The Best One…

A Review of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

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[thedirectorschair]

Shatner always gets castigated for ham acting, but Shatner, Nimoy and Montalban give three of the best performances ever seen in a cinema.

[hixta]

" Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the one if the best movie lines ever.

[truecrimescotsman]

Not just the best trek film, it truly is one of the greatest films of all time.

[parkerknowsbest]

A masterpiece. Themes of ageing, obsessive revenge, loss, and rebirth. Expertly crammed into a tight brilliantly scripted film with beloved characters. They don't make them like they used to. Shatner delivers his best work here especially the Engine room scene and the funeral.

[christophercatiller]

More than 40 years later, it's still the best trek film.

[briankeirns]

“He tasks me….he tasks me and I shall have him….”

[grandmufftwerkin]

I went to university with a foreign student named Kahn.

One night we lost track of him while bar hopping, and one of our buddies started yelling Kirk style in the middle of the downtown hub.

[bkatbamna]

Saw it in the theater in 1982. Loved it then. Appreciate it even more now.

[JohnInTheShelter]

This is still one of the great opening night moviegoing experiences I've had. The audience was ready for the Trek movie they'd hoped The Motion Picture would be.

In the moments after the simulation, we get McCoy being a wiseguy, Kirk and Spock being friends ("Happy Birthday")--we knew our TV pals were back.

When the Enterprise is hit by Reliant's phasers, the whole audience was like, "HOLY SHIT!" It felt like our heroes were REALLY in trouble. At that point, Enterprise had never been hurt like that. This was one of Kirk's toughest situations--which of course is what the whole Kobiyashi Maru subtext is about.

[davidalangay]

A friend of mine and I went to see this movie. We were originally going to have lunch after the movie, but were both shaken and saddened by the death of Spock we both decided to call it a day. The day after, we met again to talk about the film and discovered just how much that film really impacted us.

[donaldduck]

Definitely the best one! Nicholas Meyer was the best thing to ever happen within the franchise. Montalban was an unforgettable as a villain.

[moxica]

Went with a friend to see this in the theater in '82. I wasn't really a Trek fan going in, but I was when I left the theater!

[chrisw]

The consensus in 2009 was that the Star Trek reboot was a fun one-off. We had no idea that it was going to influence all of Star Trek moving forward.

[haitolawrence]

Wrath of Khan got a late August rerelease in Canada that summer. I lived in a small town but when I went I was still amazed to find I had the entire theatre to myself! Just me and the big screen watching that fantastic movie. It's something I'll never forget. 😎

[MrPGC]

When Harve Bennett was given the job of producing the movie, the first thing he did (since he never watched the original series) was he rented a screening-room, sat down and watched every episode of the entire original series in the original order, from beginning to end. And as he watched, he made notes about the strongest, best elements of the series, those that (in his opinion) worked best, as well as the weaknesses to avoid, and the elements that had potential for further development. And these notes were ultimately utilized in the production of the final film, which is one huge reason it was so satisfying & did the best job, in the opinions of many, of capturing the feel of the original. It's the kind of "doing your homework" dedication that the current show-runners of modern "Trek" can't apparently be bothered with, and the difference definitely shows in the end-result of their work.

[grandmufftwerkin]

The Wrath of Kahn probably has Shatner's best performance in anything he's done.

[chris.hinsley]

The ending with Spocks voice over always makes me cry. It’s so powerful.

[chonconnor]

Undiscovered Country will always have a special place in my heart as it was the best one I saw in theaters as a kid and is nearly as good as Wrath in terms of writing, directing and acting. But nothing beats Montoblan and Shatner who were both so individually masterful and played off each other perfectly despite not having a scene together.

[markeastwood]

The Wrath of Khan is one of only a few movies that I can watch again and again without ever getting tired. There's a distinct lack of action, with only 2 ships engaged in 2 fairly brief space battles, but given modern Hollywood's trend for swarms of CGI models blowing each other up, it's all the better for it. It's great action, because we care about what's happening and we feel the tension. It's an absolute masterpiece an deserves the praise it receives. 👍🖖

[elrickthebrave]

What got me the most of this movie was the soundscape. The music was superb, the timing is perfect, it makes the story more real, visceral, and emotional. It is what moved me.