Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.

Director:

J.J. Abrams

Writers:

Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman,

Stars:

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana

Top 250 #160 | 1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Pine	...	Kirk
Zachary Quinto	...	Spock
Zoe Saldana	...	Uhura
Karl Urban	...	Bones
Simon Pegg	...	Scotty
John Cho	...	Sulu
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	Khan
Anton Yelchin	...	Chekov
Bruce Greenwood	...	Pike
Peter Weller	...	Marcus
Alice Eve	...	Carol
Noel Clarke	...	Thomas Harewood
Nazneen Contractor	...	Rima Harewood
Amanda Foreman	...	Ensign Brackett
Jay Scully	...	Lieutentant Chapin

Storyline

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

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Plot Keywords:

captain | self sacrifice | child in peril | threesome | first officer | 

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Taglines:

Earth will fall

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Paramount [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon

Release Date:

16 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

2

Filming Locations:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$185,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$70,555,000 (USA) (17 May 2013)

Gross:

$84,091,000 (USA) (17 May 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to post-9/11 veterans. This is due to director J.J. Abrams' connection to The Mission Continues, a nonprofit organization that serves as a framework for United States military veterans to do community service work when they return home from overseas. The organization's founder and CEO Eric Greitens makes a cameo appearance alongside other veterans at the end of the film as one of the flag folders. A section of the film's official website is dedicated to The Mission Continues.

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Goofs

When Kirk is at the windowed door of the warp core Spock puts his hand on the window to match Kirk's. Spock's fingers do the Vulcan sign. In the next shot, he his not doing it anymore.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
John Harrison: Your are a pawn, Kirk. You can't even guarantee the safety of your own crew. Now, shall we begin?

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Crazy Credits

One character is credited as "Enterprise Redshirt"

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Connections

Referenced in Parks and Recreation: Born & Raised (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Body Movin' (Fat Boy Slim Remix)"
Written by Mario Caldato Jr., Mike D, Adam Horovitz, Tito Puente, and Adam Yauch
Performed by Beastie Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Star Trek Returns

I absolutely loved the previous film. It was a huge tip of the hat to the Star Trek legacy. It turned a couple of things inside out which made it interesting, fresh and exciting. And with a few surprises thrown in, it was a perfect package.

Into Darkness is just more of the same. The whole movie has J.J. Abrams and team continuing taking old plots & events and putting it in their alternate time line. The film is chock a block with these this time around. Sadly its not novel anymore and it all seems forced. Like Superman Returns, the film makers got so busy with what has happened that they just forgot to do anything new with it.

Its disappointing to admit that after 2 movies, there actually isn't anything new added to the Star Trek universe. Not one single thing. In fact, now the Enterprise has been built, damaged, repaired, damaged and repaired for the second time (No spoiler here. The poster has the ship going down in flames), and they have not yet started on their space voyages, which is what the ship was build for, the purpose of the crew, the core and essence of Star Trek.