Review of Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) by Kai82 — 16 Mar 2020

I like this movie and its change of pace. Not everything must be about saving the galaxy, the universe or defeating an unstoppable mastermind / tread. This is more character driven with philosophical questions or should I say problems.

It shows more of the dark side of the Federation or its hypocrisy. Before you ask, yes the Federation is a better society than ours but it has its downsides. TNG and DS9 showed this really good. For example: Remember that the Federation could have freed the Bajorans during their war against the Cardassian Union but don't do anything to stop the oppression, slavery and mass murdering.

But back to this movie. Like I said it is about philosophies and the values you believe in. Sadly I cant say much more without spoilers. I will say that there are some good plot twist that are carried well by the actors or should I say characters.

The whole crew delivers with Picard, Worf and Data as best performers in my opinion. From the new characters Ahdar is a well chosen antagonist, Admiral Dougherty delivers and with Anji and Gallatin we have good characters that improve the movie.

The special effects are good here. Only the space battles feel a bit underwhelming for me. At last I want to praise the excellent humor in this movie. There are some really good scenes and jokes. Overall a good movie that you can rewatch once in a while.

I like it a lot but will admit that it is not the kind of Star Trek movie everyone wants.