Star Trek: Nemesis *** (2002, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman) – Classic Movie Review 1926

The good news is the Starship Enterprise boldly goes to the new frontier of double numbers with Star Trek movie number ten. The bad news is the writers can’t find a fresh plot or any new ideas for this mediocre, lame adventure, as they resort to the old chestnut of sending in the clones.

In director Stuart Baird’s 2002 movie, Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard arrives on the planet Romulus, to find an evil young version of himself called Shinzon – the then London rising star Tom Hardy, relishing his stonking great part as Picard’s replica – who plans to take his DNA and destroy the Earth. And the android Data (Brent Spiner) also finds a prototype twin.

Cue lots of mumbo jumbo about the meaning of being human, plenty of old-style action at the bridge of the Starship, some variable special effects, and feisty turns from the whole crew. X-Men director Bryan Singer has a cameo as the Starfleet bridge officer. The fourth movie featuring the Next Generation characters is supposed to be the last.

It also features Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Steven Culp, Alan Dale, Whoopi Goldberg, Nicholas Lanier, Diana Muldaur and Kate Mulgrew.

Star Trek was successfully rebooted in 2009, with a sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, in 2013.

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To baldly go: Hardy and Stewart.