Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)

 

 

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wow.going into this movie,my expectations were pretty low.i though it would be a decent movie,but not great.well,i don't no if it's great or not,but it's pretty darn close.this one has it all.sure,there's action,and quite a bit of it.and there also plenty of excitement to go along with it.and in liberal doses of humour coupled with the high intensity and suspense factor and you have one heck of a fun film.there are also the added elements of intrigue and mystery,which the previous had little of,if any.this is also the darkest installment up to that point.i think it is also the most ambitious of the six films.for me,this movie ranked right up there with the fourth installment The Voyage Home.there are some nail biting moments here.this movie is a 4/5 for sure.

"The Undiscovered Country" was the sixth of the Star Trek movies and hit the movie screens in 1991. Like "The Wrath of Khan", this film was directed by Nicholas Meyer, and tells the story of the last mission undertaken by Captain Kirk and his crew.

The film opens in 2293, with the USS Excelsior returning home from a three-year mission charting gaseous anomalies in beta quadrant. Under the command of Captain Sulu, it monitors a devastating explosion on the Klingon moon, Praxis - one that literally tears the moon apart. As well as losing a key energy production facility, the Klingons are left with a more pressing problem : within fifty years, the Klingon homeworld would be uninhabitable due to the resulting damage to its atmosphere.

Several months later, Kirk and most of his senior staff are mysteriously called to a meeting with Starfleet's top brass. Three months away from retirement, they're a little confused as to why they have been summoned - and why Spock is, apparently, missing. The mystery is presently cleared up : they are briefed on what happened on Praxis and informed that, as a result, peace talks have opened between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Further details are then provided by the Federation's Special Envoy : Spock. Compounding Kirk's surprise at Spock's role in proceedings is his dismay that Spock's plans for the Enterprise and her crew. Spock has volunteered them, without their knowledge, to escort Gorkon (the Klingon Chancellor) to Earth for a peace conference. Obviously Kirk - having spent his career fighting Klingons and still smarting from his son's death at Klingon hands - does not approve. He is not alone in expressing his concerns - several Admirals, including Cartwright, believe it very dangerous to even consider allowing Klingons free access to Federation space. All objections, however, are brushed aside by the Commander-in-Chief and Spock's plan is given the green light. Unfortunately, mixing Kirk and Klingons can only lead to trouble - especially when both parties are threatened with peace. (Just so long as nobody lets them near the Romulan Ale....D'OH !!).

There are several well-known guest stars in the movie : Michael Dorn (Worf from TNG and DS9) appears as a Klingon Defence Attorney, while Iman appears as a shape-shifting convict. Kim Cattrall also appears playing Lt. Valeris, a new Enterprise Bridge Officer. She was sponsored through the Academy by Spock and was the first Vulcan to graduate top of her class. General Chang, one of Gorkon's aides, is a great character - probably the most entertaining in the movie. He seems to enjoy testing Kirk - someone he shares a few traits with. Both are tough old warriors who are suspicious of the peace initiative. Overall this in a hugely entertaining movie - there's plenty of action, humor and opportunities for characters to bend the rules. For me, this beats "The Wrath of Khan" as the best of the Trek movie featuring the crew of the original series.

Unlike Nemesis, which kind of left you scratching your head at how The Next Generation series of movies could go out in such an average (for TNG's high standards) bang, The Undiscovered Country closed out the original Star Trek series of movies with a BANG in 1991. This is easily the best ST movie ever, about how overmining of the Klingon moon causes a catastrophe on their planet making in uninhabitable and causing them to come to the Federation with talks of a truce. But a deep conspiracy unravels, in some ways predictable, in other ways not.......enough of my blabbering, not like you wanted to hear me tell you any more anyways, if you did I still won't spoil any more. Scenes of this movie were emulated in Next Generation movies (a certain space battle scene is emulated almost exactly in Generations, although nowhere near as well). Get it, watch it, and watch all the original Star Trek movies (except maybe the first one, unless you are INSANE for star trek). THe original movies are the best, and can be loved even if you aren't a Star Trek fan.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Movie With Some Issues
Over all a great movie despite the plot holes and other stuff.

Published on Jun 30 2004 by R. Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek recovers from the Shatner shattering.
Three cheers for Leonard Nimoy and Nicholas Meyer. After Star Trek was MUGged by the absurd ego of William Shatner with his disastrous Star Trek 5,Nimoy came up with the idea of... Read more

Published on Jun 21 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A fitting sendoff
Nick Meyer's "Undiscovered Country" is a terrific movie which involves witty dialogue, a terrific plot, great special effects (for that day and age), a complimentary... Read more

Published on Jun 1 2004 by J.D.

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun send-off to original cast
My Rating: 3.5/5.0 stars.

After Star Trek V, which DID stink (sorry, Bill!), the powers that be did what everyone would hope they did: hire back Nick Meyer, who directed Star... Read more

Published on April 25 2004 by S. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Great finale for original cast
This sixth edition of the Star Trek movie series is probably (along with Star Trek II) the best ever to hit the big screen. Read more

Published on April 11 2004 by Tuvan Uner

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the Average Star Trek Movie
Personally I feel this was the best of the Star Trek movies, It was a good movie for both trekkies and non-trekkies with a good message and great directing.

Published on Mar 29 2004 by Ruben L. Vega

3.0 out of 5 stars stink'n HD-TV's!
First off, the movie it's self is rated 5 stars and no less, but this format stinks. If your gonna show it in widescreen show it in anamorphic and no less. Read more

Published on Mar 25 2004 by Black Cat de La Bear

4.0 out of 5 stars Last TOS Movie given royal DVD treatment.
I guess Paramount must have heard about many people complaining about the lack of work put into the special edition Star Trek V DVD, so they gave the sixth and last movie to star... Read more

Published on Mar 14 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Arguably the best of the six STAR TREK feature films sporting the entire original series cast, THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY is a well crafted tale of political intrigue that... Read more

Published on Mar 10 2004 by J. L. Braswell

3.0 out of 5 stars Atrocious packaging
Many others have written about the Film and extras itself so I will leave that to them.

Paramount really dropped the ball on this one. Read more

Published on Mar 5 2004 by Mr. X

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