{4.5\/5} “Logic, logic, logic… Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.” — Spock<\/p>\n
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/strong>, released in 1991<\/p>\n The Klingon moon Praxis, a key energy facility, has exploded, leaving them vulnerable. Spock has been in conversation with Chancellor Gorkon to open negotiations. Kirk and the Enterprise have been selected to escort Gorkon to a peace summit, but someone kills Gorkon. Kirk and McCoy are tried and sentenced to Rura Penthe, but Spock won’t leave them there to die.<\/p>\n This is a brilliant movie if it were about some other characters, but as a Star Trek<\/strong> movie it has some flaws.<\/p>\n I was bothered more this time about Kirk and his officers’ attitude towards the Klingons. Spock is the only one acting like himself — the others are bigoted in a way that doesn’t seem consistent. For example, Kirk doesn’t usually blame a whole race (Klingons) for the actions of one person (Kruge). I feel like Nicholas Meyer was more interested in telling the story he wanted to tell and less interested in continuity.<\/p>\n After the dinner scene, though, things mostly get better. There are lots of terrific parts and if you squint — or read the novelization — you can enjoy it as the last movie featuring all of the cast from The Original Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It’s about being willing to give your adversaries a chance.<\/p>\n Michael Dorn, Rene Auberjonois, Grace Lee Whitney, and Christian Slater have small parts.<\/p>\n Stars Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, Iman, Kurtwood Smith, and Rosanna DeSoto. Directed by Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/strong><\/a>). The music by Cliff Eidelman is wonderful, particularly “Escape from Rura Penthe.”<\/p>\n