Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Director:

Stuart Baird

Writers (WGA):

Gene Roddenberry (television series Star Trek)
John Logan (story) ...

Release Date:

13 December 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

A Generation's Final Journey... Begins

Plot:

After the Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan planet of Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a truce, the Federation soon find out the Romulans are planning an attack on Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Romulan | Planet | Captain | Space | Android

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Patrick Stewart	...	Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes	...	Commander / Captain William T. Riker
Brent Spiner	...	Lt. Commander Data / B-4
LeVar Burton	...	Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Michael Dorn	...	Lt. Commander Worf
Marina Sirtis	...	Counselor Deanna Troi-Riker
Gates McFadden	...	Dr. Beverly Crusher
Tom Hardy	...	Praetor Shinzon
Ron Perlman	...	Reman Viceroy Vkruk
Shannon Cochran	...	Senator Tal'aura
Dina Meyer	...	Commander Donatra
Jude Ciccolella	...	Commander Suran
Alan Dale	...	Praetor Hiren
John Berg	...	Senator
Michael Owen	...	Helm Officer Branson

Also Known As:

Star Trek X (USA) (working title)
Star Trek X: Nemesis (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and peril and a scene of sexual content.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Italy:T | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/12 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

El Mirage Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The "stylus" prop Captain Picard uses briefly on his PADD is a mini butane torch.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Data states that the inhabitants of Kolarus III are a "pre-warp" society, but yet the Enterprise has no problem with "contaminating" it with its presence in direct contravention of Star Trek's Prime Directive.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Senator: Senators, consider the opportunities for the Empire. At last, the destinies of the planets Romulus and Remus will be united. Shinzon of Remus is offering us a chance to make ourselves stronger than ever before. It would be madness to reject it. I beg you not to let prejudice or politics interfere with this Alliance. By joining Shinzon's forces with ours, not even the Federation will be able to stand in our way.
Praetor Hiren: That's enough!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zodiac Killer (2005)

Soundtrack:

Cancion y Danza No 6

And I thought Insurrection was bad...

This movie is one big lost opportunity. The budgets for the films just get bigger and bigger, and the plots just get worse and worse. When I saw Insurrection, I thought it was a decent movie but certainly a huge drop from First Contact. I simply assumed that the next film would be better, as has been the pattern with Star Trek films. Now after seeing Nemesis, Insurrection is magnificent by comparison. The problem with this film is there's no passion, and it shows in the whole production. The writer-director team seem to have aimed very, very low. The filmmakers were just trying to make a little self-enclosed film without any substance. The most potential is at the end of a saga, where you can put anything and everything at stake. Instead, the writer just rewrote Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the TNG cast, and by his own admission to boot! The people who currently control the franchise have no interest in creating a bold, emotional or epic story. At this point, they are mindlessly cranking out material simply to continue the franchise.

Anyone who has been following the TNG series could have come up with a better way to wrap up the entire TNG saga that beats the pants off of this sorry excuse for a film.

But it looks like that will never happen, as it has been quietly mentioned that this will be the last TNG movie. A horrible shame, as the plot threads remain open, and could easily be closed in an epic and meaningful way.