Movie Review: "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" (1982)After initial television visionary producer Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) departing from producing the metaphysical, ultra-high-budgeted "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" directed by four-times-Academy-Award-winning director Robert Wise (1914-2005), Harve Bennett (1930-2015) takes over with less than a third of the original production budget in season 1981/1982 to grant Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter Nicholas Meyer the chance to create a high-stake poker game of a Hollywood entertainment powerhouse Movie by revisiting the title-given nemesis character "Khan" in reprising portrayal by actor Ricardo Mantalban (1920-2009) after the Kirk-challenging character's first appearance in Episode 22 of "Star Trek" Season 1 in 1966/1967.Captain James T. Kirk, performed by now in full-bloom action-beats-sharing actor William Shatner, put on an astoinishing tense confrontation between to spaceship commanding characters in thrilling scenes of a screenplay written by Jack B. Sowards (1929-2007), who together with the director Nicholas Meyer bring a fast-paced science-fiction-action opera into motion that any spectator, who has the chance to watch in a restorated color-graded as 5.1 dolby digital sound certified entertainment system to further witness a never-seen-before twisted thriller-movie set in infinite space of friendship, teamplay, faith, betrayal and ultimate sacrifice to drop to the knees to, because boldness of that kind in story-telling remains hardly missed in an over-populated comic book action operettes of contemporary 2010s event movie cinema. © 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Improves on the first one in almost every way with a return to the TV form of the adventure and action and characterization. It's the Kirk and Spock show here, but there's loads of meat and a fun villain to boot. Right up there with the best sequels of all time.

Despite the fact that the first Star Trek motion picture rekindled an interest in the show, there existed a disconnect between the style/feel of the Original Series TV show and the style/feel of the first movie. In The Wrath of Khan, however, the focus shifts back to what made the show a success in the first place: great acting and character development, subtle humor, action/adventure scenes, and some thought-provoking concepts.In this film, a few members of the U.S.S. Enterprise stumble across an old nemesis from the TV show...Khan, a ruthless dictator who will stop at nothing to get his revenge on Captain Kirk, the man who imprisoned him. At the same time, Kirk is struggling with his advancing age, coming to terms with the fact that he will not be a starship captain forever. The final showdown between Kirk and Kahn will have you on the edge of your seating, rooting for the swashbuckling Kirk more than ever before.The pacing of this movie is just incredible, the biggest departure from the often-stodgy "Motion Picture" original. Not a wasted scene here, yet one never feels cheated.This movie also does a great job of showcasing the "auxiliary" characters (Uhura, Chekhov, Sulu, Scotty, etc.), who more often than not got the short end of the spool in the TV show. For devoted fans of the show, the final scene is likely the most gut-wrenching of any movie or TV episode, as fan-favorite Spock must make a split-second decision that will alter his life forever.To conclude, this might just be my favorite Trek film of the bunch, as it remains true to the ideals/concepts that made Star Trek such a cultural phenomena in the first place along with providing some great human drama in the process. For those of you who watched the first Star Trek film and were disappointed, take heart, as this film will set things back on track.

I still remembered most of this film from my childhood, I was 10 years old when my parents to me to see it... I saw it a handful of times as a teen too. All these years later I still find the film just as great to watch as I did when it first came out. Who in the heck can forget those creatures in the ears?! *Shivers* How can I forget the battles between Kirk and Khan or the saddest ending in Star Trek history?! There is a reason for this film to be a top pick of all the Star Trek films among the fans - it's highly entertaining.Kirk's old nemesis Khan is back for revenge. Khan blames Kirk for the death of his wife and will stop at nothing to get back at Kirk. There is also a device called Genesis which brings death to life and, likewise, life to death. Khan wants it and it's up to Kirk and Crew to stop him before he kills them.You do not have to watch the Original Film in order to watch Wrath of Khan... this is another story or chapter in the voyages of the starship Enterprise.10/10