Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek, the biggest cult television and movie series of all time, spawned an original TV series, 11 movies and 4 other TV shows set in the same universe but depicting different characters on a different adventure. 2009 saw a movie reboot with the character of the original series but played by different actors. Myself personally, i'm not the biggest 'Trekie' in the world, but i did enjoy the show. So i had my doubts about this reboot, didn't think new young actors would do the series any justice. I was proven wrong.

It was just amazing, so amazing that i find it very hard to describe. Its basically a prequel, telling the story of how the crew of the USS Enterprise all met, before James T Kirk (played by Chris Pine) became captain. All the classic characters are there including Spock (played by Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Played by Simon Pegg) and Uhura (played by Zoe Saldana). All of them gave top notch performances and did the classic characters alot of justice.

The only complaint i have is the character of Dr. Leonerd McCoy (played by Karl Urban), he kept it true to the original character but at times it felt kinda forced and over acted. Then again i haven't seen the original series in years so my memory may be a little rusty. Won't go into too much detail about the plot but i will say the villain in this one is a Romulan named Captain Nero (played by Eirc Bana) who is a time traveler, which sets the film in an alternative reality, which is very hard to explain but still makes sense when you watch it, in a way (after all, it is Star Trek), the only spoiler i will give you is that Leonard Nimoy makes an appearance as Spock from the future. So weather you a fan of Star Trek or not, this is worth checking out. Its action packed from start to finish as well as having an amazing plot and visuals.

9/10