Review of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) by Tony H — 01 May 2010

Now this is more like it. After mistake that was The Final Frontier and Carry on Star Trek (The Voyage Home) we get a real Trek film. Real? Strange way of describing it? But it is more like TNG and DS9 than the others which can only be a good thing.

Although it does suffer from the 'All Starfleet admirlas are mental' story that streches back to TOS and continues through TNG/DS9. The story it's self is a paper thin retelling of Glasnost/Perestroika told in the 23rd Century, but again no bad thing.

Star Trek is always good when it's showing us whats happening now or in the past and transporting it to the future. Again the 'guest' cast is spot on from David Warner (who can't not be bad in anything) to Christopher Plumber and a pre Sex in the City Kim Cattrall.

Again the cinematography by Hiro Narita is fantastic. The music by Cliff Eidelman is just brilliant, easily the best after The Motion Picture. ILM show what can be done with a budget after the dreadfull Final Frontier cloud tanks.

But it is the story and the actors who really make this one special, and even with the sign of at the end it comes a close 2nd behind The Wrath of Khan.