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Star Trek V: The
Final Frontier (1989)
Adventure and
imagination will meet at the final frontier.
Director: William
Shatner, rated PG
  Starring: William
Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Laurence Luckinbill and
the rest of the Enterprise crew.
DML Rating:
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
- above average
"Damn it, Bones,
you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken
away with a wave of a magic wand... I don't want my pain taken
away! I need my pain!" - Kirk
Why watch this? It
has action and suspense, but wanders a little astray.
Plot Summary:
Captain Kirk and his crew face an urgent mission when a renegade
Vulcan, Sybok, takes three ambassadors hostage on the Planet of
Galactic Peace. Sybok, Spock's half-brother, believes a mythical
planet at the center of the galaxy holds the key to the ultimate
truth about existence. Hijacking the USS Enterprise, Sybok
forces the crew on a journey to cross the Great Barrier and
reach this uncharted world, which he calls Sha Ka Ree.
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Dad's Preview: This film is the lowest ranked of the original crew's films. It
had the daunting task of following
Star Trek IV (1986), which
was an excellent
effort. Taking the directorial reigns here is star William Shatner, and his
inexperience in that role shows. It's the little details
that expose a film that doesn't know what it wants to be. The premise, that God
has been discovered by Spock's wandering brother Sybok, is a
little too far-fetched. The plot would have made a decent episode on the
TV series. The character of Sybok was flat and uninteresting. That
said, of course it's always fun to get the "old gang
back together again", so for that, and continuity, it's
a fairly good watch. |
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Harve Bennett; Paramount Pictures
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