Star Trek VI: The Undisovered Country
Film Review
A well written, well directed and dare I say it, well acted, science-fiction adventure story. There’s action, there’s intrigue, there’s dialogue taken from straight from Shakespeare, I’m always disappointed it doesn’t get more recognition as one of the great Star Trek movies.
The story is perfect, having the original crew bring peace between the Federation and the Klingons is a fitting send-off, especially with them being such sworn enemies for so long. And just like it often is when attempts at peace are made, there are those that don’t want it, which is the connection with reality the best Trek stories do so well.
There are a few things that could be better, such as Iman’s shape-shifter, or Kim Cattrall’s oddly stunted vulcan portrayal (she seems to have mixed up controlled emotions with slight retardation), but it’s still wildly better than every Trek movie that followed, and holds up very well in the CG generated movie world we live in today.
