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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

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Reviews Counted:62

Fresh:34

Rotten:28

Average Rating:5.7/10

Consensus: Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

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... 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]

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

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe

Director: Jonathan Frakes

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

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Reviews for Star Trek: Insurrection

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

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/10/05
Empire Magazine
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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
Time Out
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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
Channel 4 Film
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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.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/10/01
Piers Beckley
Piers Beckley
BBC
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Insurrection offers endless pleasure and inside jokes for the hardcore fans, but it's less urgent than First Contact, the dynamic last installment of the series.

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01/01/00
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03/24/02
Boston Phoenix
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If Merchant-Ivory produced a 'Star Trek' film, this would be it.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
01/01/00
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

The story has enough plot switchbacks, space battles and gizmo wizardry to ensure that most viewers won't forget the film until at least the next morning.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

An enjoyable movie, employing the basics that should endear it to most Trekkers.

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01/01/00
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
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Lurches clumsily between drama, hammy comedy, and moral lecturing

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

a sad passing for a once-pioneering series

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

You can only play a piano so many times before it finally goes out of tune.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

Another extended episode played out with a decided lack of conviction, with nothing ever really at stake, and lazy humor that's aimed strictly at the disciples.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Luty
David Luty
Film Journal International

Nothing more than a glorified episode.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
06/14/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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They probably should have completely thrown the script out. That way, they could have come up with a story that at least had a sign of intelligence and freshness.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

The quirkiest Trek yet, Insurrection is breezy, low- key and often humorous.

Full Review Source: NUVO Newsweekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

An admirable mix of ethics, drama, humor, and outer space dogfights.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/13/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Doesn't exactly boldly go where no one has gone before.

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01/01/00
Gary Dauphin
Gary Dauphin
Village Voice

What starts out as a stroll through an idyllic Whole Earth Catalog-style communal existence resolves into a tightly knit sci-fi action adventure, packed with the verities that generations of Trekkies admire and expect.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
George Powell
George Powell
San Francisco Examiner
 
 
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