STAR TREK VI, THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
US, 1991, 110 minutes, Colour..
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Christopher Plummer, David Warner, Kim Cattrall, Mark Lenard, Brock Peters, Kurtwood Smith, Rosanna DeSoto, John Schuck, Michael Dorn, Robert Easton, Iman.
Directed by Nicholas Meyer.
After its initial success of for television in the 1960s and 1970s, the Star Trek Franchise moved into cinema films in 1979. There followed another five films in the series, featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and the popular characters from the television series. This is the last of the series. All the cast are present although George take a has his own command of the ship.
It is a film of farewells, but also much more substantial in its contents over the previous films, especially a resolution of the antagonism towards the Klingons. The film opens with a disaster on a Klingons station, endangering the survival of them. The Chancellor, appeals to the Federation for a peace conference (David Warner). James Kirk is antagonistic towards the Klingons because of the death of his son. A number of Federation are also suspicious. However, it is Spock who begins the negotiations for peace.
Klingon members are beamed up to the Enterprise for a special dinner, including the Chancellor’s daughter. However, audiences are immediately suspicious with the second in charge, Chang, bald, eye patch with Christopher Plummer stealing the show whenever he appears. Throughout the film there is a lot of quoting from Shakespeare’s plays – although it is recommended that they be heard in the original Klingon! So, there is a treat with Christopher Plummer speaking Klingon and reciting Shakespeare in Klingon! Of course, is full of dastardly plans including collaboration in the assassination of the Chancellor so that the peace talks will not go ahead.
When the Chancellor is attacked, Kirk and Bones try to assist but arrested, tried, interned for assassination. A strange character, shape shifting, played by model Email and offers to help them escape,
Meanwhile on the Enterprise, there is a subordinate Welcome played by Kim Cattrall, significant in the running of the ship but also in the final solution. There is a long scene of the trial of Kirk and Bones, and also scenes in the assembly and negotiations for peace with the Klingons, there is quite an amount of action, Chang attacking the Enterprise, help from the ship helmed by George take a.
And, so, a conclusion to the television series as well is the six cinema films, the achievement of Captain James T Kirk, Spock and the other members of the team, and peace for the Federation, moving towards what is caught and undiscovered Country.
At the end, the crew are all assembled and there is a tableau so that the audiences can admire them, have a last glimpse of them.
William Shatner was to appear in the subsequent Star Trek film starring Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard.
The 2009 Star Trek film with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto is the beginning of a series of film prequels to the original series and films.
