Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1984
	Director: Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 3 Men and a Baby)
	Actors: William Shatner (Loaded Weapon 1, Airplane 2), Leonard Nimoy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon), DeForest Kelley, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future 1-3, Piranha 1-2)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 04.08.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: After the encounter with Khan, Kirk (Shatner) left Spock (Nimoy) on the new planet Genesis. The father of the Vulcan urges the Captain to bring him back to their home planet.
Review: This movie is following the events of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by a few weeks. I definitely had seen it years ago but at that time couldn't place it in the whole Star Strek context. The interest of Star Trek III is not a classical Science Fiction story. There is indeed an enemy impersonated by the Klingon Kruge and played by Christopher Lloyd (I can't help laughting when I recognize Doc Brown's eyes and voice through the Klingon makeup and dialect but hopefully this is rare) but he is here only to bring incidents and action to the movie. No, the story is about friendship, friendship between Spock and Kirk, Spock and the crew of the Enterprise. And also family: Spock and his father, Kirk and his son. The movie relates what those characters are ready to do to save their friend(s) and family member(s). The ending is the perfect closure to the display of those relationship, and is quite moving. It is what I will remember from this movie, in spite of the dated visual effects and haircuts. Side note: the Genesis projects might have inspired Don Bluth for the Titan project in the animated movie Titan A.E.
Rating: 7 /10