Generally regarded as one of the weakest installments in the franchise, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was released in 1989. It saw directorial responsibilities shift from Leonard Nimoy to William Shatner and commercially it was one of the poorest performers taking a mere $63m from a budget of $30m. … [Read more...]

The 20th anniversary of one of the most iconic franchises in history saw with it the release of a new film. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, directed by Leonard Nimoy moved the action from the future to present day San Francisco and proved a commercial success taking $133m from a budget of $21m. … [Read more...]

The enigmatically titled Star Trek III: The Search for Spock follows The Wrath of Khan chronologically and sets the crew of the USS Enterprise on a mission to the planet affected by the Genesis device. By this time, the cast and crew had really got into their groove and director Leonard Nimoy has some fun with proceedings. … [Read more...]

Picard or Kirk? The age old Star Trek debate. Who is the better Captain of the USS Enterprise? This debate can send fans of the franchise into a full-blooded rage, but in 1994 they got to experience both Captains together in the same film, Star Trek: Generations. It represents William Shatner's last official portrayal of the iconic Captain Kirk and Patrick Stewart's first foray … [Read more...]

The tenth and final instalment of the original Star Trek Universe films, Star Trek: Nemesis was released in 2002. Directed by Stuart Baird (US Marshalls, Executive Decision) it is the final appearance of the Next Generation crew of Star Trek regulars and only just making its many back at the box office, lead to work commencing on the rebooted universe by JJ Abrams in Star Trek. … [Read more...]

The series of Star Trek: The Next Generation films oddly parallels the films following on from The Original Series in a way: a pretty rubbish first film, followed by a sequel which is generally considered the best of its particular series, with somewhat diminishing returns thereafter. And First Contact is easily the best of the Next Gen films, which admittedly could be seen as … [Read more...]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture was bad. Really, really bad. Nicknamed The Motionless Picture by some for its awful pacing and huge amounts of filler, the sequel needed to up its game quite drastically for Star Trek films to remain viable. The big-screen future of one of the world's two biggest science fiction franchises was in the balance, and fortunately Wrath of Khan … [Read more...]