In moving forward after a successful reboot of the Star Trek Franchise, Director JJ Abrams
continues his campaign of reconstructing old characters and situations that gives this latest edition more bang for your buck at the box office.
The film begins with the USS Starship Enterprise on a mission to explore a uncharted planet when suddenly
much like the opening of Raiders of The Lost Ark Captain Kirk is being chased by a group of savage natives.
Meanwhile, Spock is trapped on a slab of ash and is about to become yesterday's news when Kirk rushes to save him. He knows he is violating Federation rule by allowing himself and his crew to be exposed but is willing to rescue his crew no matter what the costs.
Kirk's then fly by the seat of his pants approach and putting passion before principle are questioned before a Federation meeting. They strip him of his rank and demote him
At this moment this is the genius behind screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtman, and Damon Lindelof
In order for this young, hot shot, maverick James Kirk to mature into a man a loss must occur. The loss of his Supervisor and Mentor Pike. The one who believed in him, the one who saw in Kirk a natural born leader.
A natural born leader we begin to see Captian Kirk rise to be when he faces off against his old hated rival Kahn risking himself and his crew in a vast military operation for something bigger than all of them....the survivial of all mankind.
YES..........................KAHN!
YES........THEY"RE OLD FRIENDS READY TO TANGO
IF ONLY LIKE THIS........BUT NOT QUITE!
TOO RICARDO MONTALBAN-LIKE HUH?.........AWWW.......YEAH! LOOKS MORE LIKE A WALTZ THAN A BEATDOWN.
HEY....If you're worried about THIS KAHN resembling the dried out, Shakespearean Thespian actor turned Criminal in Ricardo Montalban's Kahn then don't be
Put it together and you have a volatile combination of brains and braun.
In order for Captain Kirk to mature as a leader and in order for the crew to complete their mission he must come to terms with his Science Officer Spock.
Spock, the hot headed braniac believes that following your gut instinct in times of crisis to save your friends is highly illogical.
Later on when the going gets tough Spock soon realizes Kirk's earlier speech that in times of great danger, chaos, or In Darkness as the title applies you're no longer certain of what the right thing is to do.
All you must do in times of great distress is............
YOU MUST>>>>>>
That's when Spock learns what it means to be human and have feelings when he performs a Kirk-like procedure in his last action scene to catch Kahn as well as rescue Kirk.
Yes, I know that in Wrath of Kahn Spock dies and is later re-risen from the ash from Kahn's Super Cells .
Keep in mind in this latest re-boot of the Star Trek Franchise it's more about Kirk's rise as a young rebel, spaceship Cowboy to become a natural born leader. In the end Kirk and Spock still share a more appreciation of each other's talent's and abilities and become close as friends very much so In The Wrath of Kahn.
In the end I left feeling very pleased with the direction these Star Trek sequels are turning out. JJ Abrams is doing a fantastic job of using storytelling and use of CGI properly to strengthen and propel old Star Trek storylines of old to give them a whole new meaning of space ship excitement the whole family will enjoy.
I'm all on aboard this one giving it a 5/5 and if this is any indication of what's to come for the next Star Wars sequel JJ Abrams maybe the next big thing since James Cameron.
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