Star Trek fans might be surprised when they found out that in the 2009 release of Star Trek James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) are not the best of friends as they were in the Original version. In the movie, these two main characters are still searching for who they really are and what they could give the world and in turn became competitive cadets-in-training. Their difference in terms of their characters was the main cause of the conflict. However, despite their differences in their character, for one is driven by passion while the other is driven by rigorous logic, they have a few things in common.

Both the characters are defiant, contentious adversaries, each equally unimpressed with the other and both go out their way to give their best on whatever they do to be among the chosen to join the crew of the most advanced starship ever created, the U.S.S. Enterprise. The characters from the original version like Sulu (John Cho), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Bones (Karl Urban) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) are in the movie, the story was plotted a few years before Kirk became the captain of the Enterprise.

So, yes, basically the movie showed how the characters came about and how they were chosen to be part of crew of enterprise but with the arrival of Narada, a Romulan mining vessel captained by Nero (Eric Bana) that contained the Red Matter which the Spock (Leonard Nimoy) from the future created to supposedly stop an impending supernova of the star Hobus that threaten to destroy the home worlds of the Romulan Star Empire and throw off the political balance of the galaxy changed what was supposed to be in the future. Hobus had exploded while Spock was en route destroying Romulus and Spock and the Narada were sucked into a black hole creating a disturbance in space and time which sent both Spock’s vessel and the Narada to the past.

The enraged Nero had set out to avenge the destruction of their planet and the loss of his family had made a vow to destroy Vulcan and the rest of the United Federation Planets which include Earth. The arrival of Narada in to the past had left James Kirk fatherless and made the Vulcans an “endangered species” leaving only 10,000 Vulcans alive after the destruction of their planet. As if the damage wasn’t enough, Nero had set out for his next target… Earth. Witnessing the turn of events and how it would affect the future, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) had set out to help his old friend the young James Kirk to set some of the facts straight which includes saving their friendship.
  

Movie Statistics:
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Produced by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof
Written by Roberto Orci (Screenplay), Alex Kurtzman (Screenplay), Gene Roddenberry (Characters)
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Bruce Greenwood, Leonard Nimoy
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography: Daniel Mindel
Editing by Mary Jo Markey, Maryann Brandon
Studio: Spyglass Entertainment, Bad Robot Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Released on May 7, 2009 (Australia, New Zealand, & advance screenings in North America), May 8, 2009 (North America, UK)
Duration: 127 min.
Country: United States
Language: English
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