Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
William Shatner | ... | Kirk | |
Leonard Nimoy | ... | Capt. Spock | |
DeForest Kelley | ... | McCoy | |
James Doohan | ... | Scotty | |
Walter Koenig | ... | Chekov | |
George Takei | ... | Sulu | |
Nichelle Nichols | ... | Uhura | |
Robin Curtis | ... | Saavik | |
Merritt Butrick | ... | David | |
Phil Morris | ... | Trainee Foster | |
Scott McGinnis | ... | Mr. Adventure | |
Robert Hooks | ... | Admiral Morrow | |
Carl Steven | ... | Spock - age 9 | |
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Vadia Potenza | ... | Spock - age 13 |
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Stephen Manley | ... | Spock - age 17 |
In the wake of Spock's ultimate deed of sacrifice, Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew return to Earth for some essential repairs to their ship. When they arrive at Spacedock, they are shocked to discover that the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. Even worse, Dr. McCoy begins acting strangely and Scotty has been reassigned to another ship. Kirk is forced to steal back the Enterprise and head across space to the Genesis Planet to save Spock and bring him to Vulcan. Unbeknownst to them, the Klingons are planning to steal the secrets of the Genesis Device for their own deadly purpose. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
Well the plot is a little thin here, little more than the rescue and recovery of Spock, interrupted along the way by some passing nutty Klingons. There seems to be nowhere near as much substance to this film unlike its wonderful predecessor, however again the intelligent dialogue from the second Trek film is also present here and it was wonderful to see the return of another character from the original series played by the same actor, this time Mark Lenard as Spock's father and Vulcan Ambassador Sarek.
The special effects are turned out well even though the seemingly endless Genesis planet gradually disintegrating scenes started to grate after a while. One oddity that just did not work however was the change of actress for Vulcan Lt Saavik whilst the Commander of the Klingon vessel was just a plain loon.
There where some great comedy moments, McCoy in the bar trying to perform a Vulcan neck pinch, the whole USS Excelsior debacle with one of the best stutters and stops I have ever seen and Kirk's wonderful riposte to the Klingon Commander from the Genesis planet after the Enterprise has been destroyed along with most of the Klingon crew cest la vie!
All right but not one of the best, still watchable none the less.