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Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984)
1984 | Action | Sci-Fi
105 mins
Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew decide to return to the Genesis planet when it is revealed that they may be able to find and rescue their crewmember and friend, Mr. Spock.
| Produced by | Paramount Pictures |
| Director | Leonard Nimoy |
| Writer | Harve Bennett |
| Cast | William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Merritt Butrick and Christopher Lloyd |
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Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984) Reviews & Ratings (26)
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Andrew Furlong (14 KP) rated
Sep 27, 2017
Lots of campy fun in the vein of TOS (2 more)
Christopher Lloyd is a Klingon
Lots of good character moments
Not as many memorable moments (though there are a few) (1 more)
Does kind of feel like franchise maintenance (bringing back a fan favorite character)
A good movie overshadowed because it's in between two great ones
Search for Spock is a good movie, but is largely forgotten because it is in between two great ones. There's just not as much here to make it noteworthy as in II or IV. There aren't really any major problems though and it is a fun watch.
Why mess with a winning formula? Most of the original cast return for this next outing – with Robin Curtis stepping in for Kirstie Alley who “didn’t want to get typecast”. And the story continues from where we left off. But it all feels more forced this time. There are various absurdities in the story that make things very convenient! There are also things that make you say “hang on a minute” from Star Trek II. (For example, McCoy just stands there without objection in the funeral scene! Wouldn’t a “wait a minute” at that point have saved an AWFUL lot of grief??!).
Christopher Lloyd is wonderfully over the top as the Klingon commander, making a very believable baddie. And he really is a villain, allowing Shatner the opportunity to test his acting range (unfortunately, he singularly fails): “You Klingon bastard, you killed my son…. You Klingon bastard, you killed my son”.
Overall, it’s not a total disaster, but it all feels lacklustre and lazy after the glory of the Wrath of Khan. It makes you wonder what might have been if Nicholas Meyer had stayed at the helm to direct it instead of Nimoy.
Christopher Lloyd is wonderfully over the top as the Klingon commander, making a very believable baddie. And he really is a villain, allowing Shatner the opportunity to test his acting range (unfortunately, he singularly fails): “You Klingon bastard, you killed my son…. You Klingon bastard, you killed my son”.
Overall, it’s not a total disaster, but it all feels lacklustre and lazy after the glory of the Wrath of Khan. It makes you wonder what might have been if Nicholas Meyer had stayed at the helm to direct it instead of Nimoy.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated
Jan 14, 2018
Searching for a friend
With the loss of spock fresh on his mind Krik is very distraught. We see that the project they were working on has successfully begun on a near by planet. We also know that the Klingons have also learned of the project and are eager to see how it works. The one thing that they didn't count on was Spocks coffin having landed on this planet and go through the changes fuled by the experiment. It is a race to the finish on who will learn of project Genesis capabilities and has their long lost firend come back?
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