Star Trek III: The Search for Spock *** (1984, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 1920

Leonard Nimoy takes over the helm as director of the third movie in 1984, in which the starship USS Enterprise is scheduled for scuttling, Bones McCoy (DeForest Kelley) is suffering from a Vulcan mindmeld, the Genesis planet is about to self-destruct – and the body of Mr Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is missing. So Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) risks his career to commandeer the decommissioned starship Enterprise, summon his trusty bridge crew and whizz off after old big ears Spock.

The third Star Trek film neatly dovetails into the plot of the second, and tells its story with the same straight-faced splendour as the 1960s cult TV series. This is a highly entertaining episode with then impressive special effects and brisk, no-nonsense direction from Nimoy, who takes the series in the right direction with the serious and low-key but good-hearted tone.

DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei and Nichelle Nichols are of course also aboard the Enterprise.

Christopher Lloyd indulges himself in an outrageous comedy turn as Commander Kruge, the head Klingon commanding an enemy warship. Judith Anderson, James B Sikking, John Larroquette, Miguel Ferrer, Robin Curtis, Merritt Butrick, Phil Morris, Mark Lenard co-star.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) followed. Star Trek was successfully rebooted in 2009, with a sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, in 2013.

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