Theatrical Release Date:June 4, 1982 Release Date:January 22, 2010 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Synopsis:
It is the 23rd century. The Federation starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training manoeuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan (Ricardo Montalban)--brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth--has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret device called Project Genesis, wrested control of another Federation starship, and now schemes to set a most deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk... with the threat of a universal Armageddon! Co-starring Kirstie Alley (Cheers) in her stunning motion picture debut.
Star Trek IIJune 22, 2010 Mark J. House(USA) Star Trek is too boring compared to Star Wars, some say. This changes that. This movie is about two ships and two captains battling for their lives in a duel to the death. Nemesis is the same concept. This focuses more on battle than drama. If you like a more action-packed form of sci-fi, this is for you. All-star cast including Ricardo Montalban(Fantasy Island.etc.) and the usual Star Trek original cast. Easily a better Star Trek choice along with Nemesis.
The Story Alone Is the Worth the Price of Admission, Forget About the Technical AspectsApril 26, 2010 MarieLover(California) I have tio admit one thing before I begin: I am in any way, shape or form a audio/video/DvD/Blu-Ray/video game freak so I cannot and WILL NOT comment on the actual production qualities of this DVD. I don't care about how much they clean up the sound and remix it, or if it sounds better in Dolby Digital or DTS, or if the picture looks grainy or what not ( as long as it looks good ), and God knows what else. I go the movie theaters to sit down for 2 hours, watch an enjoyable film and then I pass judgement on it and if I enjoy it or not I will remember it. Being a long-time fan of the Star Trek series I recently watched this film on Netflix after not having seen it in over 10 years, and I think this Star Trek flim, the best of the series, only gets better with age. Nothing about this flim could be better insofar as the Star Trek universe is concerned, and of course the late great Ibero-Latino actor Ricardo Montalban was the standout. So on to my review, and this is just a character study, and I won't give away the film to those who HAVEN"T seen it:
After spending more than 15 years in exile on a planet known as Seti-Alpha 5, the great " gentically modified Superman from the late 20th century ", a former warlord and prince of late 20th century Earth, the villanous Khan ( played by the late great superbly famous and well-respected Ricardo Montalban, God please preserve him and keep his soul safe ) is able to extract revenge upon the hero of the Star Trek universe, the legendary revered and lauded greatest Captian of the United federation of Planets, Captain James T. ( Tiberius ) kirk. He, of course, does not succeed but this film emphasises and illustrates the great havoc and tragedy the great sin " wrath " can wreak upon a person's soul and the people it is directed at.
Khan, a megalomanical madman who was a lesser version of Adolf Hitler in his own time, was awakened out of his cryogenic bedchamber along with members of the crew of ship 15 years earlier by Captian Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise, all of whom are in this movie. Through the course of that episode of the origial " Star Trek " series, which I can recall bits and pieces of, Khan tried to commandeer the Enterprise and kill the crew but was stopped and ultimately defeated. Kirk, being a just man and not prone to the violent and sadistic tendencies of a man like Khan, chose to exile him and his crew on a lush, green, fertile planet known as Seti-Alpha 5 and thought that that was the last he would ever hear of him. Since Seti-Alpha 5 had so much going for it as a planet, Khan accepted, brought along his crew and also brought along his girlfriend, a very beautiful crewmember of the Enterprise, who had fallen in love with him and most likely later became his wife ( to whom he was referring to early in the movie, which was most likely the key component fueling his hatred towards Captian Kirk ).
15 years later Khan was discovered BY ACCIDENT on planet thought to be Seti-Alpha 6 by a Federation vessel and that's when Khan's wrath broke loose. The ensuing cat-and-mouse game was a true game of human chess to watch unfold on the screen and Khan's venemous hatred could be felt even across the screen ( the mark of a truly great actor, the ability to elicit emotions in the crowd. Actors who have perfected their craft are able to do such things well, they are like charges of electricity. Some are more intense than others, some you don't feel at all. Ricardo Montalban was a great actor. )
Captian Kirk, belng a wily and crafty man, was trying desperetely to keep up with his opponent and was doing well, but he was aided in great part by his best friend, occasional opponent, mentor and almost half-brother the alien from the planet Vulcan, Spock ( played by Leonard Nimoy ). Without Spock's guidance it would be easy to surmise that the games between Kirk and Khan would have reached a fever pitch and the ensuing clash would have resulted in the destruction of many lives, but the sacrifices we make " are for the good of the many ". And thus, tragedy ensued and carried over into the next 2 Star Trek flims. Star Trek 2: The Warth of Khan was really the first part of a 3-story arc that culminated in Star Trek 4. You cannot watch this film and not watch the other 2 because they are bital in knowing how this story reached it's culmination.
Star Trek is an institution that has inspired generations of people to look beyond the limits of the Earth and themselves and ask themselves questions about their lives, the Earth, the world around them, and ultimately what it heams to be alive, and more specifically, human. Forget the negative connotations people have about Star Trek fans, the much ridculted and lampooned " Trekkies ", becauae those are the people who have true enlightenment and will look forward to the cosmos and keep the shining light of the human race burning forever, if we can learn to get along like the citizens of the United Federation of Planets do. We don't have to be friends, one big happy family, or even like each other, but like the Star Trek universe the world is large and everybody can prosper in their own natural environments if they don't have the constraints that people who would like to oppress others, such as Khan, would like to impose upon others. that's why the United States of America should NEVER, EVER ABANDON IT'S SPACE PROGRAM AND LET IT BE DEVELOPED BY NATIONS THAT ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS. SUPPORT OUR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AND KEEP AMERICA STRONG AND ALWAYS LOOKING SKYWARD INTO THE HEAVENS. Freedom is the universal dream of all living creatures, so why don't we keep striving for limitless boundaries?
Fergit the rest, try the bestMarch 21, 2010 John D. Aldridge(Waimanalo, Hawaii) All the other Star Trek films (including the recent reboot) are thin soup compared to this film. Nuff said.
Great!December 25, 2009 Ayla L. Hurley(EDGEWATER, MD, US) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just as described - still in the wrapping, shipped in good time, very good buy. Thank you!
Best Star Trek Ever.......Until RecentlyNovember 1, 2009 jackbauerfan 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie flat out rocks. I mean it is awesome. Star Trek the Motion Picture was a critical failure, garbage pile that it was, but a financial success. The studio decided to try making one more movie, with a much lower budget. They didn't let Gene Roddenberry have much involvement with this project, which is probably a good thing. They hired Nicholas Meyer to direct this movie, who had no knowledge of Star Trek. He watched the entire original series, and particularly liked the episode "Space Seed." This episode features the first appearance of Khan Nooien Singh, and is one of the only episodes of the series that I liked. He decided to make Khan the primary villian of the sequel. When the film was released, it was a huge success, critically and financially. It is still considered by some to be the best Star Trek movie of all time, even better than the 2009 reboot.
The movie starts out with Admiral Kirk on an inspection of the Enterprise. Spock is now captain of the Enterprise. Kirk is longing for the days of years past when he was captain, and is getting depressed in his old age. Chekov...I hate Chekov...is the first officer on the Reliant, a science vessel which is conducting tests on a new piece of technology, the Genesis torpedo. It has the power to "create life from lifelessness". They are trying to find a completely dead planet to test it on. They explore the planet Ceti Alpha Five, and find Khan there. He captures Chekov and the captain of Reliant, and sets out to obtain Genesis. He also wants to find and kill Kirk, who he blames for the death of his wife. Marla Mcgivens, the dumb chick from Space Seed, who fell in love with Khan. Khan attacks and severly criples Enterprise, but they are able to fight him off. Then Kirk and a few others beam to the Genesis space station. They discover Carol Marcus, Kirk's old girlfriend, and their son, David. Khan tries again to kill Kirk, but is unsuccessful. He decides to leave Kirk on the planet to die. However, Enterprise beams them back on board. They engage Reliant in a spectacular battle, and Enterprise gets the upper hand. However, Khan sets off the Genesis torpedo, crazed in his attempt to kill Kirk. Enterprise's warp drive is busted, so Spock goes into a room with radiation in it and fixes the problem. He sacrifices himself to save the Enterprise, which is able to escape just in time. Although Khan is dead, he had inadvertantly succeeded in hurting Kirk by killing his friend The torpedo creates a luscious, livable planet out of the dead moon by the station. Kirk loads Spock's body into a torpedo tube and shoots him out onto the Genesis planet. He then contemplates that if Genesis is capable of producing life, then maybe it can revive Spock.
Again, this movie is awesome. It has one of the best villians in the Star Trek cannon, (I don't want to say best, because I've heard that the bad guy on Deep Space Nine is the best) it has visuals which were pretty good for the 1980s, and it set the stage for much more Star Trek. With the success of this movie, they made more sequels, and eventually four more Star Trek television shows. If they hadn't done such an outstanding job on this movie, Star Trek would probably have ended back then. If you have never seen this movie, or you've never seen Star Trek at all, buy this movie anyway. It's that good.
When I first saw this movie, I thought it was good , but not great. That is, until I saw the TOS episode Space Seed. Before watching this movie, watch this episode. I've posted a link to it below.
