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| Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Zachary Quinto
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £12.69
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Rating:  331 reviews
Sales Rank: 140
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Languages: English (Audio Description), English (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437108739
ASIN: B002HREH2Q
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Amazon.co.uk Review
J.J. Abrams' 2009 feature film was billed as "not your father's Star Trek," but your father will probably love it anyway. And what's not to love? It has enough action, emotional impact, humor, and sheer fun for any moviegoer, and Trekkers will enjoy plenty of insider references and a cast that seems ideally suited to portray the characters we know they'll become later. Both a prequel and a reboot, Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk (Chris Pine of The Princess Diaries 2), a sharp but aimless young man who's prodded by a Starfleet captain, Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), to enlist and make a difference. At the Academy, Kirk runs afoul of a Vulcan commander named Spock (Zachary Quinto of Heroes), but their conflict has to take a back seat when Starfleet, including its new ship, the Enterprise, has to answer an emergency call from Vulcan. What follows is a stirring tale of genocide and revenge launched by a Romulan (Eric Bana) with a particular interest in Spock, and we get to see the familiar crew come together, including McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Chekhov (Anton Yelchin), and Scottie (Simon Pegg).
The action and visuals make for a spectacular big-screen movie, though the plot by Abrams and his writers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who worked together on Transformers and with Abrams on Alias and Mission Impossible III), and his producers (fellow Losties Damon Lindeloff and Bryan Burk) can be a bit of a mind-bender (no surprise there for Lost fans). Hardcore fans with a bone to pick may find faults, but resistance is futile when you can watch Kirk take on the Kobayashi Maru scenario or hear McCoy bark, "Damnit, man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" An appearance by Leonard Nimoy and hearing the late Majel Barrett Roddenberry as the voice of the computer simply sweeten the pot. Now comes the hard part: waiting for some sequels to this terrific prequel. --David Horiuchi
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 A great surprise March 7, 2010
May Williams (London UK)
I watched this with my kids, who are not 'trek' fans, and they loved it. I remember the original stark trek and thought this a great update of the series and a good piece of entertainment. For some reason some people have found the Spock & Uhura relationship a bit of a stumbling block but I did not and found if perfectly natural. Granted, I had to watch it twice to get my head around some aspects of the plot but this only increased my enjoyment.
There are some good extras including a rather excitable commentary. Worth the money - I look forward to the next one.
Perfect March 6, 2010
T. K. Hudson (England)
This set is amazing. The film is absoloutly increadible which is then quadroupled by the stunning visuals provided on blu-ray. Its chock full of great special features and the third disk transfers the film to you ipod so you can watch this big screen marvel anywhere!
Star Trek X1 March 4, 2010
Mr. T. Middleditch (Kent. U.K.)
Great CD. Carries on the Star Trek tradition. At first I thought it was O.T.T., but after watching it a second time I thought this was possibly how Kirk was when younger.
Worth the price.
Star Trek XI (1-Disc Edition) [DVD] [2009]
Great Graphics as well as a Great Price.
Midds666
a boys night in March 2, 2010
Paul Wherton
Watching this dvd on a big plasma screen made for an excellent night in with the boys. Everyone loved it and together with a chineese take away was an exceptional Friday night in.Plenty of action to keep our interest going.
Superb Blu-ray film - a logical choice, captain February 25, 2010
Pundit (England)
I'm not a Trekkie, in fact this is the first Star Trek film I have ever seen; my knowledge of the concept and characters is based on the original TV series from the 1960s and 1970s with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. And perhaps because of that, I understood what was going on right from the start - this story shows James Tiberius Kirk being born (in space, of course) and his rise through the Starfleet Academy through to his ultimate role of Captain of the Starship Enterprise. I thought the way the producers, director and everyone else involved managed to merge the old with the new was really good, it mixed a degree of welcome nostalgia with cutting edge CGI and cinematography in such a way that it should please everyone from 12 year olds to grumpy old farts like me.
As a Blu-ray film, this was mesmerising from start to finish and it made me feel that my already large Panasonic HD monitor wasn't big enough to show everything in all the glory it deserved; it frequently had me wishing that I had seen it at the cinema. It's a big film in every sense and it needs to be seen on the best equipment to get the most out of it. A superb high definition transfer, one of the best I have seen.
I forget the name of the young Mr Spock, but what an extraordinarily good choice he is! He actually looks like Spock would have looked at that age (mid-twenties I guess). Of course the 'real' Spock - Leonard Nimoy - has a cameo in the film which only adds icing on the cake. All the familar names are there - Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Chekov, Mr Sulu and Miss Uhura, most if not all of them perfectly cast relative to their ancestors of 40-odd years ago.
The pacing is good, the script sharp and witty and there's a great mixture of drama, humour and adventure throughout. They did well to pack so much into the finished product and still keep it a reasonable length at two hours seven minutes. A very entertaining film for all the family with a little bit of everything, one that is even better than the sum of its many excellent parts. Without a doubt this is a great re-working of a familiar story, brought up to date with respect to its origins but also bang up-to-date in terms of style and impact. An achievement its makers can be justly proud of.
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