Star Trek Beyond Beams You Up

Release Date：Jul/22/2016

Genre：Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Director：Justin Lin
Cast：Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg

Viola's Rating： 7.9

As Christopher Nolan rebooted “The Batman” trilogy and earned a critically acclaimed success, J.J. Abrams became well-known through two “Star Trek” feature films in 2009 and 2013. The difference is that instead of directing the third film, Abrams gave Justin Lin all authority to blow up the Enterprise, and directed the latest “Star Wars” flick himself.

Although the director’s not coming back, Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is, along with his whole crew. As usual, their mission is to explore the final frontier, and this time, the USS Enterprise crew reached the furthest undiscovered place, and was ambushed by a new ruthless enemy that not only put themselves but also what the entire Starfleet Federation stands for in danger.

It all starts with Captain Kirk’s long monologue recording to the Starfleet Captain’s log, which brings the audience back to the world in where Commander Spock, Doctor Bones, Lieutenant Uhura, Scotty, Suru all live in, and don’t forget about Chekov whom was played by Russian American, Anton Yelchin, the unlucky talented young actor who faced an untimely death earlier this year.

Being an action Sci-Fi thriller, “Star Trek Beyond” is bristled with adrenaline-filled action scenes, and for viewers in countries where the motion picture is shown in 4DX cinema as well, it’s even more exciting. From a harmless gunshot, car moving, crew running, door opening and closing to Enterprise taking off, 4DX moviegoers get to feel the chair vibrating as if they’re fighting for their lives with Captain Kirk.

If you are a die-hearted fan of the original TV series, you’ll definitely love “Star Trek Beyond”. Some “Star Wars” followers don’t get along with “Star Trek” lovers, and they might accuse “Star Trek Beyond” of mimicking for putting elements from last generation in the storyline just like what Abrams did in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. Both Kirk's respectful father and Spock's other self play important parts in this movie, but to avoid spoilers, it’s better not to reveal here how they appear during the two-hour journey.

Something interesting to point out is that, there’s music which doesn’t match the tone of the picture in trailer, and it aroused a lot of fans’ anger, but as long as you understand the reason why “The Martian” is categorized as “comedy” at Golden Globe (Who does?), you’ll totally agree with the music choice in “Star Trek Beyond”. All music that doesn’t match exists for a reason, and so does the case here, so open your ears for those songs and enjoy the effect it brings to the feature film.

To be honest, “Star Trek Beyond” can’t surpass its two predecessors, but it’s still an amazing film which gives you two hours of excitement and beams you up to Enterprise to explore final frontier with Captain Kirk’s crew.