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Star Trek: Insurrection

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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 59 Fresh: 33  Rotten:26 Average Rating: 5.8/10
 
Consensus: Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Synopsis: The first of the nine STAR TREK films to feature largely computer-generated special effects and is again directed by Number One, Jonathan Frakes. While on a survey mission, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise stumble on a conspiracy originating high up the Starfleet chain of... The first of the nine STAR TREK films to feature largely computer-generated special effects and is again directed by Number One, Jonathan Frakes. While on a survey mission, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise stumble on a conspiracy originating high up the Starfleet chain of command that involves a distressing plan of ethnic cleansing. On a remote planet, a small, peaceful race of human-like beings called the Ba'ku seems to be immune to the ravages of aging. Head bad-guy F. Murray Abraham leads another race for which exposure the planet's radiation is the only cure for an advanced state of degeneration, and, using clandestine Starfleet connections, arranges to wipe out the Ba'ku unless the Enterprise has anything to say about it. [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Director: Jonathan Frakes
Story: Michael Piller, Rick Berman
Producer: Rick Berman

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 6, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • 2-Disc Set

Disc One:

  • Widescreen - 16.9

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - French
  • DTS Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Text Commentary - 1. Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda

Disc Two:

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. Teaser Trailer
  • 3. Borg Invasion Trailer
  • 4. Original Promotional Featurette
  • Featurettes - 1. It Takes A Village
  • 2. Location, Location, Location
  • 3. The Art Of Insurrection
  • 4. Making Insurrection
  • 5. Director's Notebook
  • 6. Shuttle Case
  • 7. The Drones
  • 8. The Duck Blind
  • 9. Westmore's Aliens
  • 10. Star Trek's Beautiful Alien Women

Text/Image Galleries:

  • Storyboards
  • Photo Gallery

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Genial, well-crafted tribute to the moral values Gene Roddenberry instilled in his sci-fi series, that suffers from a recurring flaw in the franchise, a lack of real threat and danger.

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05/19/08
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Despite the usual strained stabs at topical social significance, Frakes maintains a brisk pace, staging the battle scenes with panache and undercutting the absurd techno gibberish with crass but leavening humour.

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06/24/06
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4/5

This is a good deal more than just another sci-fi movie.

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08/10/05
Empire Magazine
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Insurrection doesn't quite gain the mantle of 'Worst Star Trek Film' from Star Trek V -- but it gets a little too close for comfort.

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09/10/01
Piers Beckley
BBC
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The extravagant makeup and special effects are actually unobtrusive because they're demanded by the pleasantly formulaic story, whose conflicts--and broad, innocuous political allegory -- justify the heartwarming resolution.

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05/19/08
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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3.5/4

It's an interesting story, more accessible to non-Trekkers than previous entries.

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05/19/08
John Walsh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Strikes a deft balance of predictable heroics and quirky humor.

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05/19/08
Joe Leydon
Variety
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2/4

Most of the television episodes have been smarter.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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3.5/5

This is really just a pretty good episode of the series, which is not really a bad thing.

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12/06/05
Ron Wells
Film Threat
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4/5

Not one of the most successful of the "Star Trek" films, it's always nice to see the cast reunite.

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08/28/05
Michael Szymanski
Wordmag.com
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2.5/5

The plot feels like something dug out of an old pile of Next Generation scripts, with a fuzzy focus on the wonderment of newfound youth.

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06/07/05
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic
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2/5

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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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5/10

Nothing more than a glorified episode.

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06/14/04
Dragan Antulov
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3/4

There are some nice moments early on.

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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly
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Stewart looks great as usual and is impeccable in his familiar role, but most of the other principals were seriously underused.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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Fun for most folks, heaven for Trekkers.

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06/18/02
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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3/5

A respectable and enjoyable, though hardly ground-breaking, adventure.

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06/05/02
L.J. Strom
Boxoffice Magazine
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2.5/4

More of the the same-old -same-old.

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03/19/02
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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An admirable mix of ethics, drama, humor, and outer space dogfights.

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03/13/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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This should be review enough for most Trekkers: It's the better of the odd-numbered movies, but it is definitely an odd-numbered movie.

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06/14/01
Karina Montgomery
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