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Adaptation Advance Access originally published online on June 30, 2009
Adaptation 2009 2(2):177-179; doi:10.1093/adaptation/app005
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FILM REVIEW

Star Trek (2009)

Ina Rae Hark

University of South Carolina

E-mail: hark@mailbox.sc.edu

Star Trek. Dir. J. J. Abrams. Perf. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana. 2009.

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In 1991 at the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the cast of the original Star Trek television series literally signed off in the end credits. Although some of them would appear in the Next Generation television spin-off and films, the whole ensemble would not again onscreen go boldly where no one has gone before. As the Trek franchise itself sputtered out with the box office failure of the tenth film, Nemesis, and the premature cancellation of the fifth series, Enterprise, it seemed unlikely these characters would ever reunite. But 18 years later, they are back, in a flashy franchise reboot, a breakneck, stylish, and thoroughly entertaining summer blockbuster.

For all their familiarity . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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