Movie Review for 5/7/09

Star Trek release date 5/7/09
Stars - Chris Pine, Zachry Quinto
Director - J.J. Abrahams
Studio- Paramount

the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind.The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before!

J.J Abrahams does what Wolverine failed to do a week earlier. He successfully created a prequel that brought together what we loved about the series and introduced the new that kept us on the edge of our seats. With a very young, inexperienced, yet very talented cast this movie kept me enthralled throughout and kept me wanting more when it finished. Christopher Pine played the role of Captain Kirk flawlessly keeping that arrogance and boldness that William Shatner brought to roll and yet didn't just copy what he did. The roll of Spock played by Zachary Quinto was the one that before seeing the movie I was worried about and yet he played the roll to perfection, never once did I believe that he was an actor playing Spock. He became Spock. Great performances from Bruce Greenwood (Captain Pike) John Cho (Sulu) Karl Urban ( Leonard Bones McCoy, and Zoe Saldana ( Uhura). This movie is what we come to expect from great Hollywood blockbusters, a great story with interesting character infused with monster special effects and bold action sequences. This movie was just fun from introduction to credits.


Next Day Air released 5/7/09
Stars - Donald Faison, Mike Epps
Director - Benny Boom
Studio - Summit

I am not even going to write a synopsis of this movie. It was just a horrible piece of filmaking that should of went straight video. I know I said that I will review two movies a week but after this I may just skip some from time to time.