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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Instant Favorite.

Film Perfection

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

10: the themes(oh god the themes) 9: the dialouge 8: it's a sequel to an actual star trek episode 7: the allusions to literature 6: the characters 5: the scenery 4: the music 3: the performances 2: the story 1: it is a masterpiece of cinema. seriously; watch this movie.

Watched Star Trek II:Wrath Of Khan With William Shatner(Star Trek:TOS) as Admiral Jim Kirk , also Starring Leonard Nimoy(Vincent) as Spock, DeForest Kelley(The Littlest Hobo) as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy , Nichelle Nichols(Truck Turner) as Uhura , Walter Koenig(Columbo) as Pavel Chekov, George Takei(Beyond Westworld) as Hikaru Sulu , James Doohan(Jigsaw) as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott ,Bibi Besch(The Beast Within) as Carol Marcus ,Kristie Alley(Quark) as Saavik, Paul Winfield(White Dog) as Clark Terrell and Ricardo Montalban(The Man From U.N.C.L.E) as Khan. The film is Fun and Thrilling Also Ricardo Montalban was great as Khan also really Loved the original Crew trying to get Jim Kirk back on the Horse also The threats were dire This is one the best Star Trek Films and One the best Sequels That Made Star Trek The Cinematic Powerhouse it was Today . Amazing Costume Design By Robert Fletcher(The Scarecrow) Cinematography By Gayne Rescher (Bitter Harvest),Musical Score By James Horner(The Hand) and Writing/Direction By Nicholas Meyer(Time After Time) The Star Trek Sequel That Made Star Trek A Cinematic Powerhouse 8/10

"Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" is a much needed improvement over its more expensive but poor predecessor. The above film actually delivers what it promises, via a good story, some action, fairly good acting and a brilliant villain in the form of Ricardo Monteban (excuse the poor spelling). The violence is rather explicit for a "Star Trek" film and indeed, a few edits were made before the film went out on general release. The budget had to be greatly reduced but it is of little consequence. The film picks up after the episode called "Space Seed" (one of the very best from the series). I rate "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" as one of the defining ones, easily.

This movie follows "Star Trek The Motion Picture" and is almost the inevitable follow-up of the franchise. Not having watched the original series, I wasn't able to immediately understand the movie which, experts say, consists of the continuation of one of the episodes. But the film itself gives us the tools to catch everything quickly. And we must now say an obvious truth: after the failure of the first film it was difficult to do worse, and this film benefited greatly from the lessons learned with the mistakes of the first one. The script is frankly good, based on a revenge story between Kirk and Khan, and it has no dead moments nor creeps like the first movie. The main actors (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley) shone, in particular Shatner and Nimoy, without however being able to overshadow the talent of Ricardo Montalban, who managed to make his villain into a perfect image of rancor. As for the sets and costumes, there are also improvements: the hospital environment of the first film gave way to a setting where color is most evident and the Enterprise's crew red uniforms are truly elegant. The only less positive note is the costumes of Khan and his comrades of misfortune, who seem to have come out of "Conan the Barbarian" or something like that, but this is something that has no great relevance. Good movie, good entertainment.