After two Next Generations movies I thought the Star Trek series would fall apart. I was actually surprised when I found myself enjoying the ninth installment of the franchise, Star Trek: Insurrection.
While nothing spectacular, the film plays out like a good episode of the Next Generation TV series. The story is focused enough that there are few plot holes, and there is a level of believability to what’s going on. Granted, the answers don’t come out until the very end of the film and some of the answers come out of left field, but just about everything is ties up at the end.
The visual effects were actually pretty good for a change. The Star Trek series has a history in underachievement in the visual effects department, but they did okay this time.
One thing that I have to comment upon though, is that the cyborg Data is annoying. The writers still seem to think he is every bit as cool as Spock from the original series, but he’s not. Far too much is done to include Data and his musings on human activity. Elimination of all future Data subplots will result in better Star Trek movies. I’m serious.
All in all, it’s pretty decent. I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say I’d watch it again, but it’s fairly enjoyable and avoids many of the pitfalls of previous Star Trek films.
After two Next Generations movies I thought the Star Trek series would fall apart. I was actually surprised when I found myself enjoying the ninth installment of the franchise, Star Trek: Insurrection.
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