Review of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) by Chris G — 30 Apr 2009

After the horrible Star Trek V, everything gets more serious again in Star Trek VI. This would be the last movie for the original Star Trek crew and they wanted to go out with a bang. And the good thing is, they did! This was quite a film indeed for their last roles!

Star Trek VI is one of the best Star Trek movies. The director Nicholas Meyer deserves alot of praise in creating this film. This movie has an edger feel to it. It's a rougher and grittier movie then past films. The Enterprise looks like it's working with the latest in technology as well. There are alot of little subtle touches in this film that may not look like much at first but become memorable later. Overall the whole mood of this movie is more military like then past Star Trek films and that again is very much welcomed. At the same time a fair amount of humor is also thrown in to round everything out. A very nice package.

Although there isn't much action in this movie, this movie is probably the most suspenseful of all the Star Trek movies made. The story is very well done and engaging. Most of the movie ends up being a mystery that the crew has to solve before it's too late, or else a deadly war between the Federation and Klingon's will begin. Helping out the suspense is the wonderful acting by almost everyone on the project. The most notable actor is Christopher Plummer who plays General Chang. His role in this film is absolutely amazing and ends up being a very memorable villain in this movie.

Another item of note is the special effects as this movie has alot more of them then previous Star Trek films that came out before. ILM pulled out everything they could do with this one and it shows.

Highly recommended.