two hours of science-fiction action thrills, when Director J.J. Abrams keeps the television-episode-like speed, supported by highest to conceive camera equipment, including even IMAX camera plus Hasselblad lenses shots in selected theatres, orchestrated by cinematographer Dan Mindel, in the game of production for maximum enjoyment with an already-accepted young crew of NCC-1701 Enterprise, who gets attacked by internal affairs in the fleet by an upgraded spaceship in deep blacks capable of being operated with higher-rated fire power within warp-speed and operated by less man-power to be hijacked by the character of Khan, performed by proper-signature sharing actor Benedict Cumberbatch confronting young Captain James T. Kirk, portrayed by William Shatner-tributing ease between high-voltage action beats to slight humor of irony with a wink from actor Chris Pine and his Enterprise inmates as Zachary Quinto as high-speed running and fist-fighting Spock, Zoe Saldana as Klingon-delegating Uhura and Simon Pegg as taking-chances Scotty, who together complete the delivery of an higher-stakes, accelerated successor to the unless ascended emotional-sophisticated recreation of "Star Trek" from 2009.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Leofwine_draca STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is the second film in the rebooted STAR TREK series, following on from the lacklustre first. The good news is that this one's a definite improvement, a straight-up action flick with a fast pace that takes your mind off the less-than-impressive moralising and character development of the cast. It starts off very well indeed, with Kirk and co. at the mercy of an unknown mega-villain running rings around Star Fleet, before turning into a typical outer space adventure in the second half.As an ensemble production, few of the cast get a real look-in, with an annoyingly 'heroic' Chris Pine failing to get the viewer on side (he was much better in UNSTOPPABLE) as Kirk and Zachary Quinto a bit stiff as Spock. Simon Pegg is better in his usual comic relief role (the same as his one in the MISSION IMPOSSIBLE franchise) while newcomer Alice Eve is a bit too chipper. It's left to the old pros like Bruce Greenwood and Peter Weller to really excel, although Benedict Cumberbatch is fine too as the villain of the piece, lit to look very much like an alien. Watch out for a great little cameo late on. The rest is a mash-up of heroism, endless CGI spectacle, and ordinary plotting.