Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

not as good as all the hype

Good start, but then it gets ruined

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Star Trek VI: The undiscovered Country is my favourite Star Trek Film out of the series. It blends Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, and most interesting Polit-Thriller into one exciting movie, which is also the perfect end for the crew of the Enterprise, before the next Generation Crew got on board.The story is very intense and suspenseful. The idea that the human and the Klingon race has to work together, after a long time of being enemies, is a very well executed metaphor, and a great idea to continue.The special effects are state-of-the-art and have aged fairly well, most impressive, even today, are the great morphing effects used for a character in the movie who can change his appearance.The crew is great as always and everyone get something to do on his last mission. Nicholas Meyer also (again) shows us things we haven't seen before in a Star Trek movie, like Klingon ships from inside (outside the bridge), or the rest of the Enterprise-crew.The cinematography is great and the lighting extremely moody and gives the movie his own style.The soundtrack is great as always, but this is sadly one of the movies which don't use the Jerry Goldsmith-theme.All in all my favourite Star Trek Film, technically and thematically nearly flawless executed, and a great good bye to a great crew we'll never forget...

The final film with the original crew delivers exactly what we hope for from Star Trek. It challenges and forces us to consider our own way of thinking in a way that is so incredibly rare in an action film, which is another element of The Undiscovered Country that is well presented. The Enterprise crew is tasked with brokering peace talks with a proud and fading Klingon Empire. As many members of the crew, especially Capt. Kirk, are forced to examine their own feelings of prejudice and hate, the audience is forced to do the same with their own world view. This theme feels just as, if not more, poignant in a 2016 world.Considering that the theme is the first element of the film begging discussion, not the effects, acting, or plot, proves how refreshing Star Trek VI is. It also then makes perfect sense that the director is Nicholas Meyer, taking the reins of Trek for the first time since Wrath of Khan. Meyer seems to have a great understanding of how to present the franchise at its best. In this film, racism is questioned, the cost of peace examined, fear of an unknown future presented, a murder mystery conducted, and Kirk gets his last naval battle on the Enterprise. One can see Meyer's fingerprints on this film. Works of classic literature are quoted from both heroes and villains alike. Most of the action is methodical rather than gratuitous. There is also a fantastic element of tongue-in-cheek humor used fittingly to say goodbye to the crew. Spock quotes an old Vulcan proverb that "only Nixon could go to China" and Kirk points out to "himself" that it's been a long ambition to kiss Kirk. At one point, a female alien explains to Kirk that not all species have genitalia in the same place, an idea that certainly came up in our minds while watching Kirk's libido in the Original Series. Meyer even pokes fun at himself when Spock tells the constantly Shakespeare-quoting villain, General Chang, to shut the hell up. Each crew member gets to have moments like these in the film in which we can appreciate the unique personality that he or she brought to the series for decades.It's difficult to criticize much about Star Trek VI, which is remarkable after many likely found themselves thinking the franchise was dead after the last film. The scenes where Kirk and Bones are imprisoned in a Klingon gulag are hokey, but they also felt like a tribute to the Original Series. It was heartwarming to see these two friends confront their age and complete a great escape one more time. My biggest complaint about the film is the costume design, which is very weak and may turn off casual viewers. On the other hand, the effects are some of the best presented in the entire franchise up to this point.So, as the film ends, the viewer is given one last chance to say goodbye to the original crew. Instead of seeing each character go off into retirement, Meyer sends them off in the Enterprise, continuing their search to go where… well, you know.Some final thoughts: It looks the filmmakers learned something from The Next Generation series of how to make Star Trek successful without unnecessary of action. How is possible that Uhura has spent so much time as a Starfleet linguistics officer without learning Klingon? Wait, did Mr. Robot get his start on the Excelsior, working for Capt. Sulu? On that note, it's good to see Sulu got that mole removed, it was starting to look a little worrisome. Outstanding tribute in the film to, not only Gene Roddenberry, but also Merritt Butrick who played Kirk's deceased son David but who also had recently passed away from AIDS-related complications.*My film rating follows the soccer player rating measure of 6 as a baseline: you did what was expected of you. This film is a 8 because it holds true to Star Trek's title as the Thinking Man's Science Fiction and gives us all the perfect opportunity to say goodbye to the original crew.

Not awful, just pedestrian. It was simply a longer talky TV episode - at least that was how it felt. William Shatner was just the same as ever -how could he be any different? The most convincing of all is the ever-reliable Leonard Nimoy. Most of the sets looked cheap and nasty, particularly the rocky caves that Bones, Kirk and Iman crawled through. The creatures and costumes were far from convincing and the makeup of some of the characters was amateur to say the least. it was 1991 when released so probably could not have benefited from the use of CGI then but overall the effects were pathetic. Action sequences needed better direction and execution and would the have involved the viewer. The new Star Trek movies were much better in execution, action and storyline and benefited from actors who could really carry their parts - I have affection for the classic ST series and some of the movies but this one was only just about watchable.

Anyone who dares to admit to being into the Trek films will know of the theory regarding how the 'even' number films are all a lot better than the 'odd' number movies. So, here we have Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country and, as the theory goes, it is pretty good.It's the last full feature film of the original (and now very old) cast and what better way that to duke it out with their old foes - the Klingons. There's less comedy than in Star Trek 4 and less banter than Star Trek 5, it's more a product of its time, set when the Federation are trying to make peace with the Klingons (and released in the cinema not long after the end of the Cold War). It tries - and doesn't quite make it - to be like second outing (The Wrath of Khan), i.e. pitting Captain Kirk against an opposite number/captain. It may not have the drama or suspense, but it is a good adventure which most people should enjoy.In the wake of the reboot, I'm not sure how many new fans The Undiscovered Country will win over, but, for all of us who remembered the original cast, it's a great and fitting send off for those who have boldly gone for so many years.