The tagline says it all, “This is not your dad’s Star Trek”. This is the latest in a series of retcon origin movies, beginning with Batman and Bond, and now Kirk is being reimagined at the hand of J. J. Abrahms (Prod. Cloverfield) We begin in the past where a timespace anomaly has allowed a ship from the future of romulan origin to come and attack various ships, captained by the sadistic and callous Nero (Eric Bana, Troy).
The backstory and ensuing Redirection of space time sees James T Kirk left fatherless at as an infant. Rather than growing up in Starfleet, he grows up on earth, and becomes a brawler, boozer, and go nowhere drifter, until the caring Captain Pike take young Kirk aside and asks him to join the Fleet. On the way to Star Fleet academy, he meets Bones and Uhura, with mixed results.
Later in the academy, he cheats his way through a simulation, who’s graduate overseer is Spock. At that exact moment, a crisis calls all available man to their ships and sees Kirk brought aboard the Enterprise along with the gang. Nero attacks and the ensuing battle and power struggle aboard the enterprise are some vintage reworking of a classic story told in space.
The Actors get an A+, the effects are gorgeous, the plot itself takes a few twists and turns but really it’s a solid retcon to create a new fabric of tales of the 5 year voyage of the USS Enterprise to boldly go where no man has gone before. A 2, looking out for the sequels.
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