Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Release date: 1979-12-08
Country: USA
Language: English|Klingon
Director: Robert Wise
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Century Associates, Robert Wise Productions
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 2h 12min

Storyline

A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers as it makes its way towards Federation space. Admiral James T. Kirk is ordered to take command of the USS Enterprise for the first time since her historic five-year mission. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but they are also destroyed by the alien spacecraft. The only starship in range is the Enterprise, after undergoing a major overhaul in drydock orbiting Earth. Kirk rounds up the rest of his crew, and acquires some new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft. However, it has been three years since Kirk last went into deep space - is he up to the task of saving Earth?

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Short Review

There are only so many ways to photograph black starry space and the under-bellies of spaceships, and the films that got there first used them all up.