Wide release 7/22/16
Viewed Friday, 9/16/16 at Century Park Place
RT Critic: 83 Audience: 83
Critic's Consensus:
Critic's Consensus:
Cag: 2: BORING but okay
Directed by Justin Linn
Studio Paramount Pictures
Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana
My comments: I love sci-fi. I've always enjoyed Star Trek. But for this one no stretching-of-the-imagination could help explain (and shorten) all the chase/fight/zapping scenes - which make up about 80% of the movie. The remaining 20% was delightful, fun and funny, lots of tongue-in-cheek, clever, eye-rolling reparte...but I couldn't WAIT for it to end. Ho hum....
Fandango Summary: In this third installment of the rebooted Star Trek film series (which began with J.J. Abrams's Star Trek in 2009), Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) struggles with a personal crisis as he and the crew of the Enterprise are attacked by a dictator named Krall (Idris Elba). When an assault by Krall leads to the destruction of their starship, the team end up marooned on a remote planet inhabited by aliens both hostile and helpful. Star Trek Beyond is dedicated to both Leonard Nimoy (who passed away in 2015) and Yelchin (who died after filming concluded).
