Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Catch Me If You Khan

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Stam Fine Reviews looks at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, possibly the greatest Star Trek film ever. Exiled criminal Khan (Ricardo Montalban) wants revenge on Captain James T. Kirk while gaining control over the mysterious Project Genesis. Spock gives the captain a book for his birthday and something else happens but I can't quite remember what.

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0:00 Introduction
0:30 A Sequel
3:00 The Wrath of Khan
6:01 Harve Bennett
7:20 Space Seed
7:50 Script
8:21 Nudge, Nudge. Wink Wink. Say Nimoy
8:39 Wanted: Movie Director
9:35 Age
10:29 Effects
11:05 Budget
11:55 Cast
16:30 Naming Rights
17:05 Wrath of Fan
18:34 James Horner
19:10 Getting It All In The Khan
21:00 Release

[StamFine]

It's bugged me for a while that in the video that we posted for STII TWOK, we didn't mention Kirstie Alley by name at all. This wasn't deliberate, just the result of a last minute edit for boring technical reasons.

[Derpy]

It has… and always shall be… the best Star Trek film.

[geoffpage]

This remains the only movie I cried at. I saw it with my dad when it was released. Spock's death and Kirk's eulogy still gets to me to this day.

[silvervalleystudios]

This movie was awesome and rightfully so everybody raves about it. Its my favourite Star Trek movie by far. But nobody really talks about Space Seed, the TOS episode which introduced Khan. That episode has some great dialogue and Montalban gave an awesome performance.

[shaggycan]

22:00 Ok since you brought it up. I still can't believe JJ used 'Khan' in Into Darkness. Nick Meyer was like an uncle to him growing up, his parents were friends of Nicks. So JJ has the audacity to take uncle Nick's most famous film and basically shit all over it. JJ is the worst thing that ever happened to Trek, and it's still happening; all his buddies are still running new Trek.

[TheBeird]

I may not be a Star Trek fan, but there’s no denying this a pretty damn good film. A fun sci-fi adventure that can work for anyone regardless of their appreciation of the franchise

[carlrood]

Kirk's real mistake was not leaving Khan more books when he marooned him. He read Moby Dick way too many times and it unhinged him

[MrWhipple]

How much do I love this movie? My car's personalized license plate is KHAAAAN.

I am not joking.

[BigNoseDog]

Nick Meyer is the real star of this movie. It’s no coincidence that the best TOS movies are the ones written and/or directed by Meyer and the weakest TOS movies are the ones where Meyer had no involvement. Meyer wasn’t an experienced director, but what mattered most was that he was a good storyteller. This movie dealt with actual themes such as death, revenge, and aging and made use of literary classics like Moby Dick and Paradise Lost. For someone who was barely familiar with Star Trek, he sure had a good handle on the overall concept and the characters. This was in sharp contrast to the previous movie where Roddenberry seemed to forget what fans liked about the TV series. Meyer’s outsider perspective makes TWOK easily the most accessible Star Trek movie. You don’t have to be a fan or even familiar with Star Trek to understand and appreciate the movie. For good or bad, it set the standard by which all Star Trek movies are judged and as we see later with Nemesis and Into Darkness, you can’t remake a classic with an inferior script and a hack director if you don’t even understand what made the original good in the first place.

[lancebaylis]

"I will leave you as you left me. Buried ah-LIVE."

[klass_]

Happy 40th Anniversary. Wrath of Khan joined the list where the sequel is better than the original.

[Cafeman_D]

Right before the pandemic, a local theater had WOK on 1 night only and I went. I think I was 50 then, and evidently the youngest person in attendance. The audience had great reactions to this old film.

[shaggycan]

18:40 James Horner knocked this score so far out of the park it's almost a miracle. It may be the best thing about the best Star Trek film.

[BlueHToys]

Not only the best star trek movie but one of the best movies of all time. Actually made Shatner look good 👍🏻

[michaelproctor]

Director Nicholas Meyer gave an interview to Starlog magazine not long after the movie was released. He related a funny story that happened between him and Ricardo Montalban. Meyer states that they were getting ready to shoot a scene and he announced "ok, we're going to do this next scene from my point of view." According to Meyer, Ricardo said "so this is going to be a short take?" (a reference to Meyer's small stature) Meyer then said to the crew, "somebody get me another Mexican!"

[shaggycan]

8:50 Time after Time is pretty crazy, but a fun film. Plus Mary Steenburgen looks like Kate Bush in it and both 'future' Star Trek actors Malcolm McDowell and David Warner star.

[andylikesstuffchannel]

One of the best films ever made for me total genius doesn't miss a step. The Score is on another level Shatner is on fire everyone is.

[GrandAdmThrawn]

I've watched this movie on cable tv in mid 90s. It was in German (SAT1 did reruns of all classic ST on Saturdays each summer hollidays). I had no idea what was said (Polish is my mothertongue) but it hooked me immediately. And the music..OMG the music (especially when Khan is first seen and Chekov with the other guy are interrogated). Then I kinda learned basics of German to understand what they were saying and at some point I finally manged to get my hands on English version with Polish subs. Oh the joy! It is 100% imho the best ST movie ever made (with 1st Contact right after it). I've lost track how many times I've watched it but every time I do it I'm that 10yo that watched it for the 1st time.

Oh, and Space Seed where that story truly began. Don't let me started on that one. It's another gem. <3

[denvan]

JJ Abrams’ quasi remake of _Wrath of Khan_ was like a cover band doing a “tribute“ to a hit song but not really knowing what they’re doing.

[CardinalBiggles]

By far my favourite Star Trek film. And fair play to Ricardo for his still awesome chest