Star Trek: Into Darkness Review

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What a way to continue such an exhilarating franchise. With the initial war between Kirk and Spock over they now find themselves on a new voyage as they prepare to reboot their career on board the USS Enterprise. This is the latest installment on what is going to be a long but exciting series as J.J.Abrams reignites the worldly renowned franchise. With this comes a lot of glitzy visual effects with many lens flares that all add to the excellent performances from Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spock).

The film starts by re-introducing where they left off from the first film in 2009 with Kirk  and the crew carrying out missions to help ave the world from a giant eruption. Doing so, he puts Spock at risk which results in having to do a rescue mission. This first scene shows the bromance between the pair growing as he risks the ship being seen in order to save Spock from dying in the eruption. This later leads Kirk into trouble once Spock files a report against him which causes a rift between the pair and they end up being kicked off the USS Enterprise. This one incident creates tension between the two which colors the entire relationship as they prepare to take on a mysterious enemy in John Harrison played by Benedict Cumberbatch. John Harrison is intent on creating a catastrophic war and doing so causes a massive explosion in London killing thousands of people, but who is this guy?

Cumberbatch gives the job in hand everything he has in order to portray a charcter who comes across as very deceiving and very clever. There is a lot of charismatic staring even when he is having ten bells knocked out of him which leads to thinking whether this man can be destroyed and how that is possible. As always, a bromance comes together, with Spock's character evolving rapidly to come to Kirks aide, John Harrison is trying to come between the pair in which neither take a liking to and do something about it.

As the story continues, there is some links starting to appear between the original series and the present and upcoming series which will answer some questions that were asked when the first series was released which to me was genius. This is why J.J. Abrams is such an acclaimed director, with little room to maneuver in terms of events that have got to take place within the film, he has done an excellent job in telling the story. All the characters have started to become the powerhouse characters they are in the originals and are starting to come of age. The whole crew is becoming the unit we are used to see in the old series which is where the franchise has got to be at ready for the blockbuster series that could run for longer than we first imagined. 

With terrific performances from Zachery Quinto as Spock, who comes across as vulnerable, emotionally constricted and sensitive, all the traits of a typical Spock. Then there is Chris Pine as Kirk, he plays him perfectly with his cheekiness and strong willed character who when needed to, pulls out all the stops to complete the mission at end. This franchise is really starting to kick off again to a whole new range of Trekkie and it can only get stronger with the creativity and technology that is picking up pace at an alarming rate.

I urge all who haven't, go and watch it, it has everything from story to Visual effects that will blow you away.

Finally,

'Live Long and Prosper'

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