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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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A renegade Vulcan makes Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and the Enterprise go to a planet at the center of the galaxy.

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Critics Consensus

Filled with dull action sequences and an underdeveloped storyline, this fifth Trek movie is probably the worst of the series.

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Albert W

Ugh... definitely not one of the better Star Trek movies... but it is still Star Trek.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Steven S

Enjoyable movie. Three court characters are the real stars of the film. The relationships stand out to this day. Effects aren't that great but effects were never a staple for this series.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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jesse g

I'm a lifelong TOS Star Trek fan. This is my favorite Star Trek film. I hear fans complaining about this and that but for me it was satisfying. It featured the people over the special effects. Shatner did a much better job on this than he's ever giving himself credit for doing. Everyone has an opinion on this film but mine is thank you Mr Shatner for a very entertaining film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/24

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Alec B

There is a kind of ambition here, not successful at all but ambition none the less. That's why the failure hurts so badly here. I still can't believe Kirk's "outsmarting" of "god" was done seriously here.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/24

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Alysha S

I loved the lighting in the scene that started the film/preceded the main title. The writing is absolutely astounding. Where the film falls short the most is that it seemed to have quickly burned through a big aspect to the larger Star Trek story -- and it didn't have the payoff it should have had, either.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Kieran H

I am a massive Star Trek fan. This movie was actually the very first "Trek" I ever watched, it played on BBC1 on a Saturday night and I was around nine or ten years old so for me (at that time) it wasn't so bad. Of course I am now older and wiser and i know a good movie from a bad one. But. This movie is not all THAT bad. It is very typically Star Trek. Regardless of what one may say about pacing and direction etc etc. I can see what it tries (clumsily) to say. It's okay, I've a soft spot for this one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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William Shatner

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William Shatner

Captain James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy

Captain Spock

DeForest Kelley

Commander Leonard H. McCoy, M.D.

James Doohan

Captain Montgomery Scott

Walter Koenig

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov

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Ryan Murphy

Miami Herald

While intimate scenes of male bonding among Kirk, Spock and "Bones" McCoy are particularly delightful, the film's overall themes -- God creation, friendships as family -- are never tied together or amply explained.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 17, 2021

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

The film is neither much of a character story nor an action adventure.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 23, 2017

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

It has high adventure, nifty special effects and much good humor, but it also has a wonderful resonance to it.

Sep 7, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The Final Frontier offers a frightening look into the ego of an actor who writes and directs himself as the man who proves God does not exist.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 5, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Easily the weakest of all 13 Star Trek feature films to date.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 11, 2022

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Jeffrey Lyons

Video Review

Simultaneously obvious and obtuse.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 5, 2022

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Synopsis

A renegade Vulcan makes Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and the Enterprise go to a planet at the center of the galaxy.

Director: William Shatner
Producer: Ralph Winter
Screenwriter: William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery, David Loughery
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 1989, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.1M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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