Movie – Star Trek VI - the Undiscovered country

Movie – Star Trek VI - the Undiscovered country

Score : 8/10  

Year :1991

Director: Nicholas Meyer

Country : USA

Language : English. 

Duration: 1h50

Writers : 
Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (story) ; 
Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn (screenplay) 


If this movie were an episode of Friends, it'd be called ''the one with the Klingon citing Shakespear' ; but, the title of the movie is referenced during one of its scenes, so I'll let you discover to what it pertains. 
The story takes place in 2293, 6 years after the events of Star Trek V. As Kirk and McCoy are about to retire, they are charged by the Klingons of assassinating their High Chancelor (played by David Warner in a much different role than the previous movie in which he was a human). 
The Enterprise crew must make due without Kirk and McCoy and have the difficult task of proving their innocence, free them and avoid a possible war. 

After a medium story Shatner had brought in the previous movie, Nimoy once again co-writes the story, for our benefit, as this offers a much needed improvement, especially since it's the last classic-crew movie. 

(slight spoiler alert)


Star Trek VI offers unique special effects as shootings occur in zero gravity environment. What could've been a very gory series of scenes is instead a very artistic representation of floating blood drops, and the sound effects of character's distorted voices could indeed be the result of the lack of gravity (i guess ; i'm not a scientist, but it seems logical). 

(end of spoiler)

The rest of the special effects are very good as well and cinematography offers good atmosphere with a certain variety which hadn't been present in (classic) Star Trek as much prior to this movie (but have been in Star Trek The Next Generation which had been airing since 1987). 

An effort has been made for alien looking aliens ; not everyone is a mere human with slightly different head pieces or wrinkled faces. Here, there are more alien races and alien looking aliens than in most of Star Trek, which is a nice change.

Cliff Eidelman's music is very different than the previous movies, but still quite pleasant accompaniment to the action in this movie.

The humor is a bit less present than the two previous movies, but doesn't deter from the entertainment. 

I personally wasn't disturbed by the added Shakespeare quotations by a Klingon character. I just take it as a Klingon obsessed with this  play-writer, in the image of Star Trek writers, but I can understand those who are bugged by this. 

I enjoy this movie a lot, just about like II (Wrath of Khan) and IV (voyage home), each for their own reasons.


Starring : William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, David Warner, Kim Cattrall, Christopher Plummer, Brock Peters, Iman, Mark Lenard, Kurtwood Smith, Leon Russom, John Schuck, Michael Dorn (as Worf's namesake ancestor),