In two outings as director, Jonathan Frakes has proven that he understands what makes Star Trek work on the big screen.
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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... [More]
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Reviews for Star Trek: Insurrection
The plot just leaves too many questions unanswered in the end.
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The movie's single best feature is its villain Ru'afo, played with scornful malevolence by F. Murray Abraham; he can take his place alongside Alice Krige's Borg Queen in 'First Contact' and Ricardo Montalban's Khan as a memorably creepy nemesis.
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Insurrection isn't nearly as good as First Contact. But is a far cry from the first of the Next Generation movie adventure, Generations.
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Star Trek: Insurrection isn't painful to sit through, but it adds nothing to the Star Trek mythos, and overall is a complete waste of time.
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A muddled, gimpy mess, filled with the worst sort of Trek cliches and ill-timed humorous outbursts. On top of that, the film might as well have been edited by Mr. Scott in the midst of a Romulan ale bender.
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It just is not sufficiently involving.
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A mediocre entry into the series.
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A pretty decent movie that even non-Trekkies would probably enjoy.
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No review available.
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Trekkers will eat that stuff up; others will be looking elsewhere for something engaging, which cannot be found in the by-the-numbers story or the incredibly boring villain.
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Like all recipes with too much of this and too little of that, this movie isn’t so much bad, as it's just weak in places.
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The only thing I hate more than a bad movie is a movie I can't follow.
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When Star Trek starts to resemble Battlestar Galactica and Babylon 5, something is amiss.
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High-minded and shallow.
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Inert and unconvincing.
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Top CriticThere are other good reasons to see this particular film, including some sharply-staged action sequences and plenty of belly laughs.
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An appealing millennial throwback to the hippie dream that is part and parcel of Star Trek's utopian ethos.
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Top CriticTaken as a whole the movie is fun even if it does contain several long, dull passages.
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[Combines the] idealism, action-adventure, and the requisite special effects with some of the gentle humor and romance that characterized the original television series.
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