Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2005
	Director: Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky)
	Actors: Antti Satama, Tiina Routamaa, Samuli Torssonen
	Country: FIN
	Genre: SF, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 15.06.2014, DVD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Coming from the future but stuck in the early 21st century, Captain Pirk decides to build a futuristic ship, become emperor of the World, and attack the Earth in a parallel universe to solve our problem of overpopulation.
Review:  This was the first attempt by Timo Vuorensola at directing a movie financed by crowd funding, before he did much better with Iron Sky. No need to mention that it is supposed to be a parody of the Star Trek franchise, but a parody made by fans. For budgetary reasons it is obviously not as good as Galaxy Quest, a more famous movie in the same genre. The jokes are not often funny but the attempt at making this movie is noble. Note that it is available only in Finnish language with English sub-titles. Star Wreck looks like a movie made between friends, and it actually gets better and better as you go along, mainly thanks to generous space battles. They may have been rendered on home computers and look cheap, they are quite funny to watch, and actually more numerous than in the average Star Wars of Star Trek movie (even the recent ones) which is something that the Action fans can criticize from those big SF franchises. Recommended to the SF lovers and specialists only.
Rating: 3 /10