The writer knows and loves the series and obviously cares about the characters and the universe and took real effort to put in time and lines and references and fun for each character.
The story itself is ok - not amazing, but it serves and does its job - mainly in this movie it's a framework to hang performances and moments on so you can spend time with the characters and explore the universe, and it does that beautifully. Each actor gets time to actually develop (at least a little, some more than others of course) and the universe itself gets time to shine as well - the Yorktown is breath taking and made me feel like a little boy again - seeing the future as only really great sci fi can imagine it, the enemies ships are impressive and the world visited during the story and it's history is even interesting, though not as important / developed.
On a rescue mission, the USS Enterprise is attacked by Krall, a warlord sworn against the Federation. Crashed on an uncharted world, the crew must join forces with Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, to escape and stop Krall from triggering all-out war.
Starring: John Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
