Starring:
 Patrick Stewart
 Jonathan Frakes
 Brent Spiner
 LeVar Burton

Directed by:
 Stuart Baird

Running Time:  116 minutes

Overall Crave Factor

Star Trek: Nemesis has the same feel and predictability that most Trek films have, but there was one shocking moment that caught me off guard. I won’t ruin it for those of you who haven’t seen it yet.

Patrick Stewart turns in another stellar performance as Captain Picard. His cool calmness and the intensity in his eyes help sell him as the man who must make some insane choices to save his crew. His “Nemesis,” Shinzon (Tom Hardy), is the sinister parallel to Picard, which is demonstrated by his plans to annihilate the Enterprise.

Nearly the entire cast comes back to play their supporting roles, and once again they all do it marvelously. We finally see a marriage of two of the main crewmembers that should have happened during the TV series. Brent Spiner, who stars as Data, once again does a wonderful job as the gold skinned android. We don’t get to see too much of Jonathan Frakes (Cmd. Riker) as we have in some of the previous films, but his presence as “Number One” is still as passionate as it ever was during the series and previous films. Of course, I can’t forget Worf (Michael Dorn), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), and Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) can I? Although, their roles were down sized considerably, as the story focused on Picard, this could not have been a TNG film without them.

Nemesis by far has one of the best and boldest space battles in the series to date with tactical decisions so exciting and intense that I found myself getting goosebumps. In short, this may not be the best Trek film ever, but it definitely has some exciting moments that will make me pick it up on DVD when it comes out.

With rumors flying that this will be the final mission for The Next Generation crew we can say, at least, that they went out in style.