Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) (V)

Director:

Tim Russ

Writers:

Ethan H. Calk (writer)
Sky Douglas Conway (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

The year is 2306... Twelve years have passed since Captain James Kirk was swept away by the Nexus while saving the crew of the Enterprise-B...

Plot Keywords:

Star Trek

Cast

Walter Koenig	...	Captain Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols	...	Captain Nyota Uhura
Jeanine Camargo	...	Vulcan Initiate / Wedding Guest
Alan Ruck	...	Captain John Harriman
Garrett Wang	...	Commander Garan
William Wellman Jr.	...	Charlie Evans (as William Wellman)
J.G. Hertzler	...	Koval
Gary Graham	...	Ragnar
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok
Chase Masterson	...	Xela
Daamen J. Krall	...	Gary Mitchell (as Daamen Krall)
Crystal Allen	...	Conqueror Navigator Yara
Ethan Phillips	...	Data Clerk
Cirroc Lofton	...	Sevar
Lawrence Montaigne	...	Stonn

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Lakeview Terrace, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jet Set Films

Trivia:

The Enterprise-M Communications Officer is portrayed by Dr. Seth Shostak, who is a Senior Astronomer at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute.

Quotes:

Captain John Harriman: About your uncle...
Commander Peter Kirk: Don't worry. He made his own choices. He lived and died exactly the way he wanted to.
Captain John Harriman: I almost left Starfleet over that incident. But Chekov was aboard the day your uncle died and he and Uhura convinced me it wouldn't have mattered who was sitting in the captain's chair that day. And since then we've been the best of friends.

Movie Connections:

References Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Proves That The Trek Universe Has Nothing to Do With FX

When you get right down to it, Star Trek is about characters. Not CGI. This production offers downright primitive FX, but the characterizations are riveting. Walter Koenig gives a devastating performance -- his best ever -- that actually made me irate when I considered how his immense talent was squandered for so long in corporate Trek. Likewise with Garrett Wang. In Voyager, his Harry Kim was, like many corporate Star Trek characters, bland and generally uninteresting. (That's why alternate time line/universe Trek stories are always superior.) Nichelle Nichols' performance here outshines anything she's done in any of the TOS feature films. Alan Ruck as Harriman oscillates between menacing and hysterical. And JG Hertzler as Koval sets a new standard for menacing Klingons. Chase Masterson (call me!) as the Orion slave girl continues to be the hottest flame in the Star Trek universe. It was great to see Lawrence Montaigne reprise the role of the Vulcan Stonn, and Gary Graham rounds out a truly professional acting ensemble. I'd rather watch cheap productions like this one -- with twisty plots and interesting, passionate characters -- over the slick, simplistic, corporate dreck. Let's see if the upcoming Star Trek prequel -- with its $150 MILLION budget -- can deliver this kind of intense, emotionally engaging adventure. I doubt it.