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That said, Star Trek: Insurrection, the newest installment of the Next Generation story, is still a decent and entertaining film. Returning to a classically moralistic Star Trek storyline, the movie follows the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they stumble upon a sinister plot to uproot an peaceful agricultural race, the Ba'ku and steal their planet. Just as in the days of Captain Kirk, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) must disobey a direct order from a Starfleet admiral in order to do what he feels is right...
...course, there are also plenty of shoot-outs between the Enterprise and the Son'a fleet. In traditional Star Trek fashion, though, the movie is about more than a battle between "good" and "bad" guys. Picard repeatedly warns against the historically proven dangers of forcibly relocating a group of people to serve the needs of another race. Moralistically, the one thing missing from this movie is the influence of the non-human, "rational" viewpoint--usually provided by Spock in the old Star Trek series and by the android Data (Brent Spiner) in the Next Generation. In this film, far from...
...biggest weakness of Star Trek: Insurrection is that, like the two previous Next Generation movies, it is geared towards an audience already very familiar with the characters and the whole Star Trek atmosphere. If you haven't heard of "the Federation," "Starfleet," and "the Prime Directive," then you probably won't be too excited by this installment. Naturally, all the important details are explained, making it possible for anyone to understand, but just understanding the plot won't be enough for most viewers...
...other hand, seasoned Star Trek fans will flock to the theaters simply to have another chance to see the Enterprise crew in action. And from that standpoint, the film succeeds. To an audience that knows the TV program well, these are not actors playing roles - they are the characters. We don't see accomplished Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart successfully portraying a science fiction character; we see our old friend, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise...
...addition to the high quality acting, the production as a whole is quite slick. After seeing other science fiction films like Men in Black and Independence Day, we tend to take high powered special effects for granted. Despite these high expectations, the creators of Star Trek: Insurrection still manage to produce some impressive visuals: Data walks around as a head without a body after removing part of his invisibility suit; Worf clubs an attacking drone ship out of the sky; truly evil-looking Son'a spaceships surround the Enterprise with the colorful backdrop of a nebula; and, as usual...