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Almost universally derided on its first release as the worst of the Star Trek movies to date, The Final Frontier may just have been the victim of bad press. Following in the wake of the massively successful fourth instalment The Voyage Home didn't help matters (notoriously, even-numbered entries are better), nor did having novice director and shameless egomaniac William Shatner at the helm. But if the story, conceived and co-written by Shatner, teeters dangerously on the verge of being corny at times, it redeems itself with enough thought-provoking scenes in the best tradition of the series, and a surprisingly original finale. Granted there are a few too many yawning plot holes along the way, and the general tone is over-earnest (despite some painfully slapstick comedy moments), but the interaction of the central trio (Kirk, Spock and McCoy) is often funny and genuinely insightful; while Laurence Luckinbill is a charismatic adversary as the renegade Vulcan Sybok. True, the rest of the cast scarcely get a look in, and the special effects betray serious budgetary restrictions, but with a standout score from Jerry Goldsmith and a meaty philosophical premise to play around with, Star Trek V looks a lot more substantial in retrospect. Certainly it's no worse than either Generations or Insurrection, the next "odd-numbered" entries in the series.
On the DVD: This is a non-anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) print, with only two trailers as extra features. Quite frankly, Star Trek fans are being short-changed. --Mark Walker
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DVD Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film has been slated over the decade or so since it was made. Firstly, maybe I say it is mostly unfair slating. People forget this was coming out in a 'summer of blockbusters' and was, for the first time to a Trek film, buried.
Secondly, people overlook that the film was not made as Shatner had intended. Reading his Movie Memories and watching the extras on this you see his passion for it.
I don't mind this film, certainly preferring it to either the first one or Nemesis. It has humour, excellent shots of the Enterprise and music. The film itself might go a bit flat in bits but it looks brilliant on DVD.
Don't ignore this movie on what critics have said or even because Shatner directed it.
Secondly, people overlook that the film was not made as Shatner had intended. Reading his Movie Memories and watching the extras on this you see his passion for it.
I don't mind this film, certainly preferring it to either the first one or Nemesis. It has humour, excellent shots of the Enterprise and music. The film itself might go a bit flat in bits but it looks brilliant on DVD.
Don't ignore this movie on what critics have said or even because Shatner directed it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A mad passionate Vulcan! Klingons doing there bit to keep space tidy! And then in the mist of all this we meet God?! with shatner at the helm directing and big bucks to spend, he didn`t save much for the story line. but we forgive him.Well nearly the singing of "row row rwo your boat" has you heading to the FF button.great effects one liners plus uhura singing .great fun!!!
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This Star Trek film has been unfairly criticised over the years. The build up for the first hour or so is economically done and each of the main characters has their moment to shine. Shatner directs solidly and, in fact, there are many visual images which work well. The film falters slightly in its second half with a bit too much humour and a rather rushed ending. The Enterprise's arrival at Eden is just a bit too easy for a place which no other starship has reached and the final confrontation needed a bit more tension. However, Shatner was fully aware of this - he was badly let down by the SFX company doing the effects and the film studio's lack of support. Nonetheless, don't less these minor weaknesses put you off the film. It has all the warmth, sense of wonder and charm of the original TV series as well a great score. (Yes, the same music that TNG stole from ST:TMP!) And, if we're being completely honest, which Star Trek series or film doesn't have its flaws?
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Row, Row, Row, your boat!
Star Trek V The Final Frontier was a huge derivative pile of cinematic garbage 23 years ago, and it still is today. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. G. Robinson
I LOVE IT!
Watched this film as a wide eyed 13 year old in my local cinema and still love it twenty two years later pure adventure what star trek should be!
Published 10 months ago by Eliot howley
Regardless of being a franchise fan or not, it's a poor film all...
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Published 12 months ago by Spike Owen
A fine film.
The crew of the Enterprise are called away from shore leave to deal with a problem on Nimbus 3, the planet of galactic peace. Read more
Published 13 months ago by StormSworder
An interesting idea let down by a flawed storyline
The Final Frontier has a potentially very interesting idea at its core about faith/religion and the manipulation of it by others to fulfil their own aims. Read more
Published 19 months ago by HBH
Misunderstood triumph
The best of all the original motion pictures, totally misunderstood by the masses and easily better than the wrath of khan. Read more
Published 19 months ago by sonictrek
star trek 5
item is good quality and of good trekkie story.
arrived on time with no problems
arrived on time with no problems
Published 21 months ago by D. wright
awful
Not just a bad Star Trek movie,not just a bad SF movie,just a bad,bad movie.Im a huge Star Trek fan and this sucks on a massive scale. Read more
Published 22 months ago by G. M. Mullett
Even God can't save it
To any right minded adult, the plot of this film makes little sense. To a seasoned Trek fan it will make no sense at all. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2010 by G. Wynn
Trek film No.5 - 'Waiting For God'
Usually regarded as the weakest of the Trek movies, The Final Frontier is actually a lot better than it's reputation, and if you take it as a rather tongue-in-cheek big screen... Read more
Published on 26 May 2009 by M. Evans
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