Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016) by Infx — 26 Jul 2016

Comic Con meets Thrill Ride. Clunky, preachy, predictable dialogue/direction. '09 and '13 had great back stories, - the beginnings of the crew and Khan - clever dialogue and action not aimed to be the next Six Flags attraction. Story holes ? Lots and that's ok to some extent being it's sf. But....to get to the 'nebula' planet it was warp speed. So how did the bad guys all get to the Yorktown colony ?Kirk has a few drinks before hitting the bridge...not my kind of pilot. Motorcycle ? Enough Fast and Furious already. Among others. Cliche direction - Jayla actually 'pointedly points' when she explains where the bad guys are as if the crew could see where or what she was talking about...and they didn't look. Telegraphed set ups for quips took the punch out.

Simon Pegg is funny for sure with the right dialogue and timing - ie watch 'Paul' - hilarious- but as screenwriter it's a thumbs down. Doug Jung is the 'veteran' screenwriter and gets thumbs down.

Beyond gets nods for fx and a late but clever unfolding story line. The movie needed a deft touch and that's not Justin Lin. For all the action sequences Beyond weighed down by poor directing and dialogue.

Kept checking the time to see when we were getting to the end.