: Star Trek: Insurrection
Author: Rick Berman (story) and Michael Piller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
A more light-hearted fare than the previous excellent Trek outing, this one deals with a small race of people about to be annihilated because their planet contains the fountain of youth. It’s a good movie, with good performances and some interesting plot points, but overall it doesn’t feel tremendously threatening or exciting. There are special effects galore, but they are so muted that you don’t even realize they are special effects. For most movies this is a good thing, but Trek films are about spectacle and the special effects should be eye-popping. While the many effects made this one of the most difficult and expensive Trek movies ever made, I’m suspect most fans would guess it to be among the least complex! Still, it’s a fun outing, and certainly not a waste of time for fans of the series. There are several other Trek films that are worse than this one, despite it being a bit underwhelming.
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