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Jul 29, 2016

Star Trek Beyond - Review

Star Trek Beyond is a worthy sequel and is an overwhelming experience by any means. The sci-fi film is action packed with lots of fun with good feel on the visual side as well. Having seen and closely followed the television series when it was aired on our National Channel years back, Star Trek is one name which is very close to me. So didn't had any second thoughts for watching this part which is the third installment of the reboot series.

The USS Enterprise is forced to crash-land on an unfamiliar territory after a deadly attack happen in the outer space by Krall and his beastly team who are on the lookout for a valuable artifact which is somewhere hidden in the spaceship. Now it is upto Captain Kirk, Spock and rest of the crew to fight against these aliens to save themselves and save their race. Star Trek Beyond shows how Captain Kirk and his team execute their plans to defeat the deadly Krall and his army of creatures.

Doing total justice to the previous two versions of the reboot series and at the same time retaining the essence and feel of all the series, Star Trek Beyond is heavily loaded with action and violence. There is also considerable amount of fun the film has on offer making it really enjoyable.

While it was J.J. Abrams who directed the first two parts titled Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, it is Justin Lin who is more famous for making the Fast & Furious series getting the opportunity to hold the megaphone in the third installment. Believe me, Lin has done total justice to the franchise in making a visually good sci-fi film which the fans of this series can accept without any inhibition.

The length at two hours is a little more but that doesn't play a part in making the film looks dull nor does it cast a bad shadow on the overall proceedings. There is good movement in the plot and at no time does the film become boring. Screenplay takes care of that part giving lot of life and energy aided by plenty of action keeping the momentum on the up always.

Excellent CGI complimented by good background score, spectacular visuals of the space, taut screenplay and neat direction and of course plenty of action and that too some of them running to more time than we expect are some of the major highlights of this reboot.

On the acting side, Chris Pine, Zackary Quinto, Karl Urban playing Captain Kirk, Spock and Dr.Bones lit up the screen with their totally convincing acts. Rest of the actors supported them with humourous as well as serious acts that helped the film in its cause in a positive way.

One area of disappointment for me was seeing Idris Elba in a prosthetic makeover for almost ninety five percent of the film which I have to accept on the fact that it is as per the demands of the character. I would have loved to see him in his original looks but for Krall to be effective, that prosthetic appearance was a necessity. Still his voice was able to make a good impression inspite of his face being covered up.

Providing lot of scope for ample enjoyment as a Sci-fi film, Star Trek Beyond is something that you should not miss if you are one who is closely following the series. Even if not, you would find it a thrilling film with uninterrupted action, firework and pace. I go with three and a half out of five for this reboot series and expecting more films with some exciting stories from the franchise.

Rating - 3.5 / 5

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