Star Trek

J.J. Abrams has directed a beautiful motion picture called Star Trek. He and his writers decided to re-boot the story and take us back to Kirk and Spock; before the original series.

When a Romulan miner goes through a wormhole, he goes back through time to destroy a planet (I won't spoil too much). Because of this change in history, Jim Kirk's father is killed before he's supposed to and we're given an alternate history.

Many Star Trek fans are not happy with this new spin, but the film's creators wanted their own take on the franchise and this was how they could do it.

Chris Pine plays James T. Kirk. Having never heard of this guy before, I was a little worried. But fear not. Pine does a fantastic job at the brashness of Kirk. He will make a fine starship captain. Except, it seemed as if he was getting beat up all through film.

Zachary Quinto plays Spock. We get to see what it was like for him to grow up on Vulcan and being teased for being half-human. He is the one who designed a training exercise that Kirk cheats at to win. They aren't the best of friends we've known them to be at the beginning of this film. Once again, Quinto does a nice job at Spock and making it some of his own.

Eric Bana is the villain, Nero. We don't get much of his story or see much of him. But we was terrific as the bad guy.

Karl Urban plays Dr. McCoy (Bones) and you believe him as soon as you meet him. The voice and his paranoia is perfect. Great job by Urban.

Finally, Simon Pegg plays Scotty. He's a funny guy and I was surprised at how his character joined the Enterprise family. I didn't really care for his small assistant as if Pegg needs someone to help him with comedy.

Star Trek is a great summer ride. It's fun and funny. Lots of action and crisp looking shots. If you aren't a Trek fan, you should still give this re-boot a try. You'll probably end up enjoying it.