Okay, this was definitely the most boring Star Trek film I've seen yet. Holy shit. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Bones (DeForest Kelley) are out camping in Yellowstone when they receive word that shore leave is cancelled and they have to immediately proceed to some remote planet to negotiate a hostage crisis. The crisis was a trap, however, to bring a star-going vessel close enough for a fanatic Vulcan, Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), to hijack. He takes over the Enterprise, brainwashes most of the crew, and steers them towards the Great Barrier, some vast intergalactic storm that no ship has ever survived entering. Sybok's aim is to locate the Vulcan equivalent of Eden and bring back God but of course Kirk wants to know why God would need a spaceship.
Barring a truly tragic vignette about Bones' past, there's nothing much for a casual viewer here. This series is moving from fan service to actors desperate to prove they're still relevant, now almost thirty years after the end of their TV run.
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