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Star Trek: Nemesis
- Review Date: May 19, 2003
- PG-13
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 2002
Common Sense Media says
A few good action sequences and some solid acting.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film contains some violence, most of it sci-fi oriented. Lots of laser beam shooting occurs, almost all of it bloodless. The villain cuts his hand at one point and gives the bloody knife to Data. The beginning contains a rather intense and scary sequence in which a Romulan places a disk in the senate which lets out "spores" that land on the Romulans. These "spores" make the aliens begin to wither away, and then turn them to stone. One then crashes on the floor. There is also a quite surprising and graphic love scene in which two senior officers who have recently married begin to sleep together. During the scene, Commander Troy begins to see Shinzon instead of her husband, and struggles to get him away from her.
What's the story?
The latest installment of the Star Trek franchise, continues the adventures of the Next Generation crew and their captain, Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). A clone of Picard's younger self, Shinzon, has somehow overtaken the Romulan senate and wants to make peace. Picard and his crew don't trust this sneaky "clone," and are suspicious of his origins and what they portend. Of course, treachery is afoot and the crew must stop the Romulans before they destroy or conquer, well, pretty much everything.
Is it any good?
Star Trek has a language and following all its own. For those who are not devotees of the series, the way the characters speak often needs to be decoded, causing the viewer to spend more time trying to figure out what the characters are saying rather then why. After a while, if the story doesn't make itself clear somehow, the viewer loses interest. Such is the case for STAR TREK: NEMESIS.
The series has had its up and down moments, ranging from excellent, ("The Wrath of Kahn"), to overly silly ("Star Trek V"). It has also had its share of "we're running low on new ideas," and Nemesis skirts the edges of that territory. There are a few good action sequences, and some solid acting from Stewart, Brett Spiner as the android Data, and Tom Hardy as Shinzon. Hardy's performance carries the movie in many of its otherwise sub-par scenes, and he and Stewart give the dialogue a lot of help. But the film is too muddled in "Trek talk" and way too overdramatic at times. Its conclusion is not just easy to predict, but laughable. Star Trek: Nemesis is not a bad film, but one that will most likely only leave the ever-devoted Trekkies as the only completely-satisfied customers.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the many positive messages in the film. "Star Trek" has always been about gaining peace, and unlike many movies now, one gets the sense the crew does try to use the least amount of violence necessary to accomplish this mission. Parents may want to discuss why this is, and point out Picard's constant reluctance to fight. Parents also should discuss the idea of forgiveness preached in the film. Why does it bother Picard so that this clone reminds him of his former self? Another discussion topic may be how we deal with loss, since a major character does meet his end in this film. Why do Picard and his crew toast their fallen comrade and hide their grief?
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Star Trek: Nemesis
An awesome Star Trek movie, and one of my personal favorites.
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The evan/odd theory continues to work
Star Trek: Nemesis is the 10th instalment of the Star Trek film series and as a small time Treker I can honostly say I was impressed. It had some great action anda fine plot as well. My only beef is that parts of it seem overly similer to Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.
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16+
I thought this movie was too violent for a PG-13 rating. While there weren’t very many violent scenes, the few that were there were pretty gory. In one scene, a roomful of people are exposed to weapon that instantly dehydrates them. And another scene shows a character impaled on a metal rod, and then he pulls the rod deeper into his chest.
It may not be violent enough for an R rating, but I wouldn’t show it to anyone under 16.
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One of the Best "Trek" Movies
This is one of my favorite star trek movies but some things you should know. The film seems to have a more military feel to it than the previous films. There is a good deal of violence such as ray gun fights and space battles, in one scene a device emits a ray that cause a room full of people to crumble and disintegrate. The vilian gradually mutates due to a disese and at the end the villian gets impaled on a jagged pipe, pulls himself along the pipe and dies. In another scene a charecter is telepathically attacked. Besides this this, the acting, score, and story are excellent. Nemesis is a must-see for any Star Trek fan.
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Glitterock Phasers & Stupid Plot Hazes
This is the worst of the ten Star Trek movies. If they couldn't follow Insurrection with a worthy sequel they shouldn't have bothered, and should have left that movie to be the last. Ok, one example as to why this movie is soooo very bad. The crew want to beam down to a planet but can't. They know there may be danger on this planet. So they take a shuttle down - being as they know already that they want to make a number of stop offs on the planet, right?...Wrong! Inspite of having a flying vehicle that can avoid natural hazzards like rivers and canyons that will get them in and out and the job done quicker...they fly down and drive onto the planet going to all the places necessary on...(the most unsturdy looking - in the galaxy probably) a dune buggy! I kid you not!!! It gets worse. Much worse. And it doesn't even feel like Star Trek anymore already at this point! If you've seen Wrath Of Khan you'll notice MANY distinct rip, er, similarities with plot and locations. Except the main villain's motivies and actions here are completely coo-coo to the point that his character makes no sense whatsoever. There's also a "switch over" of sorts, involving some characters, which is doubtless supposed to look incredibly clever..but which in fact, when you pick it apart in your brain, makes absolutely no sense at all and is actually incredibly stupid.
This has some violence and sexual related violence that takes it beyond a pg13 or 12A. This movie is not for kids.
See it if you must/curiosity gets the best of you. But be warned, you will most likely regret doing it lol. Oh, and for some reason the phaser rifles have had a mirrored style make over! They actually look like they may be the old phaser rifles with mirrored card glued to them. Fabulous :o.
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Worst Star Trek movie is also a real bore
I know that many people will no doubt disagree with me on this, but honestly, Star Trek: Nemesis has always been easily my least favorite of the Star Trek movies. Yes, worse than The Final Frontier. Yes, I am serious. But, look at it from my perspective for a moment:Despite being made in late 2002, the special effects are almost always laughable,with some of the films from the 80's having far superior special effects. The acting, well, as much as I still love the cast of the Next Generation, I still have no problem admitting at, by this point in the Star Trek film franchise, the crew had long lived it's purpose, and by this point, even some of the most lovable characters and actors of the Next generation crew now look bored and uninterested in this franchise, by now. Finally, the story: While it actually does have some of the little perks from a few of the episodes from the Original Series, the story of Captain Picard having a long lost brother, who is played by a very young Tom hardy, just isn't easy to get into, at all. So, with series rarity of a PG-13 Rating in hand, the content is pretty much as follows: There is infrequent but intense action violence with several space style shootouts, fistfights and combat. Also, there is one fairly graphic sex scene which pretty much turns into a hallucinogenic attempted rape of sorts (if that makes any sense, at all). Also, there is frequent social drinking, including one particular sequence very early on at a wedding. And, finally, there is very infrequent mild profanity which isn't really much to note of. So, if you are a big die-hard Star Trek fan like me (and, no, I am not a nerd), than you should probably stay well clear of this muddled little mess.
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| Studio: | Paramount Pictures |
| Director: | Stuart Baird |
| Cast: | Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 116 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | December 13, 2002 |
| DVD release date: | May 20, 2003 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | for sci-fi action violence and peril and a scene of sexual content |
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