Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

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	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: J. J. Abrams (Super 8, Star Trek)
	Actors: Chris Pine (Rise of the Guardians), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek), Zoe Saldana (Avatar), Karl Urban (Dredd, The Chronicles of Riddick), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hobbit 1-3), Peter Weller (Robocop)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 15.06.2013, CINEMA theater, 3D
Synopsis: While Kirk (Pine) is releaved from the command of the Enterprise because of not following orders, a new ennemy (Cumberbatch) is trying to weaken the Federation and start a war with the Klingons.
Review: I like the first movie but I could criticize that it was lacking some ambition. I though it was acceptable because it had to spend time introducing the characters. I found this second movie of the new franchise even better, but also lacking something, and slowing down in its second half. Fortunately we start to feel the menace of an all-out war with the Klingons, which will be I guess the topic of the third episode planned for 2016. There are anyway plenty of things I liked in the movie: the same humor as in the first (with Scotty in particular), the relationship Kirk-Spock, space battles, and the bad guy who I thought at the beginning didn't look very menacing but turns out to be. It was also nice to see Peter Weller back in a big role. The massive destruction scenes are impressive, but like in Transformers no one ever cares about the thousands that die during those scenes. I realized that the Enterprise is not a warship but an exploration one and that the role of its crew is to discover new planets and civilizations. Last remark: the first scene reminds a lot of the Star Wars universe: strange planet and people, and especially an alien large animal that would be dear to George Lucas. A way to sensitise the fans to the fact that Abrams will direct the next Jedi movie? In any case, I am now tempted to order in Blu-ray the ten first Star Trek movies (I have seen only Nemesis years ago).
Rating: 7 /10