STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) MOVIE REVIEW
Remember how I said in my review of The Great Gatsby that it was my favourite movie of the year so far? Yeah..I may have forgotten all about this masterpiece.
Our story begins with our two main characters apart of the U.S.S Enterprise, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) discussing about the fate of the crew after the events of the first film. After talking with the high council regarding this matter, the council is soon attacked by an unknown force whom Kirk only gets a short glance of. Now a threat towards the Enterprise, the crew get back together to go after this council killing vigilante. Upon arriving in Klingon territory, they soon encounter the vigilante (Benedict Cumberbatch) as they observe him decimating various Klingon soldiers and realise that this one man army is not to be crossed with. As events lead on, they eventually capture him and begin questioning, though from there, many things start to go south for the crew and now they must figure out how to put a stop to this menace once and for all, without ending his life. For the most part, I really enjoyed the plot of the movie and I found it really intriguing to see how the many scenarios in the movie conclude and play out. Overall, the story for the film was great and could easily be considered canon for any die hard Star Trek fan like myself.
Very few people have been questioning Abrams about whether he can make the timeless Star Trek lore relevant again, and he has done it like a champ. The thing I love about this movie is that everything makes sense and like I stated before, could easily be confused for actual canon. Another thing that Abrams seems to be handling quite well is the use of visuals. Each scene, whether action packed or not makes me look on with anticipation and awe just waiting to see what transpires, and the fact that this movie is in 3-D somehow just makes that better. While at times the lens flare can be too much to handle at some stages, this is only extremely minor and will not affect the final verdict on the film. Overall, I felt that the visuals shown were extremely enjoyable to watch and can keep all viewers engaged.
Now we come to what I believe to be Into Darkness' strongest aspect, actors and characters. Most of, if not all, the actors played their roles nearly perfectly. Chris Pine reprises his role and Kirk and does a great job at it. Zachary Quinto also reprises as Spock and really does a good job at being an extremely passive aggressive guy and when he is angry, he is very intense. I could go on about the enterprise actors, but I would be here all day. Though two more actors must be mentioned, and those men are Simon Pegg and Benedict Cumberbatch. As for Simon, he was the comedy relief of the movie and since he is basically hilarious in anything he plays, you know he's going to be here. And of course, he is. Now for Cumberbatch, he literally stole the show and every single advertisement for this movie has something to do with Benedict's character, whom I shan't be spoiling for those who for some reason haven't seen the movie. Cumberbatch was intense, he was menacing and above all, he played a nearly perfect villain and was without question the best part of the movie.
What more do I need to say about Into Darkness? It was intense when it needed to be, it was funny when it needed to be and above all, it knew what it was. A superb action movie backed up by relevant Star Trek lore. Because of this and more, Star Trek: Into Darkness could easily be considered one of the best movies not just of all year, but perhaps of all time...maybe.
Very few people have been questioning Abrams about whether he can make the timeless Star Trek lore relevant again, and he has done it like a champ. The thing I love about this movie is that everything makes sense and like I stated before, could easily be confused for actual canon. Another thing that Abrams seems to be handling quite well is the use of visuals. Each scene, whether action packed or not makes me look on with anticipation and awe just waiting to see what transpires, and the fact that this movie is in 3-D somehow just makes that better. While at times the lens flare can be too much to handle at some stages, this is only extremely minor and will not affect the final verdict on the film. Overall, I felt that the visuals shown were extremely enjoyable to watch and can keep all viewers engaged.
Now we come to what I believe to be Into Darkness' strongest aspect, actors and characters. Most of, if not all, the actors played their roles nearly perfectly. Chris Pine reprises his role and Kirk and does a great job at it. Zachary Quinto also reprises as Spock and really does a good job at being an extremely passive aggressive guy and when he is angry, he is very intense. I could go on about the enterprise actors, but I would be here all day. Though two more actors must be mentioned, and those men are Simon Pegg and Benedict Cumberbatch. As for Simon, he was the comedy relief of the movie and since he is basically hilarious in anything he plays, you know he's going to be here. And of course, he is. Now for Cumberbatch, he literally stole the show and every single advertisement for this movie has something to do with Benedict's character, whom I shan't be spoiling for those who for some reason haven't seen the movie. Cumberbatch was intense, he was menacing and above all, he played a nearly perfect villain and was without question the best part of the movie.
What more do I need to say about Into Darkness? It was intense when it needed to be, it was funny when it needed to be and above all, it knew what it was. A superb action movie backed up by relevant Star Trek lore. Because of this and more, Star Trek: Into Darkness could easily be considered one of the best movies not just of all year, but perhaps of all time...maybe.
OVERALL: 8.6/10
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