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Year:	2009
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	J.J. Abrams
Genre:	Star Trek Reloaded
Starring:	Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Leonard Nimoy
Rating:	5/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/
Tagline:	The future begins.
Favourite line:	"I've never beamed three people from two targets onto one pad before!"

Well now, this film was pretty hugely hyped and no mistake.
But is it any good?
Contrary to my expectations going into it, yes it bloody well is.
It's been described variously as a reinvention, a reinterpretation and, most amusingly, a reboot and this is most definitely Trek for the noughties.
A fresh faced cast don the persona's loved by four decades worth of TV viewers and movie goers, a huge weight on their shoulders that they seem to carry with little effort.

The plot:
A Romulan despot from the future, Nero, has returned to the 23rd Century to wreak revenge for the destruction of Romulus, his home planet. His intent: use a substance called Red Matter to create a black hole in each of the planets of The Federation, starting with Vulcan, then Earth before moving onto the other worlds.
The reason for Vulcan as the site of his first attack?
In the future, Spock attempted to save Romulus but failed, and Nero still blames him and wishes for him to suffer as he has suffered.

So far, so good.
So what?
The youthful crew are a mixed bag, to be fair, with Bones, Spock and Chekov faring best, whilst Uhura is vaguely annoying, Sulu a little bland and Simon Pegg's Scottish accent as chief engineer Scotty is almost laughable.
It's a tight movie, with few scenes seeming to serve no purpose, the editor having done a decent job of trimming away any fat so that what we are left with is an action packed, interesting and highly entertaining schlock sci-fi movie.
It's not perfect, mind, despite the top mark rating, in particular with regard the alleged comedy moments which mainly just come across as juvenile, as well as the occasional scene where Pine's Kirk seems to be trying a little too hard to overact, if that makes any sense.
Still, nonsense to be sure, but highly enjoyable nonsense nevertheless and a worthy scene-setter for future movies and, who knows, perhaps even a spin off series.
I liked it.