Really, I might be harsh, given the fact I've watched almost everything in the Star Trek, universe and I might be inclined to pat them on the shoulder and say "congrats for the effort". But no. Leaving the wooden acting aside, whoever was in charge of photography, did a lousy job. Such cheap green-screen shots are unnaceptable, when your overlay is so damn visible with the naked eye. Go for something else in this case. Even the lighting is way off... what did they use, ikea lamps? I get it, no money, but why did they went for such a small funding campaign? Bad lighting, bad set design, bad photography (no focus pulling in some key moments, wobbly camera moves, even bouncy at some times, no tracking shots), all leads for a proper self-burial of the movie. Even when the story captivates you, some shots are so bad/cheap that they manage to yank you out of the immersion in the story you were starting to feel. Look at creators on Vimeo and Youtube... those guys manage to get more cinematic shots than this movie. Wtf? You had one job to somehow save this project, with proper cinematography, and proper planned and executed shots (leaving aside amateuristic VFX and wooden acting) but you managed to screw it even in this department. Where did all the money go, in the modeling of the ships and the space action shots with them? Because those were the only things looking ok in this movie.

After seeing the complete series of Star Trek + Movies, I wanted to see Star Trek Renegades as a treat... This movie is a complete travesty of the Star Trek saga. It has a cheap looking costumes, b-movie actors and ridiculous animation and special effects. I can't grasp that actors as Tim Russ and Walter Koenig wanted to be a part of this awful thing. I can't call this 'thing' a movie. It's not even a attempt to be good. This thing holds no respect for the Gene Roddenberry legacy, and the many fans -worldwide- of the Star Trek series and movies. People who made this sh*t, must be banned from Hollywood studios, or in the future won't come near any Star Trek material.

Overall, a great movie, a B movie, but very well done. it was awesome and with a little work would have been an award winning show. still, a great story and i like the direction that it has taken, with intrigue behind the facade of starfleet. The only bad acting was the granddaughter, but she only had 5 minutes total, and she was sweet, so no big deal. Loved the makeup and mask and characters. Captain Alveress was also shaky, which was a surprise, because he is a great actor, and a couple more. Overall, i really lost myself in this film and can't wait for a more mainstream cast and directors, sci-fi part was excellent. Bad to the bone ships. Lots of heart shown in the characters. Chekov was pretty good. The captain of the Renegades, she was awesome.

I am a backer of this fan film and really looked forward to see it, what do I think after seeing it? Well, I was ready for low budget effects so that was not a problem for me, it's the story that's the problem, because i'm not sure if this can be classified as Star Trek, even JJ Abrams movies had more respect for old star trek. This is a dark tale without moral. Chekov and Tuvok seem to have no problem cooperating with criminals who shoot to kill every time and why is Tuvok even in this movie? He gets like 2 minutes screen time, I wish he had got more screen time and Icarus crew less.Then we have the enemy.. that is so terrible and frightful in the beginning of the movie, but is in the end taken out just by some random criminals led by Khan's daughter.No this is not the Star Trek i grew up with and I prefer Star Trek continues instead of this dark tale. This is not what Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek was meant to be.