Fresh
There is something comfortable, even old-shoeish, about the new film, a sense, appropriate to its theme of coming to terms with middle age, that all aboard are pleasurably rediscovering their best selves.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance.
1982 · 1h 52m · PG
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
Overview
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
Director and cast
- Nicholas Meyer Director
- William Shatner as Admiral James T. Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Captain Spock
- DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard McCoy
- Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh
- James Doohan as Montgomery Scott
- Walter Koenig as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
- George Takei as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
- Nichelle Nichols as Cmdr. Uhura
- Bibi Besch Cast
- Merritt Butrick Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Star Trek II is a very satisfying space adventure, closer in spirit and format to the popular TV series than to its big-budget predecessor.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
If only director Nicholas Meyer had grasped the implications of his tale more fully and enthusiastically, this might have become a classic piece of cornball SF poetry, but as it stands the tepid acting and one-set claustrophobia take a heavy toll.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The net effect, between embarrassed guffaws, is incredulity: a movie at once post-TV and pre-DW Griffith.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Although I liked the special effects in the first movie, they were probably not the point; fans of the TV series wanted to see their favorite characters again, and Trek II understood that desire and acted on it.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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