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Star Trek Into Darkness

Beyond the darkness, lies greatness.

2013 · 2h 12m · PG-13 Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by J.J. Abrams

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Overview

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
84%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Most of the logic has leached away from this movie, and with it half of the fun.

Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh

Happily, there's a good deal of fun if you like things crashing violently into each other and out of warp-drive at regular intervals.

Bob Mondello, NPR
Rotten

For all its chasing and falling and fighting-and the movie supplies a great deal of each-Star Trek Into Darkness is at its best when the Enterprise crew are merely bickering and bantering among themselves: less space opera than soap opera.

Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh

The conceptual sci-fi of the original series is nowhere to be found, though you might enjoy watching the skinny young actors approximate their counterparts from the 60s; Chris Pine is especially good as Captain Kirk.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

While the action is often electric, it's the relationships that matter. That, and a lippy regard for a cultural legacy.

John Anderson, Wall Street Journal

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