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Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 science-fiction action film directed by J.J. Abrams and written by Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Roberto Orci. It is the twelfth installment in the Star Trek film franchise and the sequel to the 2009 film Star Trek, as the second in a rebooted film series. Star Trek Into Darkness premiered at Event Cinemas in Sydney, Australia, on April 23, 2013, and was released on May 9 in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Peru, with other countries following. The film was released on May 17 in the United States and Canada, opening at IMAX cinemas a day earlier. A sequel, mh:greatestmovies:Star Trek Beyond was released on July 22, 2016. The film generally received positive reaction from critics, although most found the film to be disappointing compared to the previous film. However, fan response on this film has been either mixed to extremely negative, with many calling it the worst Star Trek film.

Plot
The crew of the Starship Enterprise returns home after an act of terrorism within its own organization destroys most of Starfleet and what it represents, leaving Earth in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) leads his people (Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoë Saldana) on a mission to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction, thereby propelling all of them into an epic game of life and death.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) One of the main problems with this film that would also be problem with the later Star Trek installments such as Discover and Picard is that it completely throws away Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision for the future from the past installments for something much darker and grittier, which completely removes some of the heart and soul that the franchise has in the first place and what had made it so appealing to many fans. This essentially turns this installment into less of a Trek film and more of a generic science fiction action film as a result, and it could have easily been the same film if it didn't have any of the Star Trek characters and locations.
 * 2) The plot of the film is more of an alternate retelling of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan than its own original thing, and many plot elements in the film are recreations or remakes of scenes from that film. While remaking a previous film isn't that bad of an idea, the fact is that this film isn't a remake, it's a sequel to the first reboot film. Therefore, many of the plot elements feel more of rip-offs from that film's plot in a similar way to Star Trek: Nemesis, which had an incredibly similar problem of taking plot elements from Star Trek II, but removing what was essentially great about them in the first place. Some scenes have been altered, but they still feel way to similar and more of a knock-off than it really should, such as Kirk dying behind the glass, rather than Spock, and Spock yelling in agony.
 * 3) The Khan character in the film has many problems that makes him completely inferior to Ricardo Montalban's version of the character back in the original series and in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
 * 4) * One problem that many fans and passive audiences gave much backlash over was the completely unnecessary character race change. In the original series and Wrath of Khan, Khan was of Indian origin, but Benedict Cumberbatch, a white actor, plays the character instead, which was a serious miscast on J.J. Abrams's part.
 * 5) The other characters in this film are also kind of different than who they were in the first film and have taken serious shifts in directions.
 * 6) * Spock's character seems to be more so into his human side than than his Vulcan half, which was something that was handled better in the original timeline and the previous reboot film, and his character seems unfamiliar and ruined because of it. He seems way to interested in his relationship with Uhura than he should, and seems to put his duty ahead of him for her in some cases. Also, he pretty much lets go at the near end where he yells out "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" after Kirk's "death".
 * 7) The pacing for the film is way to fast and there are way to many action scenes together that the film barely has any time to breath. Most of the time, some things aren't to explained well, making the motivations for Khan and Admiral Marcus feel not well explained and hard to take in making, the viewers feel confused about what is happening, especially on a first viewing.
 * 8) Carrying over the problem with J.J. Abram's previous Star Trek reboot film, the story is a lot more action focused, which really wasn't to much of what the franchise was about in the first place, which was about exploration and a aforementioned brighter looking vision for the future. This isn't to much of a bad thing to some people, as some of the best Star Trek films had more of an action focus, but this one doesn't incorporate the elements that the other action-orientated Trek films had that made them great.
 * 9) There is quite a number of padding in the film that doesn't serve to much purpose, along with a bunch of unnecessary scenes that don't serve any real purpose for the film.
 * 10) * Likely the most infamous of these,there is a scene with Carol Marcus in her underwear, which was very unnecessary and serves no real purpose in the film at all other than feeling like fan-service.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Visually, the film is incredibly beautiful and spectacular looking in all departments. The visual effects, such as the CGI for the Enterprise, Klingon scout ships, and Vengeance ships themselves are incredibly well detailed and intricately designed. The battle scenes are also very exciting to watch due to how good the film looks, even if some are a little short.
 * 2) * In addition to the visual effects, the costumes and make up for the aliens in the film look really good and match the tone of the universe well. Some also have very little but fun details on them, such as the Starfleet uniforms having tiny Starfleet symbols all over them.
 * 3) Since the film is more action focused, it is a lot easier for people who aren't as familiar with the franchise to get into.

Reception
Star Trek: Into Darkness received positive reaction from critics when it released. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84%, 10% lower than that of the first reboot film, with the consensus of "Visually spectacular and suitably action packed, Star Trek Into Darkness is a rock-solid installment in the venerable sci-fi franchise, even if it's not as fresh as its predecessor".

However, reaction from Star Trek fans have been mixed to negative, with many criticizing the unnecessary character race change of Khan, unnecessary scenes, and the plot along with Khan's motivations. It got so negative to the point where at a Star Trek convention, fans voted it the worst film in the franchise, and even looked upon other average or bad Trek films such as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek: Nemesis much more favorably.