Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

I was never a fan of the original Star Trek tv show. I've seen it but it never grabbed me like it did my friends. The movies are a lot better. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the best of the bunch. It's also more than that. It's one of the best sci-fi/action movies ever made. It has a lot of action and a lot of laughs buts it's the acting that really makes this movie shine. William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban were not known as great actors. However, the two of the deliver knockout performances in "Wrath of Khan". Their scenes together (even though they are never really together) are terrific. Leonard Nimoy's performance is not far behind. Nimoy does the impossible. He manages to deliver an emotional performance without showing any emotion. It's a joy to watch. "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" is great stuff all around.

Wrath of Khan owes a certain debt of thanks to Clark Gable's wartime thriller. Although it's easy to criticize, WOK is full of suspense and tension. The design of the costumes and sets is excellent, except for the cream and brown combinations. But what the hey, it was made during the heady days of the early 1980s. It is certainly more accessible to a mainstream audience than the first film was...but I liked that one too anyway. I'm no trekkie...I'm not obsessed by the tech specs of warp drive, and transporters or beams and such...I just like Sci-Fi movies that are well done and entertaining. This is not the best movie ever made as another poster stated...but it is exciting and engrossing. Buy the DVD.

Boldly going where no man (or woman) has gone before, climb aboard the Enterprise and let it fly and soar, as old friends gather, reunite, off to battle and to fight, strange new worlds, civilisations to explore. It's fair to say that every dog will have its day, and there's an old score to be settled and repaid, rage and anger overflows, Kirk and Khan exchanging blows, the captain fights against the vengeful renegade. An old foe makes the most of an unexpected opportunity to wreak revenge on the man who cast him into the wilderness.

Star Trek II is the best Trek film. Why? The cat and mouse game between Kirk and Khan. The relationships of the Enterprise crew just keep getting better and better. The battles between the Enterprise and Reliant are tense and spectacular. The one thing that sets Star Trek II apart from all the others (which are good in their own way) is the death of Spock. I can never make it through the end without shedding at least a few tears. It starts to get you when Bones' voice comes back over the intercom instead of Scotty's, and when Kirk looks over to Spock's empty chair, you know something's wrong. The scene that follows is one of the best acted death scenes of all time, and it is also the saddest. Spock's final line is the kicker, and with that scene you understand the entire relationship that Kirk and Spock had and you feel Kirk's loss. "Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most.......human."