Humor, Lighter Touches Beam Up 'star Trek Beyond'

"Star Trek Beyond," which opens Friday, like most of the rebooted properties flying around our movie theaters, delights in nostalgically resurrecting iconic characters and tweaking them anew. The balance is a delicate one, as seen in the pre-release debate around this film revealing Sulu (John Cho but formerly played by LGBT icon George Takei) as gay. Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), on a diplomatic mission, appeals to a snarling beast looming above him in a crowded amphitheater. The last two beefed-up "Star Trek" movies, as if overcompensating for decades of Trekkie nerd-dom, threatened to make the once brainy "Star Trek" less distinct from other mega-size sci-fi adventures - just another clothesline of CGI set pieces strung together. The Starship Enterprise, led by Kirk (Pine, looking more natural in the role), is lured through a nebula where a would-be rescue mission turns into a trap set by the villain Krall, whose spectacular army of mechanical drones ("bees" he calls them) attack in an overwhelming swarm. In a galactic blitz, the Enterprise crashes down on a rocky planet where the ship's scattered crew tries to gather, survive and understand Krall's motives.

 

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