"Star Trek"
by: Paolo Sardinas

In this reboot, of the classic 1960's television show, JJ Abrams crafts a work of art that provides a fresh new start to a series that has long been ridiculed and in dire need of a makeover.

The film begins with the birth of James Tiberius Kirk, whose father was killed during an outer space battle against the vengeful pirate named Nero (Eric Bana). The movie quickly moves forward and shows James (Chris Pine), a rebellious kid, growing up in Iowa. He later enlists in Starfleet Academy after the suggestion by Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood). Kirk also enlists after following his attraction to Uhura (Zoe Saldana), a communications officer.

During this time we are also introduced to a young Spock growing up on planet Vulcan. Who is constantly ridiculed because of being a half human. Spock (Zachary Quinto) later meets Kirk at the academy.

The main plot of the movie is the crews journey on the redesigned U.S.S Enterprise and their battle against Nero. Karl Urban's Dr. Lenoard "Bones" McCoy is played to perfection capturing the old charisma and mannerism originally introduced by DeForest Kelly. John Cho does a good job as well as the pilot with some pretty intense sword fighting skills, Sulu. Anton Yelchin plays a young Chekov, and what is utterly the best casting choice, next to Zachary Quinto, is the casting of Simon Pegg as a young Scotty. Pegg picks up on James Doohan's original quirkiness and truly embodies that into a Scotty for the new generation.

Every single one of these actors pulls of an amazing challenge that consists of not only creating the characters from the show but also making them their own. And they do one hell of a job.

These excellent performances done by an outstanding cast are only one part of the "big picture". Led by excellent directing by JJ Abrams and a story that truly reaches new heights. Star Trek is the definitive Sci-Fi movie for the 21st century. With that being said the summer movie season has officially begun. A-