Four years after the brilliant reincarnation of Star Trek that he did...JJ Abrams returns for yet another sci-fi action adventure featuring all your favorites including Scotty, Chekov, Uhura, Captain Kirk and of course...Spock. As well---Abrams has once again proven to truly be a master of his craft. Star Trek: Into Darkness brings new (excuse my deplorable pun) light to the series and in my opinion, even improves upon the first one. This is as perfect of a summer film as you can get and one that I will definitely be seeing in theaters a few more times.
This time...Kirk (Chris Pine) has to face off against a menacing one man army (Benedict Cumberbatch.) Helping him out are Spock (Zachary Quinto, with a deliciously dry sense of humor), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Sulu (John Cho) and newcomer Carol (Alice Eve.)
I kid you not...this is all I can say as far as the plot goes. Saying anything else would be spoiler city. If you look on The Internet Movie Database and see the cast list for the film....you can see who the villain is. I urge you not to do this because it is significantly more fun if (like with me) you have no idea who the villain is or what his motives are. The whole cast is terrific. Cumberbatch makes a terrific villain and the returning cast is even more phenomenal than in the first one. You would think after four years...they may have forgotten what they were doing but that is not the case. Eve is also quite good even if she's there more for eye candy purposes than to actually be a good actress.
The action is exciting, the plot involving and the villain one of the scariest of the past couple of years. Everything works on a huge level here. The movie's loud but it's not just noise. There is so much more to the loudness than that. There is smart dialogue, amazing action sequences and a terrific soundtrack by well known, Oscar winning composer Michael Giacchino. This is the type of film where there is not a dull moment in it.
It may be early in the summer movie going season but I think that I have already found the highlight of the summer. Star Trek: Into Darkness is a ridiculous amount of fun and might just be the best film I'll see all summer. That is unless Grown Ups 2 really ends up surprising me.
(5 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence)
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