After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass ... Read allAfter the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 58 nominations total
- Uhura
- (as Zoë Saldana)
- Ensign Froman
- (as Jonathan H. Dixon)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLeonard Nimoy's final film role (and by extension, his final time portraying Spock) before his death on February 27, 2015 at the age of 83. It's also the first in the Star Trek franchise (either movie or TV series) after the death of Majel Barrett.
- Goofs(at around 1h 24 mins) While planning the space jump, Sulu's display incorrectly labels the Enterprise as NCC/0514, which is the registry for the USS Kelvin from Star Trek (2009). It should read NCC/1701.
- Quotes
James T. Kirk: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Spock: An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.
James T. Kirk: Well, still, it's a hell of a quote.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits in the film except for the title card, making this the third consecutive Star Trek film that does not list its cast at the beginning.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The One Show: Episode #7.133 (2012)
- SoundtracksTheme from 'Star Trek' TV Series
Written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry
The film has some cliché moments which can't be avoided often with a film this scale however they make use of them well and still pack plenty of surprises. As well as this, despite not being a proper Trekkie myself, some moments gave me goosebumps from the awesomeness from seeing the Enterprise for the first time for example, which greatly honoured the original series. J.J. Abrams' lens flares helped create more realism in a lot of the scenes despite the fact he often overuses of them.
The villain was very interesting and the development, dialogue and motivations of his character were very convincing and inventive, Cumberbatch's fantastic acting greatly helped bring this character to life. Also the way he executed his plan showed a lot more cutting edge creativity than especially most modern blockbusters, not to say it's done nearly to the same level of genius but something I haven't felt in a villain's characterisation/acting since The Dark Knight.
Overall, a mesmerising film with nice homages to the original series, one filled with heart, grace, innovation, superb characters and acting and some impressive, clever visuals and immersive 3D, one of the only times I can say that. Up there with the 2009 one, not sure which I prefer, possibly the previous one largely due to the more clever story, despite this one having a much better villain, still not sure though. Still a very strongly recommended film, may hit my top 100 simply because how much I was impressed by it. 9/10!
- mina_legolas
- May 8, 2013
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- Star Trek 2
- Filming locations
- The Getty Center - 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Star Fleet Headquarters)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $190,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $228,778,661
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,165,559
- May 19, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $467,365,246
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1