Review of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) by Phillip M — 30 Oct 2012

What do you get with William Shatner and a shot to direct a film? THIS. A lot of trek fans hated this movie, as well as film audiences. This is considered not only the worst Star Trek movie, but one of the worst movies ever made period.

While I don't hate this movie, I do agree it is the worst out of all of the trek movies, and is my least favorite. I will admit that its not a complete waste of time. It did have a number of good scenes in it, but not enough to make it a great film.

It had some intriguing concepts with a lot of potential, but ended up falling flat. I also think the way they just pulled Sybok right out of their arse was really gratuitous, and should have been explained with more detail, if the idea were to exist at all.

Sarek conceived a child with another woman before Spock's mother? Like wow, what a major twist. Oh, and a romance between Uhura and Scotty comes out of no where..... And by the way, what DOES God need with a starship? That's like giving superman an airplane.

Seriously, give me a break. Anyways, this movie wasn't a total loss, calling it okay is fairly generous. Numerous plot holes, and stuff that just doesn't make sense. It definitely has a more religious take on it, and I found it interesting to see.

It also tried to maintain the same level of humor as the last one did. I don't strongly recommend it, but if your a trek fan, then you MAY like it, but I can pretty much guarantee that you won't love it.

In general, I would skip this one. But unfortunately, whats been seen cannot be unseen.