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| Review Summary |
Riker and Troi are married in a ceremony presided over by best man Picard. On their way to the honeymoon, the Enterprise picks up a positronic signal from the largely uninhabited planet of Kolarus III. A search team finds the pieces of a prototype version of Data called "B-4," who is reassembled on the Enterprise and seems quite primitive and innocent but secretly downloads navigational and starship data from the Federation databanks.
The crew is ordered to the Neutral Zone near Romulan space, because of peace overtures from the Romulans. But on arrival, the Enterprise is met by a massive battleship called the Scimitar, commanded by the new Romulan Praetor named Shinzon. To the crew's surprise, Shinzon is not only a Reman -- the sister planet race of slave warriors long subjugated by the Romulans -- but apparently human, too.
Shinzon turns out to be a young clone of Picard, but his genetic programming has speeded up and he is starting to age at a rapid rate. Not only does he want to make war on the Federation, but he will need Picard's blood -- all of it -- to survive for more than a few hours. Not only is the Scimitar armed with thalaron, a deadly form of radiation that swiftly deconstructs biological matter (and therefore banned by the Federation) but its cloaking devices are so powerful that Jordi La Forge reports they are impenetrable by the Enterprise's sensors. Counselor Troi also discovers (in bed with Riker) that Shinzon and his Romulan Viceroy are able to enter her mind.
Although conceptually, the ninth and final Star Trek movie is promising, and the art design very good (watch for the ramming of the Scimitar by the Enterprise when all her weapons are spent), the villain is too young and slight to be truly compelling, and the plot drags.
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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A clone of Picard was created by the Romulans years ago in order to infiltrate the Federation but was eventually sentenced to slavery when the plan was discarded. He takes over the Romulan empire and eventually aims to occupy earth, but first must have a full blood transfusion from Picard in order to overcome a genetic disease.
Portia, Resident Scholar
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Captain Picard attends the wedding of his long time first officer and is feeling good about his life spent with friends seeking justice aboard the Enterprise. Picard is then introduced to a clone of himself, a younger self who has exposed to a much harsher background. This introduction causes Picard to examine how he has come about evolving into the man he is and whether his life would have taken a different path based on his surroundings.
JADEFOXX, Resident Scholar
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This latest installment in the Star Trek series, written partially by Brent Spiner who plays Data, is not as good as it could have been. The story is about Captain Picard, who is sent on his ship, the Enterprise, to escort a Reman vessal which is carrying a new diplomatic offical. He finds out that this official is really a clone of himself and is still in a young stage. Data also finds a younger version of himself and downloads all of his memories into the new robot. Also, in the midst, Riker and Troi get married. Soon, they all find out that new diplomat clone, Shinzon doesn't have the best of intentions and is harboring a new superweapon that can destroy all the people on earth in a short time. They find that they must stop Shinzon before he does so. If you see the movie and look at all the details, you will see that is a kind of remake of The Wrath of Khan.
Michael Gookin, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 45%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 32.5%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 22.5%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV?
- overt invasion (very visible of monsters/aliens)
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- spaceship battles
Part of a series?
- Star Trek
Clones/duplicates?
- bad clones/duplicates
Clones/Duplicates?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- military officer, senior
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Robot
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- mastermind
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- French
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- average physique
- physically sick
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Spaceship setting:
- really, really giant spaceship/station
- futuristic human warship
- alien spaceship
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- unfriendly aliens
- big overbuilt futuristic city
- very controlled society
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
- fearful
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- exploding spaceships
- exotic spaceships
- exotic aliens
- exotic big cities
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- TV show
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