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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:36

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.8/10

Consensus: Considered by many fans to be the best of the Star Trek movies, Khan features a strong plot, increased tension, and a sharp supporting performance from Ricardo Montalban.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Khan, a genetically engineered "superman" prone to megalomaniacal delusions, was exiled years ago to the barren planet Ceti Alpha 5. He blames Admiral Kirk for his hard fate, as well as for his... Khan, a genetically engineered "superman" prone to megalomaniacal delusions, was exiled years ago to the barren planet Ceti Alpha 5. He blames Admiral Kirk for his hard fate, as well as for his son's death, and vows revenge. When Commander Chekov mistakenly beams down to Khan's lair, the villain finally has a means of escape. Using a parasitic creature that allows him to control the minds of his victims, Khan seizes command of the Starship Reliant. From there he hopes to lure Kirk to his death, using equipment stolen from an experimental research project. These devices allow him to trigger something known as the "Genesis Effect" -- a means of generating new life from existing matter. Khan plans to use the creation machines as weapons, because the same fire of life that creates new worlds must destroy what existed before. Kirk and crew need all the courage and cunning they can muster in order to save their friend and silence Khan forever. [More]

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, DeForest Kelley

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Judson Scott

Director: Nicholas Meyer

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Composer: James Horner

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It's not Shakespeare, but it's certainly fun.

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05/19/08
Channel 4 Film
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The net effect, between embarrassed guffaws, is incredulity: a movie at once post-TV and pre-DW Griffith.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 6 Comments
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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probably the best-ever trek movie

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07/11/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

The film plays on the TV series' perceived strengths; strong character interaction, a credible science fiction future, and intelligent plotting.

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09/11/01
Nick Cramp
Nick Cramp
BBC
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There is something comfortable, even old-shoeish, about the new film, a sense, appropriate to its theme of coming to terms with middle age, that all aboard are pleasurably rediscovering their best selves.

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05/03/09
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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If this is the supposed high point for the Star Trek movie series, it's still a low point for sci-fi.

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment 11 Comments
03/24/09
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

khaaaaan!

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
07/05/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

Star Trek II is a very satisfying space adventure, closer in spirit and format to the popular TV series than to its big-budget predecessor.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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No review available.

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03/08/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

This is one of the most popular in the series, thanks to a high action quotient (including a tensely staged space battle), a suitably campy turn by Montalban, and the shock value of Spock's 'death.'

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06/05/07
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If only director Nicholas Meyer had grasped the implications of his tale more fully and enthusiastically, this might have become a classic piece of cornball SF poetry, but as it stands the tepid acting and one-set claustrophobia take a heavy toll.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 7 Comments
06/05/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

Keep on Trekkin' ... The Star Trek TV series boldly went where none of its movie versions have gone before or since in Meyer's exceedingly space-worthy sequel.

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08/07/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Many fans consider this the best of the series, and I like it very much.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

There's got to be some moral in the fact that the Star Trek movie with the smallest budget (by far) and fewest resources is still the dominant favorite...

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04/08/06
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

No review available.

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01/09/06
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Awesome Star Trek flick!

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10/20/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

What movie would be complete without an incredible villain? In Khan, Ricardo Montalban created a villain of legendary proportions.

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

No review available.

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09/21/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy

No review available.

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09/12/05
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
EnPrimeur.ca

No review available.

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08/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
 
 
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