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Star Trek: Insurrection
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner,
Donna Murphy |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG
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| Released By: |
Paramount
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| Web Site: |
www.startrek.com
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| Kiddie Movie: |
I can think of better.
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| Date Movie: |
Again, I can think of better.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Riker tries to get some, but Troi shuts him
down, so no.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Star Trek's last incarnation with the Borg was
more violent.
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| Action: |
Your typical phaser scenes.
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| Laughs: |
Lots of chuckles.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Riker and Troi in the tub with a can of shaving
cream?
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| Memorable
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None.
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| Directed By: |
Jonathan Frakes
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| Produced By: |
Rick Berman
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Star Trek:
Insurrection
A Movie Review |
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MPAA Rated - PG |
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It's 1:43 Long |
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Stu Gotz |
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A friend asked me what I thought about
the new Star Trek movie, "Insurrection." Being a bit of a
"Next Generation" Trekie (the Spock and Kirk years are too
cheesy in my opinion, and re-births after TNG just don't do
a thing for me) I told her I really did enjoy it, but it was
pretty much the same old shit. You know… just like the
TV series. Jean-Luc and his crew are faced with
insurmountable odds and moral dilemmas for most of the
movie, only to resolve everything in the last few minutes (5
minutes for the TV series and 15-20 for the movies). It's an
old formula, but hey, it works.
In the latest quest for cash/re-hash of the Star
Trek movie series, the crew of the Enterprise is faced with
moral and duty dilemmas/questions regarding the ever sacred
"Prime Directive." Next to the TV shows involving Q, Prime
Directive scripts were always my favorite. Hey…
Speaking of Q, when is he gonna show up in a Trek movie? Is
there some Trek gossip/black list I'm missing out on? E-Mail
me if you know. Anyway, the movie starts off with Data
raising a little hell by unveiling himself amidst a colony
under observation by the federation. I big prime directive
no-no. At first it seems that his positronic brain has blown
a servo, why else would the Federation loyal android take on
a whole ship with only a shuttlecraft?. Something just
doesn't seem right to Jean-Luc, so he takes off with Warf to
try and reel in the malfunctioning android. This leaves
Riker in charge of the Enterprise. God bless Riker, he's
gotten almost as much galactic snatch a Kirk did in the
original series. This movie has Riker trying some
non-standard Federation maneuvers on Troi, but for me it's
too bad she doesn't get naked in this movie. Oh well, there
are always those internet, bootleg, nudies of Troi to fulfill
my nasty little fantasies.
So, as it turns out, Data wasn't malfunctioning at
all.. it seems that he was shot, and in being shot his
systems reset themselves and went into auto-pilot. So if he
was on auto-pilot why was he having a positronic shit fit?
That's exactly what Jean-Luc wants to know. In search of
this answer, Jean-Luc learns that the Federation has been
duped by an alien race to manipulate their own prime
directive so as to obtain a special power that an alien
planet holds, that power being eternal life. Hmm… But
in order to harness this power the entire planet must be
vacated and destroyed. This doesn't sit well with the overly
moral crew of the Enterprise. Setting aside their
commissions and risking court marshal, the crew leads a
revolt to save the planet and its small population of 600
people. Yada, yada, yada… What more need be said? Their
asses are on the line… They're running from evil
aliens… The Enterprise is in flames… In the end?
Guess what? It all ends well.
"Star Trek: Insurrection" is not the best Star Trek
movie, nor is it the worst. It could have used some more
action, and it got a little too high and mighty at times. On
the plus side it did make the time to explore some
previously forgotten topics, such as the heat between Troi
and Riker, and Picard must have got some galactic Viagra to
help him chase some 300 year old booty. As a Trekie and as
an everyday guy I liked "Star Trek: Insurrection" and give
it 3 of 5 stars.
It's a pretty good movie, and I'm Stu Gotz. 'nuff
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