The Enterprise is dispatched on a rescue mission after an
escape pod drifts out of a nearby uncharted nebula. The survivor, Kalara,
claims her ship is stranded on Altamid, a planet within the nebula. The rescue
turns into an ambush when the Enterprise is quickly torn apart by a massive
swarm of small ships. Krall and his crew board the ship, and unsuccessfully
search for a relic called an Abronath that Kirk had obtained for a failed
diplomatic mission. Krall captures and removes many crew members from the ship.
Kirk then orders for the crew to abandon ship as the Enterprise's saucer
section hurtles towards the planet.
On the planet's surface, Sulu, Uhura, and other survivors
are captured by Krall. Kirk and navigator Pavel Chekov, accompanied by Kalara,
locate the wrecked saucer section. Kalara is discovered to be Krall's ally when
she tries to retrieve the Abronath. To escape Krall's soldiers, Kirk activates
the still-functional thrusters, causing the saucer to lurch forward, crushing
Kalara. Meanwhile, a wounded Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy search for other
survivors. Spock confides to McCoy that he intends to leave Starfleet to
continue the late Ambassador Spock's work on New Vulcan. Meanwhile, Scott is
rescued by Jaylah, a scavenger who previously escaped Krall's encampment. She
takes Scott to her makeshift home, the grounded USS Franklin, an early Starfleet
vessel reported missing over a century earlier. Scott is reunited with Kirk,
Chekov, McCoy, and Spock. Using the ship as a base, they plot to raid Krall's
camp and transport the crew to the Franklin, then escape the planet in the
repaired ship. Meanwhile, Krall coerces Ensign Syl to hand over the Abronath
that she had kept hidden for Kirk. The Abronath is the missing half of an
ancient bioweapon, created by the planet's original inhabitants which can
disintegrate any humanoid. With the device complete, Krall intends to attack
Yorktown and kill its inhabitants, and, using its advanced technology, go on to
attack the Federation. Kirk and the others free the crew as Krall launches into
space with the bioweapon, leading his drone fleet to Yorktown.
The above taken from Wikipedia.
Captain's Log, Stardate 20161013
This is definitely, by far, my all time favourite! The script, the cast, the CGI... all blew me away! There was high, there was low but one thing's for sure, it kept me on toes! I so love Jaylah's make-up and her acerbic tongue LOL! Also Yorktown - so, so, so beautiful!
An amazing, adventure movie which had me thinking... if only I was able to travel like them... into the Nebula System, Deep Space Nine or even along the Milky Way! By the time this technology has evolved, I think I would have been too old or dead. With Elon Musk and Richard Branson still planning the trip to Mars, it would take a very long time for this whole space traveling thingy to come true.
It's sad looking at Chekov aka Anton Yelchin since he has passed on due to a freak accident but he's truly a good actor. Will definitely missed this character in the sequel. Yes, a sequel i.e. fourth film is in the making with most casts back and a few new ones like Chris Hemsworth! Can't wait for it!
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilization, to boldly go where no one has gone before...
As the Vulcans would say... Live long and prosper!
IMDb rating: 7.3/10
My rating: 4/5
Director: Justin Lin
Casts: Chris Pine, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Zoe Saldana
Category: PG-13; fantasy, science fiction, adventure
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