It doesn't get much better than this, Star Trek is back and back with one unbelievable reboot.
This huge epic film couldn't of been in better hands, director J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost, Alias and Fringe) has stepped onto the U.S.S. Enterprise bridge and he is up to the requirements. The film opens with an epic scene, between evil Romulan bad guy, Nero and the U.S.S. Kelvin, the film starts off in the past and we get to see where captain James T. Kirk is born. This opening scene is brought to life, with Abrams brilliant filming style; to bring the audience into the heart of the battle, just like he did so well with his other brilliant film Cloverfield.
Carrying on from what I was saying above, the film starts in the past and we see this U.S.S. Kelvin in space checking out what they think is a thunder storm, but in actual fact it is some kind of black hole; with a huge ship coming through. This ship happens to be a Romulan ship and it is about to bring all hell with it, as we see an epic battle take place in which the U.S.S. Kelvin is destroyed, and we witness the birth of a ledgend.
For the next part of the film we begin to meet all our characters, the new Kirk, played by Chris Pine, Spock, played by TVs Heroes Zachary Quinto and Leonard "Bones" McCoy, played by Karl Urban, naming a few. As we slowly start to see our characters coming together we get to see them make these iconic characters there own, as well as giving the respected nod to the original series of Star Trek.
As the story unfolds we begin learn what the overall plot is, that Nero has come from the future in an attempt to torture and kill Spock, but Nero isn't the only one who has come back. As Abrams wished to have one very familiar face from the Star Trek universe make an appearence, a certain Leonard Nimoy. Slowly we have all of our characters together on the brand new, U.S.S. Enterprise. We see the characters in full action next, as they have fallen into the same trap the U.S.S. Kelvin did 25 years ago and also losing original captain, Christopher Pike to Nero, Spock is put in charge and Kirk is not happy how he is handeling things. As Kirk challenges Spock rule of command, we see him thrown off the ship and marooned on an ice planet.
Soon he comes face to face with old Spock or Spock prime, which ever one you want to call the original Spock, who then begins to fill him in on what has just exactly has been going on and what this young Kirk has to do. After this scene involving a Vulcan mind meld, we are introduced to the last soon member of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Scotty. Played by none other than British actor Simon Pegg, slightly dodgy Scotish acsent at times, but none the less a solid performance of Scotty.
Soon Kirk is reunited with the Enterprise and begins to put in old Spocks plan, to anger the young Spock, to obtain the captain rank aboard the Enterprise. Soon Kirk is sat in that trusty chair calling the shots and the rest is history, as the film enters comes to its epic climax.
Finally, the film has a tremendous set of special effects through out, a brilliant script, a group of young actors who have stepped into very big shoes and filled them to perfection, a fantastic director to bring back the impossible, giving this film in my eyes a strong 5/5.
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