Star Trek Into Darkness

"Beyond the darkness, lies greatness."

2013 2h 12m EN

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Synopsis

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When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

“Beyond the darkness, lies greatness.”

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Cast

Chris Pine
Captain James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto
Commander Spock
Zoe Saldaña
Lieutenant Nyota Uhura
Benedict Cumberbatch
John Harrison / Khan
Karl Urban
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Simon Pegg
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
Bruce Greenwood
Admiral Christopher Pike
Peter Weller
Admiral Alexander Marcus

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$190M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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CAST

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Part of the "Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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238+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by J.J. Abrams, shot by Dan Mindel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Maryann Brandon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldaña carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

J.J. Abrams directs. Dan Mindel behind the camera. Michael Giacchino scores. Maryann Brandon cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$190M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4238+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by J.J. Abrams, shot by Dan Mindel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Maryann Brandon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldaña carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Beyond the darkness, lies greatness.".
10IMDB entry: tt1408101 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 12 themes, including "spacecraft", "friendship", "sequel", "alien".
12Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dan Mindel
Original score: Michael Giacchino
Editing: Maryann Brandon
Production design: Scott Chambliss
Costume design: Michael Kaplan
Makeup / hair: David LeRoy Anderson
VFX supervisor: Roger Guyett
Sound: Ben Burtt
Runtime: 132 min · 2h 12m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $190,000,000
Box office: $467,381,584
Return: 246% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

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Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection

J.J. Abrams' cinematic re-envisioning of the Star Trek universe portrayed by a new cast, and set in an alternate reality from earlier films and series (referred to as the "Kelvin" timeline).

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Andres Gomez2014-06-16
★ 3/10
Weak story for a movie with a huge budget. Honestly, I think you will only like it if you are a Treky. In no other way you will be able to get any logic out of it and the fact that the Captain of the space ship is the first to get out to do field work.
Gimly2018-10-04
★ 6/10
The following is a long form review that I originally wrote in 2013. Star Trek: Into Darkness, or STID, as the kids are calling it (which makes me sad 'cause it's akin to both STI's and STD's) is, in my unprofessional opinion, a step up from the previous instalment (which I did still quite enjoy). Both J.J. Abram's 2009 film, as well as Into Darkness did both, however, seem to have an issue I couldn't overlook in common. And that is that both essentially feel like an incredibly drawn out episode of a TV show. And I've seen next to nothing of the old Star Trek series, so it's not from that sort of a view I've come to have this feeling. It's just a sort of unshakable notion I developed after a few minutes from the start during each film. Even in this aspect, Into Darkness is a slight improvement on its forebear. This new Star Trek film is, unfortunately, riddled with plot holes. Some... Or at least one, is completely unforgivable. They're not enough to ruin the film per se, but it does make me wonder about Abram's ability to be a showrunner in the future if he can't even handle Star Trek. Right from the get go I had questions that could have easily been answered with only a couple of lines of dialogue's worth of effort. Which was sad, because it cast a pall over what was, at its heart, an enjoyable piece of cinema. Despite these issues worsening as the movie progressed, a congratulatory word does again have to go out to Abram's and his team for their tweaked timeline. Working a way in which to successfully reboot the franchise, without belittling the integrity of the original was a great move (moreover, they've left themselves open for more deviations in the future, now that the concept is established). Very smart. Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Anton Yelchin returning is of course a big plus for me. Completely unsurprisingly there just as fantastic as ever. But, that kind of Tumblr user would I be if I didn't give a special bit of praise to Benedict Cumberbatch (which all levity aside, is actually well earned from the Brit, who makes for a spectacular villain). 65% -Gimly
CinemaSerf2024-05-30
★ 7/10
I will own up to actually quite enjoying this. It has less of the holier-than-thou moralism of some of the "Star Trek" features and is basically just a sci-fi adventure that pitches Chris Pine ("Kirk") and his crew against enemies as they say - both foreign and domestic! The dynamic between Pine and "Spock" (Zachary Quinto) still doesn't quite work for me; but Karl Urban makes for quite a good "McCoy" complete with all his daft metaphors. (The less said about Simon Pegg's "Scotty", the better - but fortunately, he features sparingly). The "Enterprise" must track down the arch-criminal "Khan" (Benedict Cumberbatch) - responsible for a bombing in London and then an attack on Starfleet Command - in dangerous Klingon territory and off they set armed with some distinctly dodgy torpedoes. There's a bit of jovial banter between the unlikely couple of "Uhura" and "Spock" which raises a smile, and Anton Yeltsin still has trouble with the computer comprehending his "w's". It's got plenty of phaser fights, the shirts get ripped quite a few times and the story has a bit of definition to help it move along. The last fifteen minutes do, however, drag out the ending just a bit too much - but hey, if you are looking for some high-end science fiction with a few twists in the plot and a good look to it, then you could do worse than this