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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Rotten:6

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: Filled with dull action sequences and an underdeveloped storyline, this fifth Trek movie is probably the worst of the series.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's... Stardate 8454.1: In the windswept desert of Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace, a lone settler witnesses a man materializing out of the dusty horizon, offering to share and bear the settler's pain. With a laugh, the two join forces and plan to steal a starship. Cutting to the rock and scrub of another desert, the jeans-clad Captain Kirk is climbing bare-handed in Yosemite. After a near-accident followed by a night of beans and whiskey and campfire songs, Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and McCoy (DeForest Kelley) are called back from shore leave to the new Enterprise for an emergency mission. Counting on Scotty (James Doohan) to bring the new ship up to specs, they travel to Paradise City on Nimbus III, where delegates from the Romulan, Klingon, and Human races have been kidnapped. The crew soon find themselves joining kidnapper Sybok (Laurence Luckenbill), a renegade Vulcan desperate to discover the secret that lies beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the galaxy. A thrilling and thought-provoking directorial debut from William Shatner, the journey becomes a metaphysical quest for the meaning of life, as the crew of the Starship Enterprise comes face to face with "God." [More]

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill, Charles Cooper

Director: William Shatner

Director: William Shatner
Screenwriter: David Loughery
Story: William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery
Producer: Harve Bennett
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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The worst Star Trek movie.

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05/19/08
Matthew De Abaitua
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The plot, about a quest for the Ultimate Answer, resembles something Douglas Adams would have thrown in the bin.

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02/09/06
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As 1979's The Motion Picture courted derision for its cerebral 2001 approach, The Final Frontier damages it's own cause with a high-brow 'Man's Search for God' story.

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09/11/01
Danny Graydon
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William Shatner's inauspicious feature directing debut is a double letdown.

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05/19/08
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Captain Kirk and his crew go where too many film makers have too often gone before.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
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Of all of the Star Trek movies, this is the worst.

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