Kirk and his crew steal the decommissioned Starship Enterprise to return
to the Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body and possibly save him. ACTION/SCI-FI
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Star Trek III:
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The Wrath of Khan is a tough act to follow. It's the best of the original series movies, but The Search for Spock ain't no slouch. It's a decent flick, complete with an engaging story, emotional stakes, and a satisfying conclusion. But the villain is fairly generic (and that hurts, considering it's Christopher Lloyd), several important characters are dispatched with unceremoniously, and the whole thing really just feels like a cop out. It cheapens Spock's sacrifice at the end of Star Trek II.
Soon after the events of the last film, Admiral Kirk is mourning his best friend. After docking at a starbase, he learns the Enterprise is to be retired, and that Genesis is now a forbidden zone. Kirk also learns that before he died, Spock transferred his consciousness to McCoy, and the reviving powers of Genesis may have revived Spock's body. Risking his career, Kirk, along with his crew, steals the Enterprise and heads to Genesis. But an evil Klingon warrior named Kruge (Lloyd) is after Genesis himself, and he'll kill anyone to get it. Kruge is never all that developed, so apart from his killing of Kirk's son, there's not much else that makes him a genuine threat. But it's still satisfying to see Spock return, even if it is only at the end. The Search for Spock is one of the better entries in the Star Trek film canon. It could've been better, but it's hard to follow psychotic Ricardo Montalban and his army of super soldiers. For what it's worth, this is not a bad film. It's just missing some components that could've made it much better. |