Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner,
LeVar Burton, William Shatner
Directed by David Carson
Kirk, Scotty
and Chekhov, now retired from service, come out to celebrate the
christening of the Enterprise-B. While on board the ship answering
reporters' questions, a distress signal comes in and they are the
only ones in the area to deal with the problem. During the rescue
mission involving a mysterious "space ribbon", the Enterprise rescues
some of the passengers of the dstressed ship but is also hit, taking
the quarters Kirk was in. 78 years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and
co. on the Enterprise-D deal with the nefarious Dr. Soren, who was
one of the survivors of the aforementioned mission, and end up trying
to stop his plot to collapse suns with trilithium and changing the
course of the ribbon and killing hundreds of millions of innocent
people.
Despite
some serious flaws in narration, still a thrilling first entry for
the Next Generation of Star Trek films. Director of the TV series,
David Carson, takes the directors seat this time and delivers a more
hit-than-miss adventure that is sometimes confusing but still
thoroughly entertaining for fans of both TV shows. Spiner as the
android Data, steals the best moments after being implanted with an
emotion chip that causes some erratic but hilarious behavior. Kirk's
death lacks the emotional impact of Spock's in STAR TREK II, but is
still moving and tastefully handled. With a little more editing of
the script and crisper direction of various scenes, this could have
been the best of the film series. As it stands, still a solid entry,
bringing the end of the first generation and coming of the second in
style.
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