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Star Trek 10: Nemesis
Year Of Release
2002
Director
Stuart Baird
Producer
Marty Hornstein, Rick Berman, Peter Lauritson
Writer
Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, John Logan, Brent Spiner
Cast
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer and Tom Hardy
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Year Of Release
2002
Director
Stuart Baird
Producer
Marty Hornstein, Rick Berman, Peter Lauritson
Writer
Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman, John Logan, Brent Spiner
Cast
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer and Tom Hardy
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Picard and company must thwart a seemingly familiar enemy, who has become leader of Romulus and is bent on obtaining DNA from Picard, at the cost of the captain's life, as well as the Federation's and Earth’s destruction by using a new and immensely deadly weapon.
Once again, another Marmite movie for fans.
Nemesis is certainly more action orientated but contains a nice little twist in both Picard's past, and his fate.
The main plot of the film revolves around haunted histories, bettering yourself and has oodles of sentimental value. It's written perfectly though, it doesn't go into the 'cheesy' territory that The Undiscovered Country went into.
A lot of people have slammed Nemesis for lack of originality and bad dialogue. It’s true, the dialogue is unbelievable at times, but the overall premise that deals with almost a family feud is, I find, the most interesting aspect of Nemesis. It also adds a nice touch of mysticism into things that have happened in the past with Picard and his adventures.
Another thing with the film is that director Stuart Baird had never seen any Star Trek episode and it does show quite a lot. The overall feel of the film has little resemblance to the Treks we’ve all seen before.
It’s not an awfully bad thing though, it makes the movie stand apart with the darker and more brooding set pieces seen throughout.
The overall acting from all parties is another plus point. They successful encapsulate their characters in the strange set of circumstances and show the humour, and especially the tragedy, absolutely brilliantly.
What really stands out in the film though is a young Tom Hardy as the antagonist and his right hand man played by Ron Perlman.
They're absolutely brilliant throughout and very good as villains. Hardy in particular shines in the near-dual-role.
The effects are absolutely top notch too. Some of the action scenes are very exciting and you can finally, at last, see where the budgets were spent too.
The CGI has been improved a hell of a lot, even over Insurrection.
Once again, another Marmite movie for fans.
Nemesis is certainly more action orientated but contains a nice little twist in both Picard's past, and his fate.
The main plot of the film revolves around haunted histories, bettering yourself and has oodles of sentimental value. It's written perfectly though, it doesn't go into the 'cheesy' territory that The Undiscovered Country went into.
A lot of people have slammed Nemesis for lack of originality and bad dialogue. It’s true, the dialogue is unbelievable at times, but the overall premise that deals with almost a family feud is, I find, the most interesting aspect of Nemesis. It also adds a nice touch of mysticism into things that have happened in the past with Picard and his adventures.
Another thing with the film is that director Stuart Baird had never seen any Star Trek episode and it does show quite a lot. The overall feel of the film has little resemblance to the Treks we’ve all seen before.
It’s not an awfully bad thing though, it makes the movie stand apart with the darker and more brooding set pieces seen throughout.
The overall acting from all parties is another plus point. They successful encapsulate their characters in the strange set of circumstances and show the humour, and especially the tragedy, absolutely brilliantly.
What really stands out in the film though is a young Tom Hardy as the antagonist and his right hand man played by Ron Perlman.
They're absolutely brilliant throughout and very good as villains. Hardy in particular shines in the near-dual-role.
The effects are absolutely top notch too. Some of the action scenes are very exciting and you can finally, at last, see where the budgets were spent too.
The CGI has been improved a hell of a lot, even over Insurrection.
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All in all, a rather downbeat but almost inspiring end to The Next Generation's legend. Still not perfect but definitely, personally for me, the most exciting of TNG's films in story and action.
My rating: 84%
All in all, a rather downbeat but almost inspiring end to The Next Generation's legend. Still not perfect but definitely, personally for me, the most exciting of TNG's films in story and action.
My rating: 84%
