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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10. -
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High-flying installment of the TV space saga.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Parents need to know that this is a more violent feature than the original, G-rated Star Trek: The Motion Picture, with assorted character deaths and torture. One of the biggest stars of the series is a casualty. While the TV Captain Kirk always seemed to have girlfriends on every planet, this is the first time it's acknowledged that one of them bore him a now-adult son, and their paternal relationship is not close or cordial.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the parallels between Khan's obsession with avenging himself on Kirk and one of the books glimpsed in Khan's personal library, Moby Dick. What do you think of Spock's code of sacrifice for "the needs of the many"? This movie added to Trekkie lore a Starfleet Academy flight simulation test in which a practice captain faces a seeming no-win battle scenario. Why do you think this is important training? What would you do in this scenario?
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- I rate this title off for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- I rate this title off for age 3 and give itMy concerns are:
When I was a toddler, my mom took me to see this movie thinking it was just about silly monsters cracking jokes. But for a whole year I would sleep with my parents because I was scared that a monster would be in my room. Now I'm 11 and of course I know there's no such thing. Just don't take younger kids.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
The Best!
This is the best STAR TREK film yet. Violence is the only issue, really, outside of some brief "d**n"s and "hells". People are shot with lasers, and many bodies are seen dead, with blood on them. Wounds range from a few cuts to one man who has half of his face bloodied up and darkened. There's a creepy scene where worm-type creatures crawl into mens' ears and take possession of their minds.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
One of my personal favorites
Looking back, I liked the first movie, but I LOVED this one! It does have a lot more action and is probably a good idea to fastforward through the worm-going-in-the-ear thing for younger viewers (need to get a Q-tip now, just thinking about it), but for values, this is the best movie. It talks a lot about friendship, loyalty and sacrifice. There's also a lot that can be discussed about family interactions (Kirk has a son we knew nothing about), and how science can be twisted for military purposes. There are numerous references to the works of William Shakespeare. This is one of the movies that I will always stop to watch.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
More graphic then most PG-13 movies
Parents need to know that the second and third Star Trek movies are a lot more violent then Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In one scene, alien worms are put in the ears of two characters as a type of mind-control. Later, one of them vaporizes himself, and another bleeds a lot from his ear. Several bodies are found with blood on their faces. In another scene, Scotty carries a wounded engineer to the bridge. His face is burned and bleeding, and he dies after they take him to sickbay. After a space-battle, the main villain is seen with a bloody burn on most of his face. And the language is way too excessive for a PG movie.
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