Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016) by Hadjr — 30 Jul 2016

My wife and I both agreed that if we hadn't had one of our kids with us, we would have walked out. Considering we have been together for almost 30 years, seen hundreds of movies together (our first date was Rainman), and have NEVER walked out on a movie, that's saying something!

We grew up watching the orginal ST on a black and white TV. What made it special was the interaction of the crew members not the cheesy FX. Somewhere in all the remakes , that has gotten lost...

The premise of this film was flimsy from the outset. The filmakers just couldn't wait to get to the far end of the universe. Another cheap piece of plastic holds the key to a doomsday machine (G of the G anyone?). Wooden dialog, no subtext or subplots, no real winks or humor. Just lazy, color by numbers, industrial moviemaking likely to gross a billion dollars. Oh, and we paid a vig for 3D which was nonexistant. One word for that...